Lame Ducks (1984)

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 12 episodes

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man injured by a truck decides to become a hermit. He is joined by other outcasts and they settle at a derelict railway station. A detective hired to find him also chooses to stay.

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What happens

Lame Ducks is a British television sitcom made by the BBC in 1984 and written by Peter J. Hammond was his first venture into comedy writing having made his name in drama, and being best known for creating Sapphire and Steel. The series starred John Duttine as Brian Drake, a man who, no longer able to work due to a serious injury after being hit by a truck, decides to head off to live as a hermit. As he goes along, he is joined by various other outcasts, including a woman called Angie (played by Lorraine Chase). The group eventually settle at a derelict railway station. Later, a private detective called Ansell (played by Brian Murphy), hired by Drake's wife (Primi Townsend), locates the group, but, as an outcast himself, decides to join them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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