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    Comedy TV Shows - 1980s 1 Min Read

    King and Castle

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    Thames Television turned tubby Derek Martin into Ronald King, a cockney heavy with hypochondriacal tendencies who decided to give up a life of crime by leaving the police force.

    They teamed him with lanky Nigel Planer as gimpy David Castle – a martial-arts-practising moped-riding genealogist.

    But the Laurel-and-Hardy-style debt collectors they became in this sub-Minder series were never lovable.

    The theme tune (Rough With The Smooth) was composed, arranged and produced by Hugh Cornwell from The Stranglers.

    Ronald King
    Derek Martin 
    David Castle 

    Nigel Planer 
    Mr Hodinett 

    Andrew Cruickshank 
    Miss Wilmot 

    Mary Healey
    Deirdre Aitken 

    Laura Davenport

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