First broadcast as The Growing Pains of PC Penrose, this whimsical sitcom (by whimsical sitcom maestro Roy Clarke) focused on the mishaps of naive probationary constable Michael Penrose (Paul Greenwood) – nicknamed Rosie, much to his embarrassment.
PC Penrose joined the force in the Yorkshire town of Slagcaster, where Sergeant Flagg (Bryan Pringle) took him under his wing and showed him the ropes, though his methods were not the least conventional.
The series was filmed in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, mostly in the villages of Moorends and Thorne.
In the follow-up series, Rosie, PC Penrose returned to his North Yorkshire hometown of Raven’s Bay – a fictitious name derived by coupling the names Ravenscar and Robin Hood’s Bay, two seaside villages near Scarborough where the series was filmed.
Here, Rosie was dominated by his mother, Millie (Avril Elgar, then Patricia Kneale), his sister, Aunt Ida (Lorraine Peters), and his girlfriend, Gillian (Frankie Jordan).
Headstrong and slovenly police partner PC Wilmot (Tony Haygarth) was his male companion..
PC Michael ‘Rosie’ Penrose
Paul Greenwood Sgt Flagg
Bryan Pringle PC Toombs
Alan Foss PC Buttress
David Pinner Inspector Fox
Christopher Burgess WPC Dean
Catherine Chase Avis Threadgold
Renny Lister Wally Threadgold
Felix Bowness PC Wilmot
Tony Haygarth Millie Penrose
Avril Elgar (1)
Patricia Kneale (2) Auntie Ida
Lorraine Peters Gillian Chiselhurst
Frankie Jordan Uncle Norman
Allan Surtees WPC Brenda Whatmough
Penny Leatherbarrow Merv
Robert Gillespie Chief Inspector Dunwoody
Paul Luty Liz
Geraldine Gardner Big Cyril
Dudley Jones Renata
Janet Dale
Episodes
Fabulous Eyelashes He’s Got | The Peeper | For the Love of Billy | Always a Spectator, Never a Player | The Melody Lingers On | It’s Quiet Midweek | Among Those Appearing || Woman Pressure | A Smile from Antonio | I Wish They Wouldn’t Call Me Son | Sunday | Wholesale Fish | The Cheese and Wine | Mirror, Mirror on the Floor | Wilmot Gets a Bad Case of Big Cyril’s Second Wife | Wilmot and an Even Worse Case of Big Cyril’s Second Wife | The Eyes of the Law | Complications | Further Complications | Our Intrepid Birdmen | Those Wonderful People in the C.I.D. | Free Sample | The Worm That Turns Us All | Happy Birthday, Mr Chiselhurst | Looking for Herbie | Turn Left at the Parrot | A Day in the Country | Tune on a Silent Dog Whistle | Arresting Gordon by Instalments | You’re Beautiful Miss Parkinson | The Eight Foot Goat | Big Night at Freezi-Pops | An Informer for Engelbert | Caught in the Act
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PC Penrose joined the force in the Yorkshire town of Slagcaster, where Sergeant Flagg (Bryan Pringle) took him under his wing and showed him the ropes, though his methods were not the least conventional.
Here, Rosie was dominated by his mother, Millie (Avril Elgar, then Patricia Kneale), his sister, Aunt Ida (Lorraine Peters), and his girlfriend, Gillian (Frankie Jordan).
