The Rough with the Smooth

Television series

The Rough with the Smooth
GenreSitcom
Written byTim Brooke-Taylor
John Junkin
Directed byJim Franklin
Harold Snoad
StarringTim Brooke-Taylor
John Junkin
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
ProducerHarold Snoad
Running time30 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC 1
Release16 July (1975-07-16) –
20 August 1975 (1975-08-20)

The Rough with the Smooth is a British television sitcom which aired on BBC One. After appearing in 1971 as an episode of the Comedy Playhouse, a single series of six episodes was broadcast in 1975.[1] The plot revolves two writers, one from East London and the other an Old Etonian, who live and work together on a radio serial. The serial, about a vicar running an urban church, is called "Concrete Pastures".

Cast

Recurring

  • Tim Brooke-Taylor as Richard Woodville
  • John Junkin as Harold King
  • Richard Hurndall as Mervyn Thackeray
  • Jenny Till as Veronica
  • Richard McNeff as Policeman
  • Michael Knowles as Vicar

Single episodes

References

  1. ^ Perry p.45

Bibliography

  • Christopher Perry. The British Television Pilot Episodes Research Guide 1936-2015. 2015.

External links

  • The Rough with the Smooth at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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Producer/Director
Writer
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