Oh Happy Band!. Image shows left to right: Mr Giles (Tony Sympson), Mr Sowerby (Billy Burden), Mr Herbert (Jonathan Cecil), Harry Bennington (Harry Worth), Mr Pilgrim (Tom Mennard), Mr Braithwaite (John Horsley). Credit: BBC
Oh Happy Band!
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1980
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Croft & Lloyd sitcom starring Harry Worth as the leader of a small town's brass band, who find themselves at the centre of an anti-airport campaign. Also features Jonathan Cecil, Billy Burden, Tom Mennard, Tony Sympson, Jan Holden and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - A Bird In The Bush
Proposals for an airport set the locals against the planning bigwigs: their first form of defence is a rare bird, although sadly it's long extinct in the area...
Notes
This episode was produced as a pilot.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 3rd September 1980
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Harry Worth | Harry Bennington |
| Jonathan Cecil | Mr Herbert |
| Billy Burden | Mr Sowerby |
| Tom Mennard | Mr Pilgrim |
| Tony Sympson | Mr Giles |
| Jan Holden | Mrs Draper |
| Harold Bennett | Vicar |
| Moira Foot | Glenda |
| Peggy Ann Clifford (as Peggyann Clifford) | Mrs Tickford |
| Margaret Clifton | Miss Mayhew |
| John Horsley | Mr Braithwaite |
| Ronnie Brody | Mr Turtle |
| Mollie Maureen | Vicar's Wife |
| Jeffrey Segal | Man from the Ministry |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Marcus Thompson | Editor |
| Eric Walmsley | Production Designer |
| George Prior | Musical Director |