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    Comedy TV Shows - 1980s 1 Min Read

    River, The

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    1 9 8 8 (UK)
    6 x 30 minute episodes

    Pop star David Essex starred as Davey Jackson, a regulation chirpy cockney wideboy who fancied the quiet life as a canal lock-keeper at Chumley-on-the-Water.

    A brief encounter with broken propellered Scots bargee Sarah MacDonald (Katy Murphy) led to love in Jackson’s rustic cottage, despite the worst efforts of his frowning Marxist Aunty Betty (Vilma Hollingberry).

    Also seen were the local Colonel Blimp (David Ryall) and Jackson’s assistant Tom (Shaun Scott).

    To no great surprise, a second season was never commissioned.

    Davey Jackson
    David Essex
    Sarah MacDonald
    Katy Murphy
    Aunt Betty
    Vilma Hollingberry
    Colonel Danvers
    David Ryall
    Tom Pike
    Shaun Scott

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