The Worker. Charlie (Charlie Drake)
The Worker
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1965 - 1978
- 36 episodes (5 series)
Charlie Drake is The Worker, a man who has had 980 jobs in 20 years - most of them for one day! He is unemployable but that doesn't stop him trying. Also features Percy Herbert and Henry McGee.
The Worker. Image shows from L to R: Mr Pugh (Henry McGee), Charlie (Charlie Drake)
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1965 - 1978
- Channel
- ITV1
- Episodes
- 36 (5 series)
- Stars
- Charlie Drake, Percy Herbert and Henry McGee
- Writers
- Charlie Drake and Lew Schwarz
- Directors
- Shaun O'Riordan, Stuart Allen, Paul Annett and John Scholz-Conway
- Producers
- Alan Tarrant and Shaun O'Riordan
- Companies
Charlie's visits to the Labour Exchange are a regular part of his week. In twenty years he has had 980 jobs and few have lasted more than a day. Somewhere out there is the perfect job for him but who will employ him? Mr Pugh, at the Labour Exchange, is a ticking timebomb - on the outside patient and professional but on the inside a volcano of frustration having to deal with the worst worker in the world!
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 27th February 1965 at 8:25pm on ITV1