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.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 6 - And Never The Twine Shall Meet
Mr Whittaker has retired and Charlie is in shock but, for a joke, the Labour Exchange send him to work in Mr Whittaker's new shop as an assistant!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 3rd April 1965
- Time
- 8:25pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 35 minutes
Cast & crew
| Charlie Drake | Charles Drake |
| Percy Herbert | Mr Whittaker |
| Robert Dorning | Mr Nelly |
| Frank Seton | First man |
| Fred McNaughton | Second man |
| Len Lowe | First clerk |
| Denis Thorne | Second clerk |
| Frank Williams | Manager |
| Mary Griffiths | First shopper |
| Ida Goldapple | Second shopper |
| Peter Hager | Male shopper |
| Doris Rogers | Housewife |
| Charlie Drake | Writer |
| Lew Schwarz (as Lewis Schwarz) | Writer |
| Shaun O'Riordan | Director |
| Alan Tarrant | Producer |
| Brian Bartholomew | Production Designer |