The Bargee
- 1964 film
Meet Hemel Pike, the Casanova of the canals. Born on the waterways, he sees no downside to the aquatic life - but events could catch up with him. Stars Harry H. Corbett, Hugh Griffith, Eric Sykes, Ronnie Barker, Julia Foster and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1964
- Stars
- Harry H. Corbett, Hugh Griffith, Eric Sykes, Ronnie Barker, Julia Foster, Miriam Karlin, Eric Barker, Derek Nimmo and more
- Writers
- Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
- Director
- Duncan Wood
- Producer
- W. A. Whittaker
- Company
Hemel Pike loves his life on the canals and wouldn't have it any other way. Not only is he not tied down, but he has the luxury of a string of attractive women up and down the nation's waterways to call upon - it's a lifestyle that suits him just fine.
On one particularly troublesome journey from base in Brentford up to Birmingham however, the inevitable happens: one of his squeezes has fallen pregnant. With every other person he's met on the trip - including another regular girlfriend - enquiring about his future and settling on dry land, could this be a sign of the end of the waterways for the canal Casanova?
Additional details
- UK certificate
- A
- Duration
- 106 minutes
- Distributors
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 5th December 2024 at 12:15pm on TPTV
- Friday 27th September 2024 at 2:25pm on TPTV
- Friday 21st June 2024 at 3:35pm on TPTV