Abigail And Roger
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Abigail and Roger was a British sitcom that aired on the BBC Television Service
in 1956. It was written by Kelvin Sheldon. The programme saw Julie Webb and David Drummond play Abigail and Roger, an engaged couple living in London bedsits.
, cook, drive etc. Roger worked in the City
and was into keeping fit and planning for their future. Much of the humour arose from the different attitudes to life, and their interest in the attractions of London.
The show was originally meant to run for thirteen weeks, as a summer replacement for the soap opera The Grove Family
, but in fact only ran for nine weeks. All nine episodes of Abigail and Roger are thought to be lost.
BBC One
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in 1956. It was written by Kelvin Sheldon. The programme saw Julie Webb and David Drummond play Abigail and Roger, an engaged couple living in London bedsits.
Cast
- Julie Webb - Abigail
- David Drummond - Roger
- Rosina Enright - Shirl
- John StoneJohn Stone (actor)-Career:Born in Cardiff, Wales as John Hailstone, Stone was educated at Brighton College. He made his first West End appearance in One Wild Oat by Vernon Sylvaine, 1948...
- Clive - Grace Denbigh-Russell - Mrs Moloch
Plot
Abigail and Roger are an engaged couple living separately in bedsits in London. Abigail was a shorthand typist, who was outspoken and very capable domestically, she could mend a fuseFuse (electrical)
In electronics and electrical engineering, a fuse is a type of low resistance resistor that acts as a sacrificial device to provide overcurrent protection, of either the load or source circuit...
, cook, drive etc. Roger worked in the City
City of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
and was into keeping fit and planning for their future. Much of the humour arose from the different attitudes to life, and their interest in the attractions of London.
Episodes
- Episode One (4 July 1956)
- Episode Two (11 July 1956)
- Episode Three (18 July 1956)
- Episode Four (25 July 1956)
- Episode Five (1 August 1956)
- Episode Six (8 August 1956)
- Episode Seven (15 August 1956)
- Episode Eight (22 August 1956)
- Episode Nine (29 August 1956)
The show was originally meant to run for thirteen weeks, as a summer replacement for the soap opera The Grove Family
The Grove Family
The Grove Family is a British television soap opera, generally regarded as the first of its kind broadcast in the UK, made and transmitted by BBC Television from 1954 to 1957...
, but in fact only ran for nine weeks. All nine episodes of Abigail and Roger are thought to be lost.