Know Your Place
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 2
- 1982 - 1983
- 15 episodes (2 series)
Comedy about a caretaker and cleaner working in a manion apartment block in Bloomsbury.
Know Your Place
Eight episodes from the 1980s sitcom about a jobsworth caretaker pursued by an over-amorous cleaner.
Know Your Place ran for two series and 15 episodes between January 1982 and August 1983. Included here are all eight surviving shows, starring Roy Dotrice as curmudgeonly caretaker Ramsay Potts and Patricia Hayes as cheery cleaning lady Elsie Spurgeon.
Janitor Ramsay works at Worthing Court, a once-prestigious block of Edwardian flats in Bloomsbury that has seen better days. He takes pride in keeping the place spick and span, but flirty, feisty Elsie is always distracting him from his duties - and getting him into trouble. While he's a stickler for the rules, she delights in breaking them, and while he respects authority, she refuses to know her place.
In these eight episodes, the odd couple join forces to deal with an MP stuck in a lift, and Elsie takes advantage when she's given a storeroom and borrows a flat. Meanwhile, 'the remarkable' Ramsay hears the peal of wedding bells, takes on a dangerous job, is forced to give up cigarettes, has a close call with a local gangster - and saves Elsie from being evicted...
Written by Andrew Palmer and Nell Brennan, and produced by Edward Taylor (The Men From The Ministry), this light-hearted sitcom also features a host of guest stars, including Frank Thornton, April Walker, Pat Coombs, Norma Ronald and Bernard Bresslaw.
Episodes:
Series 1, Episode 1 - Lift Off
Series 1, Episode 2 - Not To Be Used For Babies
Series 1, Episode 4 - Room To Manoeuvre
Series 1, Episode 7 - Marriage Of Convenience
Series 2, Episode 1 - Jumpers
Series 2, Episode 4 - Sisterly Feelings
Series 2, Episode 6 - Health Can Damage Your Smoking
Series 2, Episode 8 - Out Of The Closet
First released: Thursday 13th February 2025
- Released: Thursday 13th February 0025
- Distributor: BBC Digital Audio
- Minutes: 210
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