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Encyclopedia > Wild, Wild Women
Wild, Wild Women
Genre Sitcom
Running time 30 minutes
Starring Barbara Windsor
Penelope Keith
Pat Coombs
Daphne Heard
Joan Sanderson
Derek Francis
Ronnie Stevens
Anna Karen
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Country of origin UK
Original channel BBC
Original run 24 May 196810 February 1969
No. of episodes 7
IMDb profile

Wild, Wild Women was a short-lived black-and-white British sitcom starring Barbara Windsor that lasted for only one series. It was written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney. It is not currently available on DVD. now. ... Barbara Windsor MBE (born Barbara-Ann Deeks on August 6, 1937, in Shoreditch, London) is a British actress. ... Penelope Keith, OBE, (born Penelope Anne Constance Hatfield on 2 April 1940 in Sutton) is a British actress of stage and screen. ... For the writer, see Patricia Coombs. ... Image:Daphneheard. ... Joan Sanderson (24 November 1912 – 24 May 1992) was a well known British television and stage actress. ... Derek Francis was a British comedy and character actor, born 7 November 1923 in Brighton, England, and died of a heart attack in Wimbledon, London on 27 March 1984. ... Ronnie Stevens is a British actor. ... Anna Karen is a South African-born actress. ... Paul Whitsun-Jones is a British actor (5 April 1923-14 January 1974). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Black-and-white or black and white) can refer to a general term used in photography, film, and other media (see black-and-white). ... A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom. ... Barbara Windsor MBE (born Barbara-Ann Deeks on August 6, 1937, in Shoreditch, London) is a British actress. ... Ronald Chesney (born 1922) and Ronald Wolfe are British TV comedy scriptwriters, best known for their popular 1960s / 1970s sitcoms The Rag Trade and On The Buses. ... Ronald Chesney (born 1922) and Ronald Wolfe are British TV comedy scriptwriters, best known for their popular 1960s / 1970s sitcoms The Rag Trade and On The Buses. ...

Contents

Cast

Pilot

Barbara Windsor MBE (born Barbara-Ann Deeks on August 6, 1937, in Shoreditch, London) is a British actress. ... Derek Francis was a British comedy and character actor, born 7 November 1923 in Brighton, England, and died of a heart attack in Wimbledon, London on 27 March 1984. ... Penelope Keith, OBE, (born Penelope Anne Constance Hatfield on 2 April 1940 in Sutton) is a British actress of stage and screen. ... Ronnie Stevens is a British actor. ...

Series

Paul Whitsun-Jones is a British actor (5 April 1923-14 January 1974). ... For the writer, see Patricia Coombs. ... Image:Daphneheard. ... Anna Karen is a South African-born actress. ... Joan Sanderson (24 November 1912 – 24 May 1992) was a well known British television and stage actress. ...

Plot

This period sitcom, set in 1902, was a variation of The Rag Trade, that was also written by Chesney and Wolfe. Barbara Windsor, who also starred in The Rag Trade, played Millie, a cockney women who led the women in a milliner's shop. The storylines focused around the conflict between the female workers and the management, Mr Harcourt and his apprentince Albert. Reflecting the spirit of Britain in the 1960s, the women adopted a new fiesty spirit no seen in The Rag Trade. The series failed to attract the same popularity as The Rag Trade, and was decommissioned after the first series. The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom transmitted by the BBC between 1961 and 1963. ... Ronald Chesney (born 1922) and Ronald Wolfe are British TV comedy scriptwriters, best known for their popular 1960s / 1970s sitcoms The Rag Trade and On The Buses. ... Barbara Windsor MBE (born Barbara-Ann Deeks on August 6, 1937, in Shoreditch, London) is a British actress. ... Cockneys are, in the present-day sense of the word, white working-class inhabitants of London. ... Millinery is womens hats and other articles sold by a milliner, or the profession or business of designing, making, or selling hats for women. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...


Episodes

Pilot (1968)

  • Pilot (24 May 68)

1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Series One (1969)

  • Episode One (6 Jan 69)
  • Episode Two (13 Jan 69)
  • Episode Three (20 Jan 69)
  • Episode Four (27 Jan 69)
  • Episode Five (3 Feb 69)
  • Episode Six (10 Feb 69)

1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

External link

  • Nostalgia Central for Wild, Wild Women

References

  • Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003


 

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