1 9 7 7 (UK)
7 x 30 minute episodes
1 9 7 9 (UK)
6 x 30 minute episodes
Ralph Tanner (Richard Briers) and Brian Bryant (Michael Gambon) are two boring bachelors who, despite being as different as chalk and cheese, befriend each other on a package holiday in Spain after a chance meeting at Gatwick airport.
Returning to England, Ralph – a self-deluding sales rep whose bragging and compulsive lying is his way of disguising his complete social failure – searches for the gullible and timid divorcee Brian to solidify their new friendship.
The series returned in February 1979, with the pair’s continuing misadventures as travelling salesmen.
Despite being written by the winning team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, The Other One was not well-received and has been largely forgotten.
Ralph Tanner
Richard Briers Brian Bryant
Michael Gambon Manolo
Michael Chesden Sue Bainbridge
Jill Kerman Fred
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Returning to England, Ralph – a self-deluding sales rep whose bragging and compulsive lying is his way of disguising his complete social failure – searches for the gullible and timid divorcee Brian to solidify their new friendship.
