British Comedy Guide

Alexander The Greatest

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1971 - 1972
  • 13 episodes (2 series)

Alexander is 16 years-old and ready to change the world and rebel against society - if only he could give up the home comforts. Stars Gary Warren, Sydney Tafler, Libby Morris, Adrienne Posta, Peter Birrel and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1971 - 1972
Channel
ITV
Episodes
13 (2 series)
Stars
Gary Warren, Sydney Tafler, Libby Morris, Adrienne Posta, Peter Birrel, Stella Moray, David Lodge and Thelma Ruby
Writer
Bernard Kops
Director
Shaun O'Riordan
Producer
Shaun O'Riordan
Company

A series built around the young talents of Gary Warren after his success in the Catweazle and The Railway Children.

Alexander Green is 16 years-old from a middle-class Jewish family living in London. He considers himself a bit of a rebel and feels he is ready to leave home and school, and all set to join society. But the home comforts he has become used to seem to make it more difficult than he imagined and his parents, annoyingly for him, are trying to understand him.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 15th July 1971 at 9pm on ITV1

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