The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
Season 11977
Seven Hilariously comic situations from the fertile imaginations of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Seven Hilariously comic situations from the fertile imaginations of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
7 Episodes
Henry Duckworth would never have imagined that he would be trapped in a cable car with a German couple when he set off on his Alpine holiday.
February 17, 1977
Henry is a married middle-aged man who discovers that he has a wandering eye, and tries to convince himself that he’s ‘not the slightest bit interested’ in all the nubile girls wandering around the office...
February 24, 1977
Charles instantly knows something is wrong when his friend Peter orders a Tequila Sunrise instead of his usual Pink Gin. Then Peter reveals that he is getting married on Saturday...
March 3, 1977
Burton, an airline purser. Upon returning from a trip to the continent, unpacks his usual bag full of duty free goodies, and finds that his wife has left him...
March 10, 1977
A couple meet at a bench in a park, and the distraught female instantly announces: ‘Robert’s found out!’
March 17, 1977
As eternally irritating uncle Jim arrives for another unexpected visit, his sister and her family prepare themselves for yet another argumentative evening...
March 31, 1977
A gambler returning home on a train after a ‘good day’ at York racetrack, finds the carriage filled with all manner of characters, including a bishop...
April 7, 1977