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Andy Capp (1988)

Andy Capp poster
Genre
sitcom
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sitcom about a lazy, beer-loving husband in northern England who avoids work and clashes with his long-suffering wife. It follows his daily schemes to get out of responsibility and his stubborn refusal to change.

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What happens

Andy Capp is a British sitcom based on the cartoon Andy Capp. It starred James Bolam and ran for one series in 1988. It was written by Keith Waterhouse. Unusually, for a sitcom at the time, there was neither a studio audience nor a laugh track during the filming of Andy Capp, and was filmed entirely on location. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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