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    Comedy TV Shows - 1980s 2 Mins Read

    Gaffer, The

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    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.

    gaffer12There 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

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