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Pardon the Expression

6.0 36 Eps Comedy   1965

Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of only four spin-offs from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn out the Lights broadcast in 1967. There wasn't to be another spin-off until the 1980s with The Brothers McGregor, which reused two characters who appeared in a single episode. Leonard Swindley was the central character. Formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street, in this series he is the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks. His boss in the series was Ernest Parbold played by Paul Dawkins who was replaced by Wally Hunt played by Robert Dorning in series 2. Other regulars were Betty Driver as canteen lady, Mrs Edgeley and Joy Stewart as Miss Sinclair, the boss's secretary.

  

Seasons (2)

Season 1

Season 1

12 Episodes

Season 2

Season 2

24 Episodes

Casts of Season 2

Arthur Lowe

as Leonard Swindley

Robert Dorning

as Wally Hunt

Betty Driver

as Mrs. Edgeley

Joy Stewart

as Miss Sinclair

Anthony Sharp

as Brigadier Hawke

John Le Mesurier

as Sir Charles Dobson

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