Who Is Sylvia? (1967)

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United Kingdom

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How it feels

A man tries to find a wife with the help of a marriage bureau run by an eccentric woman. His efforts lead to a series of comedic disasters.

lightheartedcomedicsillydatedbritishpredictablechaotic

What happens

Who Is Sylvia? is a 1967 British television sitcom which aired on ITV. It stars Charlie Drake as a man in search of a wife who enlists the help of a marriage bureau run by Mrs. Proudpiece (Kathleen Byron) with predictably disastrous results. Actors who appeared in episodes of the series include Leslie Dwyer, Ballard Berkeley, Victor Maddern, Pauline Collins, Sally Bazely, Austin Trevor, Justine Lord, Martin Benson, Shirley Stelfox, Henry McGee, George Woodbridge, Petra Markham, Michael Balfour and Wally Patch. Five of the seven episodes made survive. The two episodes which are lost are episodes 5 and 6. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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