"Goodnight Sweetheart" (1993) TV series 1993-1999

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Creators:

Maurice Gran
Laurence Marks

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

18 November 1993 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Plot:

Gary Sparrow lives in the 1990s with his wife but has a route back to the 1940s where he has a mistress...

Plot Keywords:

Time Travel

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Nicholas Lyndhurst	...	Gary / ... (58 episodes, 1993-1999)
Victor McGuire	...	Ron / ... (58 episodes, 1993-1999)
Christopher Ettridge	...	Reg / ... (56 episodes, 1993-1999)
Elizabeth Carling	...	Phoebe Sparrow / ... (31 episodes, 1997-1999)
Emma Amos	...	Yvonne Sparrow / ... (31 episodes, 1997-1999)
Dervla Kirwan	...	Phoebe / ... (27 episodes, 1993-1996)
Michelle Holmes	...	Yvonne / ... (27 episodes, 1993-1996)

Runtime:

30 min (57 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:G (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes)

Filming Locations:

Royal Oak Hotel - 73 Columbia Road, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK

Company:

Alomo Productions

Trivia:

Emma Amos, who replaced Michelle Holmes as Yvonne originally tried out for the part of Phoebe when the show first started. However this role went to Dervla Kirwan.

Quotes:

Gary Sparrow: My wives exist in different temporal aspects of a four-dimensional space-time continuum.
Ron Wheatcroft: Typical bigamist's excuse!

Lame and tired

This is a one-idea weak comedy based around Nicholas Lyndhurst who is wooden throughout. A decent support cast including the friendly bobby can't rescue a predictable and painful series of slight variations on the same old plot. Not funny and could have been written by ten year old.

No credibility even for a "fantasy" style plot.