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The Howerd Confessions (1976)

The Howerd Confessions poster
Directed by
Michael Mills
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Frankie Howerd plays himself in a series of six playlets where he confesses to various indiscretions. Each episode stands alone as a short comedic story.

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What happens

The Howerd Confessions is a British comedy television series which originally aired between 2 September and 7 October 1976 on ITV. It featured comedian Frankie Howerd "confessing" various indiscretions. Each of the 6 episodes was a self-contained, untitled, playlet. The director/producer was Michael Mills, with scripts by Dave Freeman, Dick Hills, Hugh Stuckey and Peter Robinson. In 2007, the entire series was released on dvd by Freemantle Home Entertainment. In 2021, the series was broadcast in the UK on the Freeview/Sky/Freesat channel, ' That's TV Xmas U.K '. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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