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    1980s Television Comedy Shows B UK TV 2 Mins Read

    Bit Of A Do, A

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    13 x 60 minute episodes

    Set in a small Yorkshire town where everyone knew everyone else’s business, A Bit Of A Do focused on the relationships between members of the Rodenhurst and Simcock families.

    Laurence Rodenhurst (Paul Chapman) was a snobbish dentist, while the socially inferior Ted Simcock (David Jason) ran an iron foundry.

    bitofado21The first ‘do’ which brought them together was the marriage of Laurence’s daughter, Jenny (Sarah-Jane Holm), to Ted’s scruffy son, Paul (David Thewlis).

    During the reception, Ted enjoyed some extra-marital exercise with Laurence’s wife, Liz (Nicola Pagett), which resulted in an unplanned offspring and the break-up of Ted’s marriage to Rita (Gwen Taylor). That set the tone for the series.

    Other ‘dos’ the families attended included the Angling Club Christmas party, the Dentist’s dance, and the crowning of Miss Frozen Chicken UK at the Cock-A-Doodle Chickens event.

    As the series progressed, Laurence died, Liz picked up with Widower Neville Badger (Michael Jayston), Ted’s business hit hard times, and Jenny married her brother-in-law, Elvis (Wayne Foskett).

    Rodney and Betty Sillitoe (Tim Wylton and Stephanie Cole) were boozy regulars at every function, and also seen were barman Eric (Malcolm Hebden) and waitress Sandra (Tracy Brabin).

    The episodes were dramatized by David Nobbs from his own novels. The theme song was sung by George Melly.

    bitofado_001Ted Simcock
    David Jason
    Rita Simcock
    Gwen Taylor
    Elvis Simcock
    Wayne Foskett
    Paul Simcock
    David Thewlis
    Laurence Rodenhurst
    Paul Chapman
    bitofado_002Liz Rodenhurst
    Nicola Pagett
    Simon Rodenhurst
    Nigel Hastings
    Jenny Rodenhurst/Simcock
    Sarah-Jane Holm
    Neville Badger
    Michael Jayston
    Rodney Sillitoe
    Tim Wylton
    Betty Sillitoe
    Stephanie Cole
    Carol Fordingbridge
    Karen Drury
    Gerry Lansdown
    David Yelland
    Corinna Price-Rodgerson
    Diana Weston
    Geoffrey Ellsworth-Smythe
    Malcolm Tierney
    Lucinda Snellmarsh
    Amanda Wenban
    Eric
    Malcolm Hebden
    Sandra
    Tracy Brabin

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