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 4 - The Saucerer's Apprentice
Mr Pugh is in an unusually good mood but all that changes when Charlie arrives - with an Extra-Terrestrial Being!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 27th August 1970
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 25 minutes
Cast & crew
| Charlie Drake | Charles Drake |
| Henry McGee | Mr Pugh |
| Kay Frazer | Extra-Terrestrial Being |
| Cyril Cross | Policeman |
| Fred Hugh | Shop manager |
| Celestine Burden | Snooty girl |
| Edwin Brown | Man in queue |
| Jean Challis | Woman in queue |
| Marcia Warren | Young woman in queue |
| Matthew Roberton | Man in crowd |
| Charlie Drake | Writer |
| Lew Schwarz (as Lewis Schwarz) | Writer |
| Shaun O'Riordan | Director |
| Shaun O'Riordan | Producer |
| Colin Slade | Editor |
| Henry Graveney | Production Designer |