Abigail and Roger explained

Runtime:20 minutes
Starring:Julie Webb
David Drummond
Rosina Enright
John Stone
Grace Denbigh-Russell
Country:United Kingdom
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:9

Abigail and Roger is a British television sitcom that aired on the BBC Television Service in 1956. It was written by Kelvin Sheldon. The programme saw Julie Webb and David Drummond play Abigail and Roger, an engaged couple living in London bedsits. The series is thought to no longer exist.

Cast

Plot

Abigail and Roger are an engaged couple living separately in bedsits in London. Abigail is a shorthand typist, who is outspoken and very capable domestically, she can mend a fuse, cook, drive and so on. Roger works in the City and is into keeping fit and planning for their future. Much of the humour arose from the different attitudes to life, and their interest in the attractions of London.

Episodes

The show was originally meant to run for thirteen weeks, as a summer replacement for the soap opera The Grove Family, but in fact only ran for nine weeks. The entire series is thought to be lost.

Episode No.Original Broadcast Date
14 July 1956
211 July 1956
318 July 1956
425 July 1956
51 August 1956
68 August 1956
715 August 1956
822 August 1956
929 August 1956

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