Not in Front of the Children is a BBC Television sitcom, which ran for four series from 1967 to 1970.[1]
| Not in Front of the Children | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Richard Waring |
| Starring | Wendy Craig Paul Daneman (series 1) Ronald Hines (series 2-4) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (31 missing) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 26 May 1967 – 9 January 1970 |
It starred Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner, a rather scatterbrained middle-class housewife.[2] For her role she received the 1969 British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Her husband Henry was a school art teacher, played by Paul Daneman in the Comedy Playhouse pilot "House in a Tree" and the first series, and Ronald Hines subsequently.[3] They had three children, a boy in his early teens (played by Hugo Keith-Johnston) and two girls who were slightly younger (played by Roberta Tovey and then Verina Greenlaw, and Jill Riddick).[4] Charlotte Mitchell played her friend Mary.[5]
In later series, she had a baby, and they moved from the London suburb of Battersea to the country.
It is significant mainly as Wendy Craig's first role as a scatty housewife; she played similar roles in several other series over the next 15 years.
Surviving episodes
edit- Series 1
- Episode 3: "The Word" (8 September 1967)
- Series 2
- Episode 2: "Religious Revival" (1 March 1968)
- Episode 5: "The Iron Hand" (22 March 1968)
- Episode 6: "The George Washington Complex" (29 March 1968)
- Episode 7: "Home Chat" (5 April 1968)
- Episode 8: "Change of Policy" (12 April 1968)
- Series 4
- Episode 4: "A Babe Around The House" (3 October 1969)
- Episode 13: "Pastures New" (5 December 1969)
Radio adaptation
editA radio adaptation of the programme was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1969 and 1970, with Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews in the leading roles. Charlotte Mitchell was Mary, Roberta Tovey was Trudi and Hugo Keith-Johnston played Robin. The scripts were adapted from the TV scripts by Richard Waring. Since 2015 both series have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.[1]
DVD release
editThe eight surviving episodes were released on DVD for the first time on Monday, 8 September 2014.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "BBC Radio 4 Extra - Not in Front of the Children, Series 1, House in a Tree". BBC.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Craig, Wendy (1934-) Biography". screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "Not in Front of the Children". 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Religious Revival (1968)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019.
- ^ Hayward, Anthony (7 June 2012). "Charlotte Mitchell obituary". The Guardian.
- ^ "Not in Front of the Children DVD". British Comedy Guide.
External links
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