A Present For Dickie. Dickie (Dickie Henderson). Copyright: Thames Television
A Present For Dickie

A Present For Dickie

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1969 - 1970
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Dickie returns from a tour of the Far-East to find that he has a surprise present following him home - an elephant. Stars Dickie Henderson, Fabia Drake, Dennis Ramsden and Billy Burden.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 1 - A Present For Dickie

Returning from a cabaret tour of the Far East, Dickie rushes home to greet his wife, only to be met by his mother-in-law: Jane is on a slow boat from Australia. Meanwhile, a cable has arrived from India saying that a young female called Hathi is on the way to Dickie. Mother-in-law is suspicious; Dickie puzzled. Who is Hathi?

Notes

This episode no longer exists in the archives. It is missing, believed wiped.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 30th December 1969
Time
8:30pm
Channel
ITV1
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Dickie Henderson Dickie
Fabia Drake Mrs. Upshott-Mainwaring (Mother-in-law)
Dennis Ramsden Parker
Billy Burden William
Guest cast
Robert Raglan Policeman
Jerry Ram Abul
Ernest Bale Customs officer
Writing team
Jimmy Grafton Writer
Johnny Heyward Writer
Production team
Peter Frazer-Jones Director
Peter Frazer-Jones Producer
Roger Allan Production Designer
Michael Minas Production Designer
Ronnie Aldrich Composer

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