Please Sir
| Please Sir! | |
|---|---|
| Starring |
John Alderton Deryck Guyler Noel Howlett Joan Sanderson Richard Davies Erik Chitty David Barry Peter Cleall Peter Denyer Liz Gebhardt Malcolm McFee Penny Spencer Carol Hawkins Richard Warwick |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 55 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 25-45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | London Weekend Television |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 8 November 1968 – 12 February 1972 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Fenn Street Gang |
Please Sir! is a London Weekend Television situation comedy for ITV, created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and featuring actors John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson, Noel Howlett, Erik Chitty and Richard Davies. The series ran for 55 episodes between 1968 and 1972.
The programme was set in the fictional Fenn Street School, and starred John Alderton as Bernard Hedges, a young teacher fresh out of training college. The supporting cast included Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson and Richard Davies. Character actors and actresses formed the supporting cast, including Mollie Sugden as a parent of a student, Barbara Mitchell as Frankie Abbott's mother, Ann Lancaster as Mrs Rhubarb in a 1968 episode.
Bernard Hedges and the 5C pupils were replaced by a new teacher and pupils for the final series in 1971–72, while the original pupils continued in a spin-off series, The Fenn Street Gang, which ran for 47 episodes between 1971 and 1972. This was followed by Bowler (1973), following crime boss Stanley Bowler, played by George Baker for 13 episodes.
Like many situation comedies of this era, a film version was released in 1971. This was set in an outdoor pursuit centre, but starred most of the TV cast.
The Staff:
The Pupils (1968–71):
The Pupils (1971–72):
NOTE: All of these episode descriptions have been taken from the DVD sleeves of the Please Sir DVDs, released by Network (In Australia, Series One and Two are available as one set of DVDs, Series Three (along with the 1971 Please Sir movie) as another).
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