Best friends George and Charles have been commuting to work together for 15 years. Then, one fateful day, they both find out that they're being laid off. For a while, they keep the news secret and carry on as normal, but eventually they have no choice but to admit the truth. It's time to take action and find alternative employment - but how?
When the Job Centre proves a dead end, they set up an agency offering their services. They'll do anything - as long as it's legal... Their first ventures meet with mixed results: a commission to compose a poem gets them into hot water; a spoilt ambassador's son leads Charles a merry dance, and George has a spot of bother tailing a bizarre giant. Worried that they're not getting enough clients, the duo take on a new secretary, go on a business course that sets tongues wagging, try to improve their DIY skills and branch out into hypnotherapy - but with their business struggling, they're forced to turn to Nanny...
Created by well-known radio and TV writer Wally K. Daly, this entertaining sitcom stars Donald Hewlett and Michael Knowles (It Ain't Half Hot Mum) as Charles and George, with a veteran cast including Norma Ronald (The Men from the Ministry) and Dilys Laye (Carry on Camping).
NB: Contains some dated language and attitudes
Production credits
Written by Wally K. Daly
Produced by John Fawcett Wilson
Theme music by Jim Parker
Cast
Charles - Donald Hewlett
George - Michael Knowles
Hilary - Norma Ronald
GJ - Tony Anholt
Futuristics Manager - David Ryall
Billy - Michael Bilton
Harry the Publican - Colin Starkey
Mr Rollings - Jon Glover
Ticket Collector - Renu Setna
Black Market Job Salesman - Ron Pember
Waitress - Sonia Fraser
Publican - Douglas Blackwell
Isabel - Madeline Smith
Little Willy - Stephen Greif
Simon - Elizabeth Proud
Miss Folliate - Frances Jeater
Belinda Bustrom - Sherrie Hewson
Job Applicant - Helena Breck
Fiona Fenning - Jennifer Croxton
Course Chairman/Ghost- Henry Stamper
Advertising Lecturer - John Kane
Finance Lecturer - Peter Cellier
Mr Hunter - Roland MacLeod
Marjorie - Dilys Laye
Nanny - Marjorie Withers
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 12 November 1984-7 January 1985
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