1 9 8 1 – 1 9 8 3 (UK)
20 x 30 minute episodes
A not very successful comedy series from Yorkshire TV, starring Bill Maynard (Oh No It’s Selwyn Froggitt) as Fred Moffat – the proprietor of the Moffat Engineering Company, a small engineering works forever teetering on the brink of disaster.
There are cash flow problems, absenteeism, malingering and incompetent employees, battles of the sexes and an ever-present danger of strike action.
In the third (1983) series, Moffat decides to stand as a candidate in the local elections and is elected as a councillor, where he does battle with rival councillor Joe Gregory (Alan Hockey).
In the end, the stress of running a factory all becomes too much for the Gaffer so he emigrates to Australia.
The cast included Russell Hunter and Pat Ashton. Production and direction was by Alan Tarrant.
Fred ”Gaffer” Moffat
Bill Maynard
Harry (Shop Steward)
Russell Hunter
Betty
Pat Ashton
Ginger
David Gillies
Charlie
Don Crann
Wagstaff
Christopher Hancock
Spencer Moffat
Chris Langham
Councillor Joe Gregory
Alan Hockey
Councillor Brownlow
Mike Savage
Episodes
All In A Day’s Strike | A Seat On The Board | Albert | Dear Old Pals | The Trouble With Women | England Exports | Flesh & Blood | Take Your Partner | Give Up | A Day To Remember | Wheeler Dealer | Unfit As A Fiddle | The Candidate | Council Of War | Spring | Moonlight and Ruses | There Goes The Bride | Full Of Eastern Promise | Goodbye | The Blackleg
