Big Jim And The Figaro Club. Copyright: BBC
Big Jim And The Figaro Club

Big Jim And The Figaro Club

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two
  • 1979 - 1981
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

The Figaro Club is a group of mates in the building trade who frequent a small seaside town during the nineteen-fifties. Stars Norman Rossington, David Beckett, Sylvester McCoy, Gordon Rollings, Roland Curram and more.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 5 - The Pursuit Of Courtly Love

'Cor - the glamour of them Saturday nights. Clean your shoes, put the creases in your trousers, crafty trip down the barber's ... and get the thoughts of what you might get lined up, you played your cards about right...'

Broadcast details

Date
Wednesday 12th August 1981
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Norman Rossington Big Jim
David Beckett Chick
Sylvester McCoy (as Sylveste McCoy) Turps
Gordon Rollings Old Ned
Roland Curram Harold Perkins
Priscilla Morgan Glad
David John Nimrod
Bob Hoskins Narrator
Guest cast
Hazel Clyne Beryl
Lill Roughley Pudden
Charles Pemberton PC Speedworth
Gillian Toll Magistrate
Gillian Taylforth Dishmop
Writing team
Ted Walker Writer
Production team
Colin Rose Producer
Steve Brownsey Production Designer

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