As Time Goes By
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1992 - 2005
- 66 episodes (9 series)
Lionel and Jean were young lovers until accidentally losing touch. Years later they meet again by chance and unexpectedly rekindle their romance. Stars Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, Jenny Funnell and Philip Bretherton
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated tomorrow at 6pm on U&Drama
Streaming rank this week: 3,059
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1992 - 2005
- Channel
- BBC 1
- Episodes
- 66 (9 series), plus 1 highlights special
- Creator
- Colin Bostock-Smith
- Stars
- Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Moira Brooker, Jenny Funnell and Philip Bretherton
- Writer
- Bob Larbey
- Director
- Sydney Lotterby
- Producers
- Sydney Lotterby, Philip Jones, John Reynolds, Donald Taffner Jr., Trevor McCallum and Clive Hedges
- Companies
Lionel Hardcastle, a young man in the army, and Jean Pargeter, a nurse, are madly in love until Lionel is sent away to the Korean War and, through a lost love letter, they lose touch.
Thirty-eight years later Lionel, a curmudgeonly divorcee, is writing a book about his subsequent years spent living in Kenya and Jean, a no-nonsense widow, is running a secretarial agency in London. When Lionel requires a secretary to assist him with his book revisions he unwittingly contacts Jean's agency and the pair are reunited.
Gradually, after some reluctance and hesitation on both sides, Jean and Lionel begin to rekindle their old romance. Alongside this main story a more tempestuous relationship between Jean's daughter Judith and Lionel's publisher Alistair plays out.
This popular BBC sitcom draws humour from the ups and downs of unexpected romance in later life.
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Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Theme tune is a version of As Time Goes By, originally written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. This version is performed by Joe Fagin and arranged by David Mackay.
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 12th January 1992 at 8:35pm on BBC One
- Next repeats
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- Series 1, Episode 1: Tomorrow at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 1, Episode 2: Wednesday at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 1, Episode 3: Thursday at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 1, Episode 4: Friday at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 1, Episode 5: Monday 30th December at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 1, Episode 6: Tuesday 31st December at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 2, Episode 1: Thursday 2nd January at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 2, Episode 2: Friday 3rd January at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 2, Episode 3: Monday 6th January at 6pm on U&Drama
- Most recent repeats
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- Sunday 15th December 2024 at 1:50am on BBC4 - Series 1, Episode 6
- Sunday 15th December 2024 at 1:20am on BBC4 - Series 1, Episode 5
- Tuesday 10th December 2024 at 8:30pm on BBC4 - Series 1, Episode 6