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Beggar My Neighbour
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1966 - 1968
- 23 episodes (3 series)
Comedy of familial relations. Gerald is a poor snob, whilst his next door neighbours - his wife's sister and her husband - are well-off working class. Stars Reg Varney, Pat Coombs, June Whitfield, Peter Jones and Desmond Walter Ellis
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2 - Lay Down Your Arms
The comic misadventures of poor snobs the Garveys, and their well-to-do in-law next-door-neighbours, the Butts.
Notes
Pertwee's character's surname is given as Huntley in some sources.
This episode no longer exists in the archives. It is missing, believed wiped.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 20th March 1967
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Reg Varney | Harry Butt |
Pat Coombs | Lana Butt |
June Whitfield | Rose Garvey |
Peter Jones | Gerald Garvey |
Jon Pertwee | Major Henley |
Ken Hoare | Writer |
Mike Sharland | Writer |
David Croft | Producer |
Alan Roper | Composer |
Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
Gillian Howard | Production Designer |