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COLLECTION · Series · 1970

Ben Travers Farces

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.

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* 0.0 (0)Comedy
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Ben Travers
Runtime
60 min/ep
Release
19/09/1970
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
7 episodes · 1970
Episode 1. Rookery Nook
1970-09-19 · 60 min

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

Episode 2. A Cuckoo in the Nest
1970-09-26 · 60 min

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.

Episode 3. Turkey Time
1970-10-03 · 60 min

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

Episode 4. A Cup of Kindness
1970-10-10 · 60 min

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

Episode 5. Plunder
1970-10-17 · 60 min

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

Episode 6. Dirty Work
1970-10-24 · 60 min

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

Episode 7. She Follows Me About
1970-10-31 · 60 min

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

Cast by season
Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe
Clement Peck
Richard Briers
Richard Briers
Charlie Tutt
Terence Alexander
Terence Alexander
Charlie
?
Jenny McCracken
Barbara Wykeham
Megs Jenkins
Megs Jenkins
Mrs. Hewlett
Frank Thornton
Frank Thornton
Claude Hickett MP
Polly Adams
Polly Adams
Benny
?
Tim Barrett
Oswald Veal
Geoffrey Palmer
Geoffrey Palmer
Hugh Stafford
Jessica Benton
Jessica Benton
Millie
Elizabeth Knight
Elizabeth Knight
Rhoda Marley
Irene Handl
Irene Handl
Mrs. Bugle
Mollie Sugden
Mollie Sugden
Mona Flower
?
Edward Dentith
Chief Constable Grierson
Jonathan Cecil
Jonathan Cecil
Aubrey
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