The Gaffer. Image shows from L to R: Fred Moffat (Bill Maynard), Harry (Russell Hunter), Betty (Pat Ashton). Copyright: Yorkshire Television
The Gaffer

The Gaffer

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1981 - 1983
  • 20 episodes (3 series)

Fred Moffatt, The Gaffer, is the director of a recession-hit, light-engineering company and is always teetering on the edge of disaster. Stars Bill Maynard, Russell Hunter, Pat Ashton, David Gillies, Don Crann and Alan Hockey

Series menu

Series 1

Related merchandise

The Gaffer - The Complete Series DVD

Bill Maynard (Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt) is Fred Moffat, the tight-fisted yet quick-thinking director of a small light-engineering firm, in this cleverly scripted, bittersweet sitcom.

The recession is biting, and the Gaffer finds himself under siege from the taxman, his creditors, his bank manager... and just about everyone else....

The Gaffer - The Complete First Series DVD

Bill Maynard (Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt) is Fred Moffatt, the tight-fisted yet quick-thinking director of a small light-engineering firm, in this cleverly scripted, bittersweet sitcom.

The recession is biting, and The Gaffer finds himself under siege from the taxman, his creditors, his bank manager... and just about everyone else....

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