Oh Happy Band! is a situation comedy written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd

Jeremy Lloyd

Jeremy Lloyd is an English writer, screenwriter, author and actor, best known as co-author and writer of several successful British sitcoms.-Career:...

. The series ran for six episodes in 1980 on BBC 1, and featured the last screen appearance of comedian Harry Worth

Harry Worth

Harry Worth was an English comedy actor and comedian...

. For musical sequences, the series featured the Aldershot

Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located on heathland about southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council...

 Brass Ensemble. Since broadcast, the series has not been repeated or released on any home consumer media.

Plot

Harry (Harry Worth) is the conductor of a brass band

Brass band

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 in the small (fictional) northern town of Nettlebridge. During the course of the series, he and his fellow band members become involved in a campaign to prevent the building of a new airport over their town.

Cast

• Harry Worth
  Harry Worth
  Harry Worth was an English comedy actor and comedian...
  
   - Harry
• Margaret Clifton - Miss Mayhew
• Jonathan Cecil
  Jonathan Cecil
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   - Mr. Herbert
• John Horsley
  John Horsley (actor)
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   - Mr. Braithwaite
• Billy Burden
  Billy Burden
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   - Mr. Sowerby
• Tom Mennard - Mr. Pilgrim
• Tony Sympson - Mr. Giles

Reception

Mark Lewisohn

Mark Lewisohn

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, writing in the BBC Guide to Comedy

BBC Guide to Comedy

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writes: "An odd amalgam of ideas from established sitcom creators Lloyd and Croft...Considering the usual dependability of the major protagonists here, it is fair to say that Oh Happy Band! was flat rather than sharp."