Seven of One(TV show/series, 1973)

Name: Seven of One
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1973

30min per episode | Genre: Comedy

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 7 episodes

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Seven of One, stylised as 7 of 1, was a British sitcom anthology series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, Seven of One was a series of seven separate 30-minute episodes that would serve as possible pilots for sitcoms. Originally it was to be called Six of One, which Barker planned to follow up with another series called And Half a Dozen of the Other. This was a BBC equivalent of a similar showcase for London Weekend Television called Six Dates with Barker created in 1971. In addition to Barker, Seven of One also featured Roy Castle, Bill Maynard, Talfryn Thomas, Prunella Scales, Glynn Edwards, Joan Sims, Keith Chegwin, Leslie Dwyer, Robin Parkinson, Sam Kelly, Christopher Biggins, Richard O'Callaghan, Yootha Joyce, David Jason, and Avis Bunnage in supporting roles. The series was released on BBC DVD in 2005. ()

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About Seven of One

Seven of One was a British comedy series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, 7 of One is a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible pilots for sitcoms. Originally it was to be called Six of One, which Barker planned to follow up with another series called Half Dozen of the Other. This was a BBC version of a similar showcase for LWT called Six Dates with Barker created in 1971.

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Trailer for Seven of One + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Porridge pilot episode clip(Clip, 0:20)

Seven of One Seasons and Episodes

03/25/1973Season 1 - 7 episodes

#1 | 03/25/1973Open All Hours

Arkwright, a miserly North-country shopkeeper and his put-upon nephew Granville.

#2 | 04/01/1973Prisoner and Escort

Norman Stanley Fletcher, a career criminal and his escorts — soft-hearted Mr Barrowclough (Brian Wilde) and authoritarian Mr Mackay (Fulton Mackay) going up to prison.

#3 | 04/08/1973My Old Man

Sam Cobbett is a cantankerous,retired railwayman whose house is demolished by the council,forcing him to live in a tower block with his daughter Doris and her husband,whom he sees as posh and with whom there is mutual antagonism. Later made into a series by Yorkshire Television, starring Clive Dunn

#4 | 04/15/1973Spanner's Eleven

The tale of ailing football team Ashfield Athletic and its trainer, local cabbie/hot-dog salesman/chauffeur Norman Spanner.

#5 | 04/22/1973Another Fine Mess

Ronnie Barker and Roy Castle as two Laurel and Hardy impersonators who become their characters as an evening's farcical events escalate around them.

#6 | 04/29/1973One Man's Meat

Alan Joyce is a fat,greedy man whose wife devises a plan to keep him off food for a day. She goes out and takes not only all the food from the house but Alan's clothes.

#7 | 05/06/1973I'll Fly You for a Quid

A Welsh family, the Owens, who bet on absolutely everything and anything, discover that their grandfather backed a winner on the day he died — but where is the betting slip? This pilot gave Ronnie Barker the idea for The Magnificent Evans (1984).

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 1 language: English (EN)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 03/25/1973

Last episode released on: 05/06/1973

Cast: Ronnie Barker

Creator: Ronnie Barker

Composer: Max Harris

Keywords: anthology, tv pilot

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