| Title |
Alcock and Gander. The complete series [DVD]. |
| Production & Copyright Details |
Australia : Distributed by ViaVision Entertainment, [2024] |
| ©1972 |
| Physical Description |
1 DVD-video (150 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Content type |
two-dimensional moving image |
| Note |
Catalogued from container. |
| ViaVision Entertainment : VVE3906. |
| Originally broadcast in Great Britain on ITV network during 1972. |
| English. No subtitles. |
| Contents Note |
The Safe Breaker -- Husband In A Hurry -- Soho Is Too Small -- Pontoon -- The Strip Club -- Artistic Books, Soho, Limited. |
| Credits Note |
Written by Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke. |
| Performer/Cast Note |
Beryl Reid, Richard O'Sullivan, John Cater, Julie Martin. |
| Summary Note |
Upon her husband's death, Marigold Alcock inherits his businesses, operating under the grand name of "The Alcock Group of Companies". The companies, whose headquarters are above a strip club in Soho, include entities such as "Alcock's Racing Service Ltd", "Alcock's Marriage Bureau" and "Alcock's Detective Agency". The illiterate Ernest is her office assistant, while her partner is Richard Gander. Gander was given partnership in the company after an "Alcock Continental Coach Tour" went wrong and he arrived as the representative of the tour group to demand their money back. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| Requirements |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono ; PAL ; Region 4 ; aspect ratio 4:3. |
| Subject - Topical Term |
Widows -- Drama |
| Clubs -- Drama |
| Partnership -- Drama |
| Television series -- Great Britain |
| Television programs, British |
| Subject - Genre |
Situation comedies (Television programs) |
| Fiction television programs |
| Television series |
| Added Entry - Personal Name |
Mortimer, Johnnie screenwriter. |
| Cooke, Brian, 1937- screenwriter. |
| Reid, Beryl, 1919-1996 actor. |
| O'Sullivan, Richard, 1944- actor. |
| Reservations Queue |
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