Tell It to the Marines (TV series)

Tell It to the Marines
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ted Willis
Written by	Eric Paice Malcolm A Hulke Dick Vosburgh Brad Ashton
Starring	Alan White Ronald Hines Ian MacNaughton Jack Allen Henry McGee
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	30
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Associated-Rediffusion
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	Black-and-white
Original release	23 September 1959 – 13 April 1960

Tell It to the Marines was a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1959 to 1960. The series was based on the rivalry between the Marines and the Royal Navy. The series no longer exists.

Jack Hylton, who had an exclusive contract to provide Associated-Rediffusion's entertainment programmes, was keen to mirror the success of Granada's sitcom The Army Game. Tell It to the Marines was created by Ted Willis, who had created the police drama Dixon of Dock Green, and the theme music by jazz musician Chris Barber. The series was not a success. Of the 30 episodes, Milo Lewis directed 29 and Tig Roe one.

The series is based on the rivalry at both officer and lower ranks level between the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines when the latter are billeted with the former.

Tell It to the Marines aired every week from September 1959 to April 1960 on Wednesdays, mostly at 7.00pm. Due to the archival policies of the time, all 30 episodes have been wiped and none are known to survive.

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