Barbara. Image shows from L to R: Barbara Liversidge (Gwen Taylor), Ted Liversidge (Sam Kelly)
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.
Episode menu
Pilot - Job
No-nonsense housewife Gwen Taylor is none-too-impressed when her son-in-law reveals plans to move, with his wife and son, to Wales.
Notes
This pilot episode was broadcast as the first of a series of pilots for ITV in 1995 under the Comedy Firsts banner. Of the six episodes broadcast, the second - Sometime, Never - was the only other to be commissioned for a full series.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 10th July 1995
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Gwen Taylor | Barbara Liversidge |
| Sam Kelly | Ted Liversidge |
| Madge Hindle | Doreen |
| Shirley Anne Field (as Shirley-Anne Field) | Jean |
| Caroline Milmoe | Linda |
| Glen Davies | Martin |
| Dee Orr | Mrs. Evans |
| Bill Gavin | Mr. Meeks |
| Benjamin Robinson | Baby George |
| Mark Bussell | Writer |
| Rob Clark | Writer |
| Ramsay Gilderdale | Writer |
| Graham Mark Walker | Writer |
| Les Chatfield | Director |
| Mark Bussell | Producer |
| Paul Spencer | Executive Producer |
| Peter Rudd | Editor |
| Tony Ferris | Production Designer |