Romany Jones
| Romany Jones | |
|---|---|
| Format | Sitcom |
| Starring | Arthur Mullard Queenie Watts James Beck Jo Rowbottom Jonathan Cecil Maureen Sweeney Kevin Brennan |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | London Weekend Television |
| Original run | 15 February 1972 – 11 July 1975 |
Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by LWT, It starred Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts as Wally and Lily Briggs and was broadcast between 1973 and 1975, The show was originally 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 August 1973, aged just 44, Bert and Betty Jones were written out of the series, and Jonathan Cecil and Maureen Sweeney took over the lead roles, playing new neighbours, Jeremy and Susan Crichton-Jones.
The show had a pilot broadcast in 1972 and was followed by a spin off sequel in 1976 entitled Yus, My Dear, starring Mullard and Watts.
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[edit] Plot
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[edit] Cast
- Arthur Mullard - Wally Briggs
- Queenie Watts - Lily Briggs
- James Beck - Bert Jones (series 1 and 2)
- Jo Rowbottom - Betty Jones (series 1 and 2)
- Kevin Brennan - Mr Gibson (series 1 and 2)
- Jonathan Cecil - Jeremy Crichton-Jones (series 3 and 4)
- Maureen Sweeney - Susan Crichton-Jones (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.
[edit] DVD Release
The first series of Romany Jones has been released by Network DVD on 6th June 2011. The second series will be released on the 23rd January 2012
[edit] Yus, My Dear
In 1976 a year after their previous LWT sitcom vehicle Romany Jones ended, Mullard and Watts (both main characters of the show) starred in a spin-off sitcom called Yus, My Dear, intended to be a sequel to Romany Jones. The show focused on the two main characters who had now left the caravan site to live in a council house.
[edit] DVD Release
Both the first and second series have now been released on DVD by Network, separately. However a 3-disc set of the complete series containing both series together has yet to be released.
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