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Mann's Best Friends
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 1985
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Comedy about the misfit residents of a lodging house, their landlord, and the ex-water board official who moves in to try to bring some order. Stars Fulton Mackay, Barry Stanton, Bernard Bresslaw, Patricia Brake, Sara Corper and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Mann and Ordway meet at a local tea shop to discuss the details of the latter's running of The Laurels. Their meeting is brought to a premature end, before Ordway is shocked by lodger Irvin's suicide threats.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 22nd April 1985
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Fulton Mackay | Hamish James Ordway |
Barry Stanton | Henry Mann |
Bernard Bresslaw | Duncan |
Sara Corper | Phoebe |
Barbara Hicks | Mrs. Mann |
Liz Smith | Mrs. Anstruther |
Clive Merrison | Irvin |
Janette Foggo | Waitress |
Michael McKevitt | Car Park Attendant |
Valerie Phillips | Manageress |
Joyce Windsor | Table Cleaner |
Roy Clarke | Writer |
Derrick Goodwin | Director |
Derrick Goodwin | Producer |
Dave Lewinton | Editor |
Colin Andrews | Production Designer |
Dave Mackay | Composer |