Mulberry. Image shows from L to R: Miss Farnaby (Geraldine McEwan), Mulberry (Karl Howman). Copyright: BBC
Mulberry

Mulberry

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1992 - 1993
  • 13 episodes (2 series)

Gentle sitcom about an cantankerous old spinster who begrudgingly befriends Mulberry, son of the Grim Reaper, when he comes to collect her. Stars Karl Howman, Geraldine McEwan, John Bennett, Tony Selby, Lill Roughley and Mary Healey

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