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Series 4, Episode 3 - Forward Mr. Grainger

Mr. Grainger is appointed temporary manager while Mr. Rumbold attends a conference, and proves to be quite the dictator. However, Mr. Rumbold's early return puts Mr. Grainger in hot water with his co-workers.

Notes

Mrs. Slocombe has blonde hair in this episode.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 22nd April 1976
Time
8pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

  1. Friday 5th April 2024 at 9:40am on Gold
  2. Friday 5th April 2024 at 3:00pm on Gold
  3. Friday 5th April 2024 at 6:20pm on Gold

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Monday 11th November 2013 3:45pm BBC2
Tuesday 12th May 2015 3:40pm BBC2
Thursday 31st May 2018 2:20pm Drama
Thursday 31st May 2018 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 7th June 2018 1:00pm Gold
Thursday 7th June 2018 5:00pm Gold
Saturday 21st July 2018 12:55pm Gold
Sunday 22nd July 2018 11:20am Gold
Thursday 31st January 2019 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 31st January 2019 6:00pm Gold
Tuesday 16th July 2019 1:00pm Gold
Tuesday 16th July 2019 5:40pm Gold
Wednesday 13th November 2019 6:00pm Drama
Friday 26th June 2020 9:30am Gold
Friday 26th June 2020 1:30pm Gold
Friday 26th June 2020 5:30pm Gold
Monday 18th January 2021 9:40am Gold
Monday 18th January 2021 3:00pm Gold
Monday 18th January 2021 5:40pm Gold
Tuesday 19th January 2021 7:00am Gold
Tuesday 2nd February 2021 6:00pm Drama
Friday 9th July 2021 8:30am Gold
Friday 9th July 2021 1:10pm Gold
Friday 9th July 2021 6:40pm Gold
Thursday 21st October 2021 8:40am Gold
Thursday 21st October 2021 1:20pm Gold
Thursday 21st October 2021 6:40pm Gold
Tuesday 1st February 2022 6:00pm Drama
Wednesday 22nd June 2022 8:10am Gold
Wednesday 22nd June 2022 5:25pm Gold
Thursday 22nd September 2022 6:00pm Drama
Friday 6th January 2023 9:20am Gold
Friday 6th January 2023 2:40pm Gold
Friday 6th January 2023 6:00pm Gold
Thursday 29th June 2023 9:40am Gold
Thursday 29th June 2023 3:00pm Gold
Thursday 29th June 2023 6:20pm Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
Mollie Sugden Mrs Betty Slocombe
Frank Thornton Captain Stephen Peacock
John Inman Mr Wilberforce Humphries
Wendy Richard Miss Shirley Brahms
Nicholas Smith Mr Cuthbert Rumbold
Trevor Bannister Mr Dick Lucas
Arthur English Mr Beverly Harman
Arthur Brough Mr Ernest Grainger
Harold Bennett Young Mr. Grace
Guest cast
Isabella Rye Secretary
Writing team
Jeremy Lloyd Writer
David Croft Writer
Production team
Ray Butt Director
David Croft Producer
Paul Munting Production Designer

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