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COLLECTION · Series · 1972

Romany Jones

Romany Jones is a British sitcom created and written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe for LWT. Broadcast between 1973 and 1975, the programme follows the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. Originally designed as a starring vehicle for James Beck (Dad's Army), the 1972 pilot and 1973 first series centred on Bert and Betty Jones (Jo Rowbottom), newlywed after seven years, who spend their wedding night in their rickety caravan, natural to Bert but distinctly alien to Betty, born and bred in Streatham. Most of the humour focused on life in theirs and a neighbouring caravan housing Lily and Wally Briggs (Queenie Watts and Arthur Mullard, although Arthur English was cast in the pilot). Following Beck's death after completion on the second series, Bert and Betty were written out, and replaced with a city gentleman and his debutante wife, both of whom remain blissfully oblivious to the Briggs' antics.

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* 6.8 (4)ComedyUnited Kingdom
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Directors
Stuart Allen
Creators
Ronald Chesney · Ronald Wolfe
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
London Weekend Television · Thames Television · LWT
Runtime
30 min/ep
Release
15/02/1972
Score
6.8 / 10 (4)
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1 episodes · 1972
Episode 1. Romany Jones
1972-02-15

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Series 1
7 episodes · 1973
The More We Are Together
Episode 1. The More We Are Together
1973-06-08 · 30 min

Betty's mother visits the caravan she is now sharing with her workshy husband, Bert

Episode 2. The Ring
1973-06-15 · 30 min

It's taken Betty several years of hard courting to get a wedding ring; it's taken her just 7 weeks of marriage to lose it. But the ring must be somewhere in the caravan...

Episode 3. Run Rabbit Run
1973-06-22 · 30 min

Bert confidently predicts that broiler rabbits will solve all his financial problems and bring the maximum of profit with the minimum of effort. Betty doesn't share his enthusiasm - but the arrival of a boxful of baby bunnies melts her…

Episode 4. A Rough Night
1973-06-29 · 30 min

Betty's belief that she deserves better than a caravan home is underlined when Bert and Wally quarrel about a dustbin. With mice and ants as her unlikely allies, and after a night spent sleeping in the car, Betty looks set to win the…

Episode 5. The Competition
1973-07-06 · 30 min

Bert enters a competition to find the country's Ideal Newlyweds - and Betty nearly realises her life-long ambition of spending a proper honeymoon in the sun.

Episode 6. An Addition to the Family
1973-07-13 · 30 min

Bert and Betty Jones return home late to find that a stranger has broken into their caravan. They understandably take strongarm action, but the bearded intruder resists all attempts at eviction.

Episode 7. Look After the Pennies
1973-07-20 · 30 min

Betty decides that if she and Bert are ever to save enough money to buy a house, she must become the breadwinner. Unfortunately Bert is as incompetent as a house-wife as he is at everything else.

Series 2
6 episodes · 1973
Episode 1. One and One Makes Three
1973-09-14 · 30 min

Betty and Bert receive a shock when Betty announces a new arrival!

Episode 2. The Shower
1973-09-21 · 30 min

Bert decides to take matters into his own hands, as the caravan site experiences issues with hot water.

Episode 3. Just the Job
1973-09-28 · 30 min

Betty and Lily issue orders to their work-shy spouses to find decent jobs.

Episode 4. For Better or Worse
1973-10-05 · 30 min

Lily has kicked Wally out, so Betty moves in with Lily and Wally moves in with Bert.

Episode 5. Not So Sweet Charity
1973-10-12 · 30 min

Puzzled by the fact that Wally and Lily always appear to have money, yet never do any work, Bert discovers they live on social security — and that it's not easy to climb aboard that particular gravy train.

Episode 6. Pack Up Your Troubles
1973-10-19 · 30 min

Betty comes up with the idea that emigration could be the answer to their issues, though Bert is not so confident.

Series 3
7 episodes · 1974
Episode 1. The New Arrivals
1974-08-16 · 30 min

Wally and Lily have a new set of neighbours, as a city folk move into the caravan next door. However things are never what they seem.

Episode 2. The Invitations
1974-08-23 · 30 min

Jeremy and Susan are invited to a upper class wedding. However, Jeremy is unable to afford a new dress for Susan, leading to Susan asking Lily for help to make one.

Episode 3. Loot
1974-08-30 · 30 min

Jeremy's honesty is put to the test, when Wally and Lily offer him a carcass of meat which fell off a lorry.

Episode 4. The Dinner
1974-09-06 · 30 min

A potential employer invites Jeremy and Susan for dinner, Jeremy sees this as an opportunity to move up in life, trading the caravan for a house. Susan then returns the compliment which leads to a memorable evening.

Episode 5. Love Is All
1974-09-13 · 30 min

Susan looks to stimulate her and Jeremy's love life, but has second thoughts when the Briggs have similar plans.

Episode 6. She Loves Me, That Bird
1974-09-20 · 30 min

A troublesome chicken causes a nightly disturbance in the caravan park.

Episode 7. The Eggs
1974-09-27 · 30 min

A batch of stolen eggs find their way to Lily and Wally, bringing along with them a lot of trouble.

Series 4
6 episodes · 1975
Episode 1. The Dogsbody
1975-06-06 · 30 min

Jeremy agrees to look after his Managing Directors dog over the weekend, bringing more stress for Susan.

Episode 2. Cold Comfort
1975-06-13 · 30 min

The caravan park sees heavy snowfall, which cuts them off from the outside world. As supplies dwindle the Crichton Jones and Briggs form an uneasy alliance.

Episode 3. The Learner Driver
1975-06-20 · 30 min

Jeremy asks Wally if he can use the car, to have Susan drop him off and pick him up from the station. Jeremy offers to pay some of the running expenses for the car which Wally agrees to. However, there is a small issue with the plan.

Episode 4. A Good Layer
1975-06-27 · 30 min

Jeremy decides that they should keep a hen so he can have a breakfast egg. Wally and Lily oblige and find Jeremy a hen, however the hen is rather old and well past her prime.

Episode 5. The Washing
1975-07-04 · 30 min

Tempers fray over the use of the communal clothesline.

Episode 6. The Night Out
1975-07-11 · 30 min

Susan and Lily have put their differences aside and decide to get their hair done together, for some special occassions. Susan will be acompanying Jeremy to a work dinner and Wally is taking Lily out to a ball at the local.

Cast by season
James Beck
James Beck
Bert Jones
Jo Rowbottom
Jo Rowbottom
Betty Jones
Queenie Watts
Queenie Watts
Lily Briggs
Arthur Mullard
Arthur Mullard
Wally Briggs
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