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Alcock And Gander. Image shows from L to R: Mrs. Marigold Alcock (Beryl Reid), Richard Gander (Richard O'Sullivan). Copyright: Thames Television
Alcock And Gander

Alcock And Gander

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1972
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Marigold Alcock, Richard Gander and Ernest run a rather dubious group of companies from a seedy two-room office in Soho. Stars Beryl Reid, Richard O'Sullivan and John Cater.

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Press clippings

I greatly and noisily enjoy "Alcock and Gander" (Thames) and think it, though I cannot prove it, the funniest thing on television this summer. The jokes do not do themselves justice on paper. But beautiful timing makes the most of this kind of exchange: Miss Reid: "How's business?" Prostitute: "Picking up." Reid: "Yes, well, it would be."

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 20th June 1972

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