The Dustbinmen (1969)

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This sitcom follows a team of bin men in a Northern British town as they go about their daily rounds. They deal with their jobs, the public and each other in a series of comic situations.

comediclightheartedgrittynostalgicsituationalfast-pacedquotidianworking-class

What happens

The Dustbinmen is a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for ITV, which starred Bryan Pringle, Trevor Bannister, Graham Haberfield and Tim Wylton. The show was a spin-off from a one-off 90-minute television film There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah (1968) written by Jack Rosenthal and directed by Michael Apted. This led to the sitcom which ran for three series between 1969 and 1970. Rosenthal wrote all of the episodes of the first series and, according to the insert in the Network DVD release, all the episodes of the second series too. However, the title credits for Episode 6 of Season 2 name the writers as Tom Brennand and Roy Bottomley. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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