Dear Mother...Love Albert

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Dear Mother...Love Albert
Genre Sitcom
Creator(s) Rodney Bewes
Derrick Goodwin
Starring Rodney Bewes
Garfield Morgan
Sheila White (Series 1 & 2)
Geraldine Newman (Series 1 & 2)
Liz Gebhardt (Series 3)
Amelia Bayntun (Series 3)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language(s) English
No. of series 3
No. of episodes 22
Production
Producer(s) Thames Television
Yorkshire Television
Running time 30 minutes per episode (plus 3 short specials)
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Picture format 4:3
Original run 15 September 1969 – 25 December 1971

Dear Mother...Love Albert was a successful British sitcom broadcast between September 1969 and December 1971. It was created by and starred Rodney Bewes. Bewes co-wrote and produced the series with Derrick Goodwin. The show proved popular and regularly made the TV ratings top ten.

The theme song was sung by Bewes, co-written by Mike Hugg. Hugg had also encouraged Bewes to sing the theme to his previous sitcom The Likely Lads, but Bewes recalls "I think I drank a bottle of port in the end, but I couldn't get it".

There were 22 episodes, including the three Christmas specials. A sequel followed entitled Albert!, which ran for a further series of seven episodes. Series 1 was produced by Thames Television. The subsequent two series (and Albert!) were produced by Yorkshire Television. The first series and the Christmas specials are all missing and believed to have been wiped. No episodes are currently available on DVD.

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[edit] The Plot

Albert Courtney (Rodney Bewes) leaves his home in the North of England to live in London. He writes home to his mother, grossly exaggerating the events that have happened to him. Albert finds work in a confectionary company, moves into a flat he shares with two young ladies and becomes engaged to Doreen Bissel (Liz Gebhardt).

[edit] Regular Cast


[edit] Episode guide

[edit] Series 1

  • The Interview (Missing Episode)
  • Merely A Formality (Missing Episode)
  • In the Field (Missing Episode)
  • Knight of the Road (Missing Episode)
  • The Good Samaritan (Missing Episode)
  • A Commercial Break (Missing Episode)

All Star Comedy Carnival -Christmas Special, Broadcast December 25, 1969 (Missing Episode)

[edit] Series 2

  • Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing
  • All The World's A Stage
  • Hearts And Flowers
  • The Deligate
  • I'm Going To Be A Father
  • Major Ab Adversis
  • All Mod Cons

All Star Comedy Carnival -Christmas Special, Broadcast December 25, 1970 (Missing Episode)

[edit] Series 3

  • A Ring On Her Finger
  • The Compulsive Gambler
  • Raquel
  • De Profundis
  • Hold Up, It's A Hand Up
  • Lost Weekend

All Star Comedy Carnival- Christmas Special, Broadcast December 25, 1971 (Missing Episode)

[edit] External links

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