Barbara. Image shows from L to R: Barbara Liversidge (Gwen Taylor), Ted Liversidge (Sam Kelly)
Barbara

Barbara

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1995 - 2003
  • 29 episodes (3 series)

No-nonsense Yorkshire housewife Barbara Liversage imposes herself as the agony aunt and problem-solver for her extended family. Stars Gwen Taylor, Sam Kelly, Madge Hindle, Mark Benton, Elizabeth Carling and more.

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Barbara bagged the viewers for ITV

Which was the last ITV sitcom to regularly put one over on BBC1, we asked. Reader Graham Walker answered: Gwen Taylor comedy Barbara, which ran for 28 episodes between 1999 and 2003 (after piloting in 1995), 17 of which won their slots.

Monkey, The Guardian, 6th March 2012

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