The Dustbinmen. Image shows from L to R: Eric (Tim Wylton), Heavy Breathing (Trevor Bannister), Cheese and Egg (Bryan Pringle), Winston Platt (Graham Haberfield). Copyright: ITV
The Dustbinmen
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1968 - 1970
- 21 episodes (3 series)
A sitcom from Jack Rosenthal about a team of Manchester refuse collectors. Also features Bryan Pringle, Trevor Bannister, Graham Haberfield, Tim Wylton, John Woodvine and more.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 3
With Smellie in hospital, the last thing either he or the other patients need is a visit from the crew of Thunderbird Three - and the feeling is very much reciprocated!
Notes
This episode now only survives in black and white.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 7th April 1970
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Bryan Pringle | C. E. "Cheese and Egg" Petty |
| Trevor Bannister | Heavy Breathing |
| Graham Haberfield | Winston Platt |
| Tim Wylton | Eric Llewellyn |
| Brian Wilde | Bernard "Bloody Delilah" Pook |
| John Barrett | Smellie Ibbotson |
| George Moon | First Patient |
| Jacqueline Clarke | Nurse |
| Roy Maxwell | Second Patient |
| Rose Power | First Patient's Wife |
| Brenda Elder | Second Patient's Wife |
| Bernard Padden | Second Patient's Son |
| Peter Dudley | Man in Corridor |
| Lorna McIntyre | Sister |
| Norman Cusden | Orderly |
| Jack Rosenthal | Writer |
| Les Chatfield | Director |
| Dick Everitt (as Richard Everitt) | Producer |
| Eugene Ferguson | Production Designer |
| Derek Hilton | Composer |