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 4, Episode 2 - Breed In For Speed, Breed Out For Stamina
Having had his dream of marrying into the aristocracy cruelly thwarted by Mr Pugh, Charlie is sent to be a chimney sweep instead.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 13th August 1970
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 25 minutes
Cast & crew
| Charlie Drake | Charles Drake |
| Henry McGee | Mr Pugh |
| Willoughby Goddard | Butler |
| Kathleen Byron | Her Ladyship |
| Nicholas Phipps | His Lordship |
| Blake Butler | Scrivens |
| William Lyon Brown | James |
| Jackie Afrique | Jacqueline |
| Celestine Burden | Bridget |
| Clare Lang | Gwendoline |
| Elizabeth Long | Girl |
| George Janson | Young man |
| Charlie Drake | Writer |
| Lew Schwarz (as Lewis Schwarz) | Writer |
| John Scholz-Conway (as John Scholz Conway) | Director |
| Shaun O'Riordan | Producer |
| Colin Slade | Editor |
| Michael Nunn | Editor |
| Henry Graveney | Production Designer |