"Terry and June" (1979) TV series 1979-1987

Directors:

Robin Nash
Martin Shardlow

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Terry Scott and June Whitfield star as Terry and June Medford. Both of them are middle-aged and finds...

Plot Keywords:

Married Couple | Marriage | Sitcom | Character Name In Title | Actor Shares First Name With Character

Cast

Terry Scott	...	Terry Medford (65 episodes, 1979-1987)
June Whitfield	...	June Medford (65 episodes, 1979-1987)

Runtime:

30 min (65 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Spaced: Change (#2.2)" (2001)

Dreadful lazy comedy

This cosy middle class sitcom became the subject of much hatred by the new breed of talented comedians in the 1980s, such as Ben Elton. Did it deserve such malice? Well Terry and June was never clever, it was never a well-written tale with different threads which intersect at the conclusion. It was the show your mother and father and probably grandparents watched. They chuckled rather than laughed, but they were never likely to be offended by the show, so the fact that it never challenged them was immaterial.

One Foot In The Grave suffered initially because it appeared at first sight to be just another Terry and June.

A few days after the death of Terry Scott an episode was broadcast on terrestrial TV, and that has been its final outing. There have been few repeats of the show on any TV channel.

Thankfully TV comedy has advanced since Terry and June. It's hard to find kind words for it - Terry Scott did make the best of weak scripts.