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 3, Episode 2 - You Have Enjoyed The Sweets, Now You Must Suffer The Sours
The Labour Exchange is visited by two very official-looking characters who interrogate Mr Pugh about the whereabouts of a certain Mr. Drake!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 5th January 1970
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 25 minutes
Cast & crew
| Charlie Drake | Charles Drake |
| Henry McGee | Mr Pugh |
| Geraldine Newman | Miss Gates |
| John Ringham | Cropper |
| Windsor Davies | Pringle |
| Ellis Dale | Watt |
| Margaret Denyer | Matron |
| Roger Brierley | Doctor |
| Frederick Hall | Brownlow |
| Jennifer Browne | Nurse Collins |
| Malcolm Rogers | the Pacer |
| Robin Humphreys | Tom |
| Bill Lyons | Jack |
| Charlie Drake | Writer |
| Lew Schwarz (as Lewis Schwarz) | Writer |
| Paul Annett | Director |
| Shaun O'Riordan | Producer |
| Michael Bailey | Production Designer |
| Derek Scott | Composer |