Comrade Dad
Sitcom set in a 1999 where England has been taken over by the Russians, creating the communist USSR-GB
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1984 - 1986
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 8 (1 pilot + 1 series)
- Starring
- George Cole, Barbara Ewing, Doris Hare, Claire Toeman, David Garlick and David Battley
- Writers
- Peter Vincent and Ian Davidson
- Director
- John Kilby
- Producer
- John Kilby
The year is 1999, the city is Londongrad, and the Russians have taken over the running of Britain. For Citizen Reg Dudgeon and his family, the line between a dream and a nightmare is rather narrower than they imagined.
- Production company
- Soundtrack
- Arranged by Ronnie Hazlehurst, the theme tune was It's A Long Way To Tipperary, sung by the Red Army Choir.
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 17th December 1984 on BBC Two at 8pm
- Last new broadcast
- Monday 24th February 1986 on BBC Two at 9pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes