Romany Jones (1972)

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

4 seasons, 26 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two families living on a caravan site get into comic mishaps. The show focuses on the lazy and bumbling residents as they deal with everyday problems.

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What happens

Romany Jones is a British sitcom made by London Weekend Television, broadcast between 15 February 1972 and 11 July 1975, involving the comic misadventures of two layabout families living on a caravan site. The show was designed as a vehicle for James Beck and also featured Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts as Wally and Lily Briggs. Following Beck's death in August 1973, Bert and Betty Jones were written out of the series. Jonathan Cecil and Gay Soper took over the lead roles, playing new neighbours, Jeremy and Susan Crichton-Jones. The show's pilot episode had been made by Thames Television and broadcast in 1972. It was followed by a spin-off sequel in 1976 entitled Yus, My Dear, starring Mullard and Watts. Romany Jones has been described by the Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy as being one of the worst British sitcoms ever produced. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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