Spring and Autumn

1 9 7 2 – 1 9 7 6 (UK)
26 x 30 minute episodes

This comedy series from Thames Television featured Tommy Butler (Jimmy Jewel), an older man in the Autumn of his years who was forced to move in with his daughter Vera (June Barry) and her husband Brian (Larry Martyn) when his house had to be demolished.

Tommy meets 12-year-old tearaway Charlie Harris (Charlie Hawkins) at a bus stop and takes him under his wing. Charlie lives alone with his mother (Jo Warne) and hasn’t seen his father for seven years.

Tommy Butler
Jimmy Jewel
Charlie Harris
Charlie Hawkins
Vera Reid
June Barry
Brian Reid
Larry Martyn
Betty Harris
Jo Warne

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