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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 full episode list
Release Date:
5 September 1974 (UK) more
Plot:
Fletcher's doing five years for breaking and entering. He's quick witted and never short of a trick or two to make his life that little bit easier... more
Awards:
4 wins & 3 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Beckinsale's Family Tragedy
(From WENN. 30 January 2009, 4:15 AM, PST)
Actor Wilde Dies
(From WENN. 20 March 2008, 9:05 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Perfect more (13 total)
Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 6 of 21)| Ronnie Barker | ... | Norman Stanley Fletcher (20 episodes, 1974-1977) | |
| Brian Wilde | ... | Mr. Barrowclough (19 episodes, 1974-1977) | |
| Fulton Mackay | ... | Mr. Mackay (19 episodes, 1974-1977) | |
| Richard Beckinsale | ... | Lennie Godber (18 episodes, 1974-1977) | |
| Sam Kelly | ... | Warren / ... (12 episodes, 1974-1977) | |
| Tony Osoba | ... | McLaren (9 episodes, 1974-1977) |
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30 min (19 episodes) | 40 min (1 episode) | 45 min (1 episode)
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New Zealand:M (seasons 1-3) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG | UK:PG | Singapore:PG
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In stark contrast to his character in the series, Fulton Mackay (Warden Mackay) has a rose named after him. more
Quotes:
Warren:
Fletch...
Fletch:
I'm thinking, naff off!
Warren:
Thinking?
Fletch:
Yes. I know that to some of you nurks in here, it's an alien pastime, but those of us endowed with a bit of grey matter where it matters, namely up here, preserve our identity and our sanity in this nick by thinking!
Warren:
But what are you thinking?
Fletch:
At the moment, I'm thinking why doesn't this bloke Warren naff off and leave me alone!
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Featured in Forty Years of Fuck (2005) (TV) more
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Very funny. I have been watching this since I was a child (early 90s reruns) and it makes me laugh every time. this has to be ronnie barkers best outing (which tells you something). richard beckinsale is great and went too soon. Wilde and Mackay are perfect in their roles and the 'backup cast' like McLaren and Ives really polish it off to leave it the perfect specimen of British comedy along with Only Fools and Horses and the Blackadder collection.