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Ben Travers Farces

Created by Ben TraversArthur LoweRichard BriersTerence Alexander
19 Sep 1970First aired
1Season

The series

Ben Travers' Farces is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC 1. It ran for a single series of seven episodes between 19 September and 31 October 1970. Each was a stand-alone adaptation of a farce by Ben Travers. The first six episodes were adaptations of Aldwych Farces beginning with Rookery Nook while the seventh She Follows Me About was based on his wartime play of the same title.

Episodes

Season 1 · 7 episodes · 1970

  1. Episode 119 Sep 19701h 0m

    Rookery Nook

    A young woman, dressed in pyjamas, seeks refuge from her bullying stepfather at a country house in the middle of the night.

  2. Episode 226 Sep 19701h 0m

    A Cuckoo in the Nest

    A man and a woman, who are each married to other people. While travelling together, they are obliged by circumstances to share a hotel bedroom. Everyone else assumes the worst, but the two travellers are able to prove their innocence.

  3. Episode 33 Oct 19701h 0m

    Turkey Time

    Set at Christmas, it centers around a Christmas holiday at the Stoatt household where two guests become entangled with a stranded performer

  4. Episode 410 Oct 19701h 0m

    A Cup of Kindness

    The son and daughter of two feuding families announce their upcoming marriage, to widespread uproar.

  5. Episode 517 Oct 19701h 0m

    Plunder

    Two friends commit a jewel robbery, for arguably honourable reasons, with fatal results.

  6. Episode 624 Oct 19701h 0m

    Dirty Work

    The maladroit but ultimately successful efforts of a shop-walker to outwit a gang of jewel thieves.

  7. Episode 731 Oct 19701h 0m

    She Follows Me About

    A harassed vicar has to cope with some mischievous girls and a bishop who is not all he seems.

Cast

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