The Knowledge

  • TV comedy drama
  • ITV1
  • 1979
  • 1 episode

Jack Rosenthal comedy drama about four trainee London black cab drivers. Also features Nigel Hawthorne, Mick Ford, Kim Taylforth, Jonathan Lynn, David Ryall and more.

The Knowledge

Featuring an impressive cast including Maureen Lipman (for many, most famous for her role as Beattie in the BT adverts), Nigel Hawthorne (Yes Minister), Michael Elphick (Three Up, Two Down) and Leslie Joseph (Birds Of A Feather), The Knowledge is a timeless representation of the classic work of award-winning writer, Jack Rosenthal.

The Knowledge is the wonderful story of four men and their attempts to become London cab drivers. In the process, they acquire a different kind of knowledge: knowledge of themselves and of those closest to them, of their strengths and weaknesses, of what they want from life - and how knowledge itself is the means to getting it...

First released: Monday 25th August 2003

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