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Pardon the Expression

Pardon the Expression

Comedy
1965, Show
Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of only four spin-offs from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn out the Lights broadcast in 1967. There wasn't to be another spin-off until the 1980s with The Brothers McGregor, which reused two characters who appeared in a single episode. Leonard Swindley was the central character. Formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street, in this series he is the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks. His boss in the series was Ernest Parbold played by Paul Dawkins who was replaced by Wally Hunt played by Robert Dorning in series 2. Other regulars were Betty Driver as canteen lady, Mrs Edgeley and Joy Stewart as Miss Sinclair, the boss's secretary.
Country: United Kingdom
Cast:
John Le Mesurier,
Arthur Lowe,
Anthony Sharp,
Robert Dorning
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John Le Mesurier
As Sir Charles Dobson
Arthur Lowe
As Leonard Swindley
Anthony Sharp
As Brigadier Hawke
Robert Dorning
As Wally Hunt
Betty Driver
As Mrs. Edgeley
Joy Stewart
As Miss Sinclair

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