Take a Letter, Mr. Jones

Take A Letter, Mr. Jones
Created by Chesney and Wolfe
Starring John Inman
Rula Lenska
Miriam Margolyes
Gina Maher
Joan Blackham
Christine Ozanne
Claudine Bowyer
Allan Mitchell
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 6 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Southern Television
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Original run 5 September – 10 October 1981

Take a Letter, Mr. Jones was a short-lived British sitcom from Southern Television starring John Inman and Rula Lenska which aired in 1981.

Plot

Take a Letter, Mr. Jones is a role-reversal comedy wherein Graham Jones (John Inman) works as a secretary to Joan Warner (Rula Lenska) head of fictional multinational corporation called 8-Star. He ably assists her as she deals with scheming, childish coworkers, and her own seven-year-old child, Lucy (Claudine Bowyer.) Miriam Margolyes (OBE) plays Mrs. Warner's excitable Italian housekeeper.

Episode list

# Title Director Writers Original air date
1"The Interview"[1]Bryan Izzard[1]Chesney and Wolfe[1]5 September 1981[1]
2"The Protector"[2]Bryan Izzard[2]Chesney and Wolfe[2]12 September 1981[2]
3"The Holiday"[3]Bryan Izzard[3]Chesney and Wolfe[3]19 September 1981[3]
4"The Japanese Contract"[4]Bryan Izzard[4]Chesney and Wolfe[4]26 September 1981[4]
5"The Trade Fair"[5]Bryan Izzard[5]Chesney and Wolfe[5]3 October 1981[5]
6"Business Before Pleasure"[6]Bryan Izzard[6]Chesney and Wolfe[6]10 October 1981[6]

Context and afterlife

John Inman starred in Take A Letter, Mr. Jones between seasons of the BBC comedy Are You Being Served?. Take A Letter, Mr. Jones was never a ratings success (only running one season), but in recent years it has been resurrected by many American PBS stations, where Are You Being Served? is also a hit.

A US VHS set of the series was released by Questar in 1995

A UK DVD of the series was released on 16 March 2009. A repeat of the series was shown on Film24[7] in 2010.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The Interview". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "The Protector". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "The Holiday". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "The Japanese Contract". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "The Trade Fair". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Business Before Pleasure". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
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