Abigail and Roger

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Abigail and Roger
Genre Sitcom
Starring Julie Webb
David Drummond
Rosina Enright
John Stone
Grace Denbigh-Russell
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 9
Production
Running time 20 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC Television Service
Original run 4 July – 29 August 1956
External links
IMDb profile

Abigail and Roger was a British sitcom that aired on the BBC Television Service in 1956. It was written by Kelvin Sheldon. Filmed in black-and-white, all nine episodes of Abigail and Roger are thought to have been destroyed.

The programme saw Julie Webb and David Drummond play Abigail and Roger, an engaged couple living in London bedsits.

Contents

[edit] Cast

  • Julie Webb - Abigail
  • David Drummond - Roger
  • Rosina Enright - Shirl
  • John Stone - Clive
  • Grace Denbigh-Russell - Mrs Moloch

[edit] 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 fuse, 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.

[edit] Episodes

  1. Episode One (4 July 1956)
  2. Episode Two (11 July 1956)
  3. Episode Three (18 July 1956)
  4. Episode Four (25 July 1956)
  5. Episode Five (1 August 1956)
  6. Episode Six (8 August 1956)
  7. Episode Seven (15 August 1956)
  8. Episode Eight (22 August 1956)
  9. 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, but in fact only ran for nine weeks.

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