Duty Free (1984–1986)

Stars:

Keith Barron, Gwen Taylor, Joanna Van Gyseghem

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Keith Barron	...	David Pearce (22 episodes, 1984-1986)
Gwen Taylor	...	Amy (22 episodes, 1984-1986)
Joanna Van Gyseghem	...	Linda (22 episodes, 1984-1986)
Neil Stacy	...	Robert (22 episodes, 1984-1986)
Carlos Douglas	...	Waiter (21 episodes, 1984-1986)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

vacation | holiday | affair | sitcom | spain | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 February 1984 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yorkshire Television (YTV)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (22 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The sitcom was based around the San Remo hotel in Merbella. For the Christmas special, the Pearces and Cochranes upgraded to the Don Carlos Hotel.

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Connections

Remade as Tax Free (1992)

User Reviews

Utter drivel

Simply cannot see what people see in this typical ITV bomb with (to make it worse) the 'kiss of death to any sitcom' Gwen Taylor.

The odd glimpses I remember seeing made for dire viewing and then it featured recently on some ITV "comedy classic" look back convinced me even more - it doesn't travel well (I made a pun - perhaps some ITV script writer might like to use that).

Keith Barron is OK but this sitcom? Oh dear.

Poor situations, poor lines.

Let's face it, with few exceptions ITV has never ever been a happy hunting ground for decent comedy to the extent that even when they 'pinch' classic comedy from the BBC they managed somehow to kill it stone dead. Look at what happened to Tony Hancock and Morecambe & Wise.