Hugh and I
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Hugh and I was a highly successful black-and-white
British
sitcom
that aired from 1962 to 1967. It starred Terry Scott
and Hugh Lloyd
as two friends who shared lodgings with Terry's mother and was followed by a sequel called Hugh and I Spy
. Previously, the couple had worked together on stage for many years.
Only 9 episodes are thought to survive after most of the master tapes were wiped
in the 1970s (Episodes 2,5,7,8,14,18,28 are among the survivors). Hugh and I was written by John T. Chapman with additional material from John Junkin
. Music was by Wally Stott. The first five series were produced by David Croft.
, London. They have a simple and easily led lodger, Hugh Lloyd, who works at a local aircraft factory
. The two often try and make money through one of Scott's schemes. Their next door neighbours, the Crispins and the Wormolds, also make frequent appearances. Mr Crispin is a loud mouth who thinks violence will solve a problem, Mrs Crispin is a snob and their daughter Norma is constantly chased after by men. On the other side, the Wormolds are an old couple with Harold being very doddery. In the last episode of the fifth series, Hugh won £5000 on the Premium Bond
s (the highest prize at the time) and the following series showed the two of them undertaking a world cruise. The neighbours and mother had left the show.
by the BBC and was broadcast on 13 June 1963.
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
British
United Kingdom
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sitcom
British sitcom
A British sitcom tends, as it does in most other countries, to be based on a family, workplace or other institution, where the same group of contrasting characters is brought together in each episode. Unlike American sitcoms, where twenty or more episodes in a season is the norm, British sitcoms...
that aired from 1962 to 1967. It starred Terry Scott
Terry Scott
Owen John "Terry" Scott was an English actor and comedian who appeared in seven Carry On films. He also appeared in BBC1's popular domestic sitcom Terry and June with June Whitfield...
and Hugh Lloyd
Hugh Lloyd
Hugh Lewis Lloyd, MBE was an English actor who made his name in television and film comedy from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was best known for appearances in Hugh and I and other sitcoms of the 1960s.-Life:...
as two friends who shared lodgings with Terry's mother and was followed by a sequel called Hugh and I Spy
Hugh and I Spy
Hugh and I Spy was a black-and-white British sitcom that aired in 1968. It was the sequel of the long running and successful Hugh and I. All the episodes are thought to have been lost after the master tapes were wiped in the 1970s...
. Previously, the couple had worked together on stage for many years.
Only 9 episodes are thought to survive after most of the master tapes were wiped
Wiping
Wiping or junking is a colloquial term for action taken by radio and television production and broadcasting companies, in which old audiotapes, videotapes, and telerecordings , are erased, reused, or destroyed after several uses...
in the 1970s (Episodes 2,5,7,8,14,18,28 are among the survivors). Hugh and I was written by John T. Chapman with additional material from John Junkin
John Junkin
John Francis Junkin was an English radio, television and film performer and scriptwriter.In 1960 Junkin joined Joan Littlewood's Stratford East Theatre Workshop, and played the lead in the original production of Sparrows Can't Sing...
. Music was by Wally Stott. The first five series were produced by David Croft.
Cast
- Terry ScottTerry ScottOwen John "Terry" Scott was an English actor and comedian who appeared in seven Carry On films. He also appeared in BBC1's popular domestic sitcom Terry and June with June Whitfield...
- Himself - Hugh LloydHugh LloydHugh Lewis Lloyd, MBE was an English actor who made his name in television and film comedy from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was best known for appearances in Hugh and I and other sitcoms of the 1960s.-Life:...
- Himself - Vi Stevens - Mrs Scott (series 1 to 5)
- Wallas EatonWallas EatonWallas Eaton , sometimes credited as Wallace Eaton or Wallis Eaton, was an English film, radio, television and theatre actor....
- Arthur Crispin (series 1 to 5) - Mollie SugdenMollie SugdenIsobel Mary 'Mollie' Sugden was an English comedy actress best known for portraying the saleswoman Mrs. Slocombe in the British sitcom Are You Being Served? from 1972 to 1985. She later reprised this role in Grace & Favour, which ran from 1992 to 1993...
- Ethel Crispin (series 1 to 5) - Jacqueline Wallis followed by Jill CurzonJill CurzonJill Curzon is a British actress most famous for her film and television appearances during the 1960s.Her television appearances include The Champions , Adam Adamant Lives! , The Saint , Hugh and I and Disneyland...
in series 1, ep 5 - Norma Crispin - Cyril SmithCyril Smith (actor)Cyril Bruce Smith was a Scottish actor who began his career as a child in the 1900s and went on to appear in over 100 films between 1914 and his death almost 50 years later.-Career:...
- Harold Wormold (series 1) - Jack HaigJack HaigJack Haig was a British actor who specialised in supporting roles, mainly in TV comedy.Haig was the son of music hall actors Bertha Baker and Charles Coppin, whose act went under the name "Haig and Esco". He was seen in a long list of British TV favourites: Hugh and I, Dad's Army, Are You Being...
- Cecil Wormold(series 2 to 5) - Patricia HayesPatricia HayesPatricia Lawlor Hayes, OBE was an English comedy actress.Hayes was born in Streatham, London. As a child Hayes attended Sacred Heart School in Wandsworth....
- Griselda Wormold (series 1 to 5)
Plot
Terry Scott is a youngish bachelor who wants to achieve wealth without putting in any hard work. The scheming Terry lives with his mother at 33, Lobelia Avenue in TootingTooting
Tooting is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is situated south south-west of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-History:...
, London. They have a simple and easily led lodger, Hugh Lloyd, who works at a local aircraft factory
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
. The two often try and make money through one of Scott's schemes. Their next door neighbours, the Crispins and the Wormolds, also make frequent appearances. Mr Crispin is a loud mouth who thinks violence will solve a problem, Mrs Crispin is a snob and their daughter Norma is constantly chased after by men. On the other side, the Wormolds are an old couple with Harold being very doddery. In the last episode of the fifth series, Hugh won £5000 on the Premium Bond
Premium Bond
A Premium Bond is a lottery bond issued by the United Kingdom government's National Savings and Investments scheme. The government promises to buy back the bond, on request, for its original price. They were introduced by Harold Macmillan in his 1956 budget....
s (the highest prize at the time) and the following series showed the two of them undertaking a world cruise. The neighbours and mother had left the show.
Episodes
All episodes from the first, fifth and sixth series were 30 minutes, while episodes from the other series were 25 minutes long.Series One (1962)
- Fully Incomprehensive (17 Jul 62) Terry thinks there is money to be made from an insurance agency. After visiting a real agency to see what goes on, Terry starts off in business. He fails to sell a policy to both sets of neighbours, but the man he does sell a policy to is injured when Terry's sign falls on him, so a claim.
- A Brace of Peasants (24 Jul 62) It's their annual holiday and Hugh was looking forwards to Mrs Crabthorne's guest house at Brighton as usual but Terry has booked them grouse hunting in Scotland. Getting up at 5 am and wandering around on cold moors quickly loses its appeal, and it doesn't help that there are army manoeuvres there so they head south to Brighton. Also stars Deryck GuylerDeryck GuylerDeryck Guyler was an English actor, best known for his portrayal of officious, short-tempered middle-aged men in sitcoms such as Please Sir! and Sykes.-Early life:...
as a ticket inspector, Fred EmneyFred EmneyFrederick Arthur Round "Fred" Emney was an English character actor and comedian.Emney was born in Lancashire, the son of Blanche and Fred Emney , a music hall entertainer. His uncle was the actor Arthur Williams. Emney junior grew up in London.He made his film debut in 1935, having previously...
as Lord Popham (as ep 7) and Frank WilliamsFrank Williams (actor)Frank Williams is an English actor.Williams was educated at Ardingly College. He starred in The Army Game and as the Vicar in Dad's Army. In 1970, he starred in the short-lived sitcom As Good Cooks Go...
as an army officer. Also John JunkinJohn JunkinJohn Francis Junkin was an English radio, television and film performer and scriptwriter.In 1960 Junkin joined Joan Littlewood's Stratford East Theatre Workshop, and played the lead in the original production of Sparrows Can't Sing... - Episode Three (31 Jul 62)
- Episode Four (7 Aug 62)
- A Fete Worse Than Death (14 Aug 62) The last Church Fete was a disaster so Terry takes charge as usual and decides on a Pageant of History, with the cast portraying all the important events from 1066 onwards. But everything goes wrong including heavy rain on the day. Also starred Julian OrchardJulian OrchardJulian Dean C. Orchard was an English comedy actor.-Biography:Orchard was educated at Shrewsbury School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama...
as Mr Spinks and Charles Lloyd PackCharles Lloyd PackCharles Lloyd-Pack was a British film, television and stage actor.He was born in London, England. He was seen in several horror movies produced by the Hammer Studios including Dracula, The Man Who Could Cheat Death, The Revenge of Frankenstein and The Reptile and Quatermass 2, the film version of...
as the vicar. - Episode Six (21 Aug 62)
- Putting on the Ritz (28 Aug 62) Terry is finally thinking about getting a job and decides to be a Rich American's aide. Thanks to his mother, they meet him at the very expensive Ritz (hotel and) restaurant where he and Hugh upset the posh air of the place. They end up with a bill of £47.10s (£47.50p) and all Terry has is Hugh's £14.10s, so they end up working for the restaurant to pay the rest off. Also stars Fred EmneyFred EmneyFrederick Arthur Round "Fred" Emney was an English character actor and comedian.Emney was born in Lancashire, the son of Blanche and Fred Emney , a music hall entertainer. His uncle was the actor Arthur Williams. Emney junior grew up in London.He made his film debut in 1935, having previously...
as a Lord and Jeremy HawkJeremy HawkJeremy Hawk was a character actor with a long career in music halls and on London's West End stage...
as head waiter. - Love Thy Neighbour (4 Sep 62) The Crispins buy a car and as they cannot park it outside their own house, park it outside the Scott's house. It is very noisy and smoke comes into the living room every time it is started, so Terry decides they should paint a white line at 2 am to stop them parking there but a policeman catches them and they get fined £5 each. Terry then decides that Hugh should buy a car. It's an old banger but too late they realise that neither of them can drive.
- Episode Nine (11 Sep 62)
Series Two (1963)
- Lost Property (21 May 63)
- Trad Fad Lloyd (28 May 63)
- Wedding Bells (4 Jun 63)
- April In Paris (11 Jun 63)
- Prison Visitor (18 Jun 63) Terry decides to become a prison visitor to reform convicts. His first try is a hard man (Kenneth J Warren) who he manages to upset. When that convict escapes a few weeks later, he comes to Terry's house armed with a gun and takes them all hostage. Husband Harold Wormold has vanished from the series and brother-in-law Cecil has taken his place with Haig looking like his "LeClerc" role in 'Allo 'Allo, twenty years later.
- The 19th Hole (25 Jun 63)
- A Turn for the Nurse (2 Jul 63)
- Where There's a Will (9 Jul 63)
- A Sink of Iniquity (16 Jul 63) Terry tries to mend a fuse at the Crispin's house and puts his foot through the sink. Mollie Sugden as Ethel Crispin suggests they should get "Slocombe's" (She would later play Mrs Slocombe in Are You Being Served) to put in a new one but as they charge £10, Terry decides he and Hugh should do it. This leads to the new sink being put on a removals lorry going to Leeds, Hugh fusing the electricity in a number of houses and making a hole in a water pipe. Also stars Deryck GuylerDeryck GuylerDeryck Guyler was an English actor, best known for his portrayal of officious, short-tempered middle-aged men in sitcoms such as Please Sir! and Sykes.-Early life:...
as a police sergeant. - Holding the Baby (23 Jul 63)
- The Root of all Evil (30 Jul 63)
- A Place In The Sun (6 Aug 63)
Christmas Special (1963)
- Short Special as part of Christmas Night with the StarsChristmas Night with the StarsChristmas Night with the Stars was a variety television show broadcast each Christmas night by the BBC from 1958 to 1972 and also in 1994. The show featured the top stars of the BBC as they appeared in short versions of their programmes, typically five to ten minutes long. The show was voted 24th...
(25 Dec 63)
Series Three (1964)
- New Year Resolution (4 Jan 64)
- Pen Friends (11 Jan 64)
- Coal Comfort (22 Feb 64)
- Emergency Ward (7 Mar 64)
- Wheel of Fortune (14 Mar 64)
- Central Cheating (21 Mar 64)
- Escort Duty (28 Mar 64) Terry is so desperate to see a championship fight where seats are twenty five guineas (£26.25p) each that he decides to get a job. He and Hugh join an escort agency and get a job looking after two Italian women. However he ends up at the opera while Hugh who can't stand boxing ends up at the fight.
- Door To Door (10 Apr 64)
- The Girl on the Poster (17 Apr 64)
- A Fat Chance of Slimming (24 Apr 64)
- The Day of Reckoning (1 May 64)
- In The Dog House (8 May 64)
- A Chain Reaction (15 May 64)
Christmas Special (1964)
- Short Special as part of Christmas Night with the StarsChristmas Night with the StarsChristmas Night with the Stars was a variety television show broadcast each Christmas night by the BBC from 1958 to 1972 and also in 1994. The show featured the top stars of the BBC as they appeared in short versions of their programmes, typically five to ten minutes long. The show was voted 24th...
(25 Dec 64)
Series Four (1965)
- Mum's Suitor (3 Jan 65)
- The Old Folks at Home (10 Jan 65)
- Terry Mason (17 Jan 65)
- A Brace of Pheasants (24 Jan 65)
- The Critics (7 Feb 65)
- The White Man's Grave (14 Feb 65)
- On The Ball (21 Feb 65)
- Going, Going, Gone! (28 Feb 65)
- No Business Like Snow Business (7 Mar 65)
- A Bird In The Nest (14 Mar 65)
- The Chair (21 Mar 65)
- Horses For Courses (28 Mar 65)
- The Suit (4 Apr 65)
- Bun Fight (11 Apr 65)
Series Five (1966)
- Night Life (3 Jan 66)
- Pot Luck (10 Jan 66)
- It Never Rains (17 Jan 66)
- Goodbye Dolly (24 Jan 66)
- The Gas Man Cometh (31 Jan 66)
- Ministering Angel (7 Feb 66)
- With a Pinch of Salt (14 Feb 66)
- Costume Piece (21 Feb 66)
- It's In The Stars (28 Feb 66)
- Huntin', Shootin' and Fishin (7 Mar 66)
- Tooting Footlights (14 Mar 66)
- The Christening (21 Mar 66)
- The Jackpot (28 Mar 66)
Series Six (1966–67)
- Troubled Waters (29 Nov 66)
- Morocco Bound (6 Dec 66)
- Beau Jesters (13 Dec 66)
- Arabian Knights (20 Dec 66)
- Hold That Tiger (27 Dec 66)
- Chinese Crackers (3 Jan 67)
- A Touch of the Rising Sun (10 Jan 67)
- Adios, Amigos (17 Jan 67)
Radio
A single episode of Hugh and I was adapted for radioRadio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
by the BBC and was broadcast on 13 June 1963.