Not in Front of the Children (TV series)
| Not in Front of the Children | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Richard Waring |
| Starring |
Wendy Craig Paul Daneman (series 1) Ronald Hines (series 2-4) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Original release | 26 May 1967 – 9 January 1970 |
Not in Front of the Children is a BBC television situation comedy, which ran for four series from 1967 to 1970.
It starred Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner, a rather scatterbrained middle-class homemaker. Her husband Henry was a school art teacher, played by Paul Daneman in the Comedy Playhouse pilot "House in a Tree" and the first series, and Ronald Hines subsequently. They had three children, a boy in his early teens (played by Hugo Keith-Johnston) and two girls who were slightly younger (played by Roberta Tovey and Jill Riddick). Charlotte Mitchell played her friend Mary.
In later series she had a baby and they moved from the London suburb of Battersea to the country.
It is significant mainly as Wendy Craig's first role as a scatty housewife; she played similar roles in several other series over the next 15 years.
Surviving Episodes
- Series 1: episode 3: The Word (8 September 1967)
- Series 2: episode 2: Religious Revival (1 March 1968)
- Series 2: episode 5: The Iron Hand (22 March 1968)
- Series 2: episode 6: The George Washington Complex (29 March 1968)
- Series 2: episode 7: Home Chat (5 April 1968)
- Series 2: episode 8: Change Of Policy (12 April 1968)
- Series 4: episode 4: A Babe Around The House (3 October 1969)
- Series 4: episode 13: Pastures New (5 December 1969)
Radio Adaptation
A radio adaptation of the programme was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1969, with Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews in the leading roles.
DVD release
The eight surviving episodes were released on DVD for the first time on Monday, 8 September, 2014.