Mess Mates. Image shows left to right: 'Dapper' Drake (Ronald Hines), 'Croaker' Jones (Sam Kydd), 'Tug' Nelson (Victor Maddern), 'Blarney' Finnigan (Dermot Kelly), Captain Biskett (Archie Duncan)
Mess Mates
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1960 - 1962
- 40 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom focusing on the captain of a run-down boat and the crew who constantly run rings around him. Stars Sam Kydd, Archie Duncan, Victor Maddern, Fulton Mackay, Dermot Kelly and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1960 - 1962
- Channel
- ITV1
- Episodes
- 40 (2 series)
- Stars
- Sam Kydd, Archie Duncan, Victor Maddern, Fulton Mackay, Dermot Kelly, Ronald Hines, Michael Balfour and Frank Atkinson
- Writers
- Talbot Rothwell and Lew Schwarz
- Directors
- Kenneth Carter and Graeme MacDonald
- Producers
- Kenneth Carter and Eric Fawcett
- Company
The coastal vessel, SS Guernsey, is home to an odd bunch of sailors led by Capt. Biskett, a man who has not only to watch the steam pressure - but his blood pressure! His motley crew, led by arch-schemer and mate Tug Nelson, spend as much time outwitting the skipper as they do holding the boat together.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Black and white
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 28th June 1960 at 8pm on ITV1