Happy Ever After

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Happy Ever After
Genre Sitcom
Starring Terry Scott
June Whitfield
Beryl Cooke
Country of origin Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
No. of episodes 42
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC
Original run 7 May 1974 – 20 December 1978
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Happy Ever After was a British sitcom starring Terry Scott and June Whitfield. It aired from 1974 to 1978 and was written by John Chapman, Eric Merriman, Christopher Bond, John Kane and Jon Watkins. After Happy Ever After finished in 1978, Terry Scott and June Whitfield starred in Terry and June from 1979 to 1987, a sitcom that was largely the same as Happy Ever After. It is not currently available on DVD.

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[edit] Cast

  • Terry Scott - Terry Fletcher
  • June Whitfield - June Fletcher
  • Beryl Cooke - Aunt Lucy
  • Lena Clemo - Susan Fletcher (pilot)
  • Pippa Page - Susan Fletcher (from series 1)
  • Caroline Whitaker - Debbie Fletcher

[edit] Plot

Terry and June Fletcher are a middle-aged, middle-class couple who find them alone when the grown-up children, daughters Susan and Debbie, leave home. However, they are not alone for long as Aunt Lucy comes to live with them, along with her talking mynah bird. Terry frequetly hits upon an idea, which due to his foolhardy and obsessive manner he then continutes with whatever the consequences, while June remains patient and tolerant.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Pilot (1974)

[edit] Series One (1974)

  1. Episode One (17 Jul 74)
  2. Episode Two (31 Jul 74)
  3. Episode Three (7 Aug 74)
  4. Episode Four (14 Aug 74)
  5. Episode Five (21 Aug 74)

[edit] Series Two (1976)

  1. A Country Cottage (8 Jan 76)
  2. Old Folks' Party (15 Jan 76)
  3. Lucy's Premium Bond (22 Jan 76)
  4. Telemania (29 Jan 76)
  5. Terry in Court (5 Feb 76)
  6. The Flower Show (12 Feb 76)
  7. June's Day in Bed (19 Feb 76)
  8. Frank's Return (26 Feb 76)
  9. Filming the Fletchers (4 Mar 76)
  10. The Novel (11 Mar 76)

[edit] Series Three (1976)

  1. Foster Parents (9 Sep 76)
  2. Restoration Piece (16 Sep 76)
  3. It's All In The Title (23 Sep 76)
  4. Mistaken Identikit (30 Sep 76)
  5. The Car Rally (7 Oct 76)
  6. Holiday Plans (14 Oct 76)
  7. The Protest (21 Oct 76)
  8. The French Student (28 Oct 76)
  9. Lukcy's Present (4 Nov 76)

[edit] Christmas Special (1976)

  • Christmas (23 Dec 76)

[edit] Series Four (1977)

  1. Hello Sailor (8 Sep 77)
  2. Talk of the Devil (15 Sep 77)
  3. You've Got to Have Art (22 Sep 77)
  4. A Proper Choice (29 Sep 77)
  5. He Who Excavates Is Lost (6 Oct 77)
  6. Never Boring (13 Oct 77)
  7. Never Put It In Writing (20 Oct 77)

[edit] Christmas Special (1977)

  • June's Parents (23 Dec 77)

[edit] Series Five (1978)

  1. Watch Your Weight (5 Sep 78)
  2. The Hut Sut Song (12 Sep 78)
  3. Business and Pleasure (19 Sep 78)
  4. The King and June (26 Sep 78)
  5. A Woman Called Ironside (3 Oct 78)
  6. The More We Are Together (10 Oct 78)

[edit] Christmas Special (1978)

  • The Go Between (20 Dec 78)

[edit] References

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