About
Ben Travers' Farces is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC 1. It ran for a single series of seven episodes between 19 September and 31 October 1970. Each was a stand-alone adaptation of a farce by Ben Travers. The first six episodes were adaptations of Aldwych Farces beginning with Rookery Nook while the seventh She Follows Me About was based on his wartime play of the same title.
Cast
Arthur Lowe
as Clement Peck
Richard Briers
as Charlie Tutt
Terence Alexander
as Charlie
Jenny McCracken
as Barbara Wykeham
Megs Jenkins
as Mrs. Hewlett
Frank Thornton
as Claude Hickett MP
Polly Adams
as Benny
Tim Barrett
as Oswald Veal
Geoffrey Palmer
as Hugh Stafford
Jessica Benton
as Millie
Elizabeth Knight
as Rhoda Marley
Irene Handl
as Mrs. Bugle
Mollie Sugden
as Mona Flower
Edward Dentith
as Chief Constable Grierson
Jonathan Cecil
as Aubrey
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Rookery Nook
A young woman, dressed in pyjamas, seeks refuge from her bullying stepfather at a country house in the middle of the night.
A Cuckoo in the Nest
A man and a woman, who are each married to other people. While travelling together, they are obliged by circumstances to share a hotel bedroom. Everyone else assumes the worst, but the two travellers are able to prove their innocence.
Turkey Time
Set at Christmas, it centers around a Christmas holiday at the Stoatt household where two guests become entangled with a stranded performer
A Cup of Kindness
The son and daughter of two feuding families announce their upcoming marriage, to widespread uproar.
Plunder
Two friends commit a jewel robbery, for arguably honourable reasons, with fatal results.
Dirty Work
The maladroit but ultimately successful efforts of a shop-walker to outwit a gang of jewel thieves.
She Follows Me About
A harassed vicar has to cope with some mischievous girls and a bishop who is not all he seems.
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