The Reluctant Romeo

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1966 - 1967
  • 8 episodes (1 series)

Sitcom starring Leslie Crowther as the engaged and unwillingly irresistible-to-women advertising executive Tom Jones. Also features Amanda Barrie, Margo Jenkins, Geoffrey Sumner and Keith Pyott.

See also

Comedy Playhouse

Comedy Playhouse

The first and most celebrated of all pilot and comedy trial seasons, Comedy Playhouse was originally devised to find new programmes for Ray Galton and Alan Simpson following the end of Hancock's Half Hour.

Casanova '73. Henry Newhouse (Leslie Phillips). Copyright: BBC
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Casanova '73

Leslie Phillips stars as reluctant womaniser Henry Newhouse, who just can't help getting himself into the most farcical situations possible.

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