Ffizz. Image shows from L to R: Hugo Walker (Benjamin Whitrow), Alan (Robin Kermode), Jack Mowbray (Richard Griffiths). Copyright: Thames Television
Ffizz
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1987 - 1989
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Upmarket wine merchants Mowbray & Crofts find times getting harder as a recession bites: the owners are forced to meet something called 'work'. Stars Richard Griffiths, Benjamin Whitrow, Felicity Montagu, Robin Kermode, Phyllida Law and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 5 - The Big Chief
The boys take a shine to a vintage arcade machine during a party at Australia House. Alan, meanwhile, accepts 300 crates of atrocious Polish wine in lieu of payment from a bankrupt creditor.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 7th October 1987
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Richard Griffiths | Jack Mowbray |
| Benjamin Whitrow | Hugo Walker |
| Felicity Montagu | Griselda |
| Robin Kermode | Alan |
| Peggy Aitchison | Mrs. Monaghan |
| George Ballantine | Samson |
| Ben Robertson | Calvin |
| Alisa Bosschaert (as Alissa Bosschaert) | Avril |
| Terence Conoley | German Third Secretary |
| Richard Fegen | Writer |
| Andrew Norriss | Writer |
| Derrick Goodwin | Director |
| Derrick Goodwin | Producer |
| Roger Holmes | Editor |
| Alex Clarke | Production Designer |
| Shirley Teece | Casting Director |
| Denis King | Composer |
| Lyn Harvey | Costume Designer |
| Bob Simmons | Lighting Designer |