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Schedule Sunday 17th December 1978

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 5pm
12 min
The Worker. Charlie (Charlie Drake)

The Worker

Series 5, Special

Charlie Drake is The Worker, a man who has had 980 jobs in 20 years - most of them for one day! He is unemployable but that doesn't stop him trying.

BBC Two 8:10pm
150 min
BBC Two

As You Like It

Classic comedy by William Shakespeare about the travails of lovers Rosalind and Orlando, who become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity.

ITV1 logo. Credit: ITV 9:15pm
30 min
The Losers. Image shows from L to R: Sydney Foskett (Leonard Rossiter), Nigel (Alfred Molina). Copyright: Associated Television

The Losers

Episode 6 - Togetherness

Sydney Foskett, a wrestling manager, is seeking a new fighter. When he discovers Nigel he realises he's on to a winner - because this guy is the ideal.

Radio 2 logo 10:30pm
30 min
Thank You, Mrs Fothergill. Image shows from L to R: Alice Foster (Sheila Hancock), Phyllis Middleton (Pat Coombs). Copyright: BBC

Thank You, Mrs Fothergill

Episode 4 - Tilly

Comedy series detailing the activities of the Cloughbottom Ladies' Evening Guild.

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