Romany Jones
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Romany Jones | |
|---|---|
| Format | Sitcom |
| Starring | James Beck Jo Rowbottom Arthur Mullard Queenie Watts Jonathan Cecil Gay Soper Maureen Sweeney |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | London Weekend Television |
| Original run | 1972 – 1975 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
Romany Jones was designed as a vehicle for James Beck (Private Walker in Dad's Army), involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site.
Following the death of Beck in 1973, aged 44, Jonathan Cecil took over the lead role, playing new neighbour, Jeremy Crichton-Jones.
The show had a pilot broadcast in 1972 and was followed by a spin off in 1976 entitled Yus My Dear, starring Mullard and Watts.
[edit] Cast
- James Beck - Bert Jones (series 1 and 2)
- Jo Rowbottom - Betty Jones (series 1 and 2)
- Arthur Mullard - Wally Briggs
- Queenie Watts - Lily Briggs
- Jonathan Cecil - Jeremy Crichton-Jones (series 3 and 4)
- Gay Soper - Susan Crichton-Jones (series 3 and 4)
- Maureen Sweeney - Eileen (series 3 and 4)
[edit] Trivia
- Chris Boucher, later to write extensively for science fiction shows including Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and Star Cops, wrote the episode "Run Rabbit Run".
- Arthur English played Wally Briggs in the pilot episode.
- Spin-off Yus My Dear was voted the nominated as the worst sitcom of all time by Mark Lewisohn.
