Cowboys (TV series)

This article is about the British sitcom. For the American western series, see The Cowboys (TV series).

Cowboys
Created by	Peter Learmouth
Starring	Roy Kinnear David Kelly Colin Welland James Wardroper Debbie Linden Janine Duvitski
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer	Thames
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	3 September 1980 (1980-09-03) – 15 December 1981 (1981-12-15)

Cowboys is a British television sitcom that aired on the ITV network during the early 1980s.

The show was created by Peter Learmouth who would go on to create Granada television sitcom Surgical Spirit and starred Lancastrian character-actor Roy Kinnear as Joe Jones, whose "small building firm hardly seems to do anything right at all". Co-starring David Kelly (Previously best known for playing one armed dishwasher Albert Riddle in Robin's Nest, Michael O'Sullivan in Waking Ned and inept builder Mr. O'Reilly in the second episode of Fawlty Towers) as 'Wobbly' Ron, Colin Welland (Well respected actor Z-Cars and award winning screenwriter Chariots of Fire) as Geyser and James Wardroper as Eric with Debbie Linden and Janine Duvitski. Series 1 ran for six episodes, while series 2 consisted of seven.

The show had nothing to do with the Wild West, its title referring instead to the British colloquial use of "cowboy" to describe a workman of doubtful professionalism e.g. a "cowboy builder".

Cast

• Roy Kinnear - Joe Jones
• David Kelly - Wobbly Ron
• Colin Welland - Geyser
• James Wardroper - Eric
• Debbie Linden - Doreen (series 1)
• Janine Duvitski - Muriel (series 2)

DVD releases

DVD		Release date
	The Complete Series 1	17 January 2011
	The Complete Series 2	5 March 2012
	The Complete Series	TBA

See also

• The Gaffer

External links

• Cowboys at IMDb
• Cowboys at British Comedy Guide