British Comedy Guide
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

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.

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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

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 28th June 1960 at 8pm on ITV1

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