| Genre: | Situation Comedy |
| Creator: | John Stevenson |
| Director: | Bill Podmore |
| Starring: | Arthur Lowe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Series: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 13 |
| Producer: | Bill Podmore |
| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Company: | Granada Television |
| Channel: | ITV |
The Last of the Baskets was a British television situation comedy produced by Granada and starring Arthur Lowe that ran for two series in the early 1970s.[1] It was written by John Stevenson, with one episode (Series 2, Episode 5, "The Hound of the Baskets"[2]) written by Andy Mayer.
Created by John Stevenson, the programme was about a factory worker Clifford Basket (played by Ken Jones) who inherited a title of the Earl of Clogborough, the remaining estate of which is a rundown mansion at Little Clogborough-in-the-Marsh and a faithful servant Bodkin played by Arthur Lowe.[3]
| Episode Title | Written by | Directed by | First broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "End of the Peer" | 10 May 1971 | |||
| 2 | "Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant" | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 17 May 1971 | |
| 3 | "I Gotta Horse" | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 24 May 1971 | |
| 4 | "For I'm to Be Queen of the May" | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 7 June 1971 | |
| 5 | "For Richer, for Poorer" | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 14 June 1971 | |
| 6 | "Do Unto Others..." | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 21 June 1971 |
| Episode Title | Written by | Directed by | First broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | "It's a Living" | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 3 January 1972 | |
| 8 | "Since Then I Have Used No Other" | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 10 January 1972 | |
| 9 | "Good Queen Bess Slept Here" | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 17 January 1972 | |
| 10 | "A Chip Off the Old Block" | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 24 January 1972 | |
| 11 | "The Hound of the Baskets" | Andy Mayer | Bill Podmore | 31 January 1972 | |
| 12 | "Nice Work If You Can Get It" | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 7 February 1972 | |
| 13 | "A Tisket, a Tasket" | John Stevenson | Bill Podmore | 14 February 1972 |