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1 9 8 0 (UK)
12 x 60 min episodes
The Tonsleys and the Benges – two large inter-related south London families – reunite when the oldest member of the family is awarded a British Empire medal, but they remain far from convinced that blood is thicker than water.
Through two series of hour-long Thames black-comedy-dramas, with such veteran names as Max Wall and Joan Sims among the cast, the clans were ever at loggerheads.
In the process, Annie finally snuffs it; Stephen Benge and Dennis Tonsley go to Venice (Stephen to see his one true love, Iris; Dennis to sell baby furniture to the Italians); Frank Benge continues to put up with the twins; Rose Tonsley dreams of Stephen and Iris at the altar again; and Frank and Ray end up in hospital.
But all came good at the end as Ray and Marge emigrate, Pam finds a man, Molly (the widowed licensee of the Crown and Sceptre) and Arthur get married, and Stephen settles for gardening.
Frank Benge
James Grout
Daphne Benge
Gillian Raine
Stephen Benge
Richard O’Callaghan
Ray Benge
Gorden Kaye
Marge Benge
Kate Williams
Annie Benge
Rose Hill
Iris Tonsley
Susan Tracy
Tommy Tonsley
Max Wall
Rose Tonsley
Constance Chapman
Dennis Tonsley
Trevor Peacock
Shirley Tonsley
Helen Cotterill
Molly Peglar
Joan Sims
Arthur Peglar
Ivor Roberts
Pam Redstone
Susie Blake
Paul Redstone
Ian Redford
Episodes
Together Again | Dreamboats | S.W.A.L.K | How Do You Feel When You Marry Your Ideal? | Ever So Goosey | Napooh. . . Toodle-oo | Meeting Your Obligations | C’est Si Bon | Italian Overture | Next Day On Your Dressing Room | Nothing To Spoil Our Joy | Don’t Cry For Me Wandsworth High Street
