Barbara
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1995 - 2003
- 29 episodes (3 series)
No-nonsense Yorkshire housewife Barbara Liversage imposes herself as the agony aunt and problem-solver for her extended family. Stars Gwen Taylor, Sam Kelly, Madge Hindle, Mark Benton, Elizabeth Carling and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1995 - 2003
- Channel
- ITV, ITV1
- Episodes
- 29 (1 pilot + 3 series)
- Stars
- Gwen Taylor, Sam Kelly, Madge Hindle, Mark Benton, Elizabeth Carling, Sherrie Hewson, Benedict Sandiford and John Arthur
- Writers
- Mark Bussell, Rob Clark, Ramsay Gilderdale, Graham Mark Walker and Justin Sbresni
- Directors
- Richard Boden and Nic Phillips
- Producers
- Mark Bussell, Justin Sbresni, Richard Boden and Nick Symons
- Companies
Barbara Liversage is blunt, opinionated, and often just plain rude. With a part-time job in a doctor's surgery, the no-nonsense Yorkshire housewife lives with her unassuming, mild-mannered taxi driver husband Ted, and their adult son Neil.
Regularly raising Barbara's frustrations with the modern world are daughter Linda and her useless TV presenter husband Martin, sister Jean, her friend and colleague Doreen, and the assortment of workmen, delivery boys, salesmen, shopkeepers and sick members of the public who she is forced to put up with on a daily basis.
Additional details
- Part of
- Also known as
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- Comedy Firsts: Barbara (Pilot)
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- The theme tune was composed by Pete Baikie.
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 10th July 1995 at 8pm on ITV1
- Most recent repeats
-
- Tuesday 30th September 2014 at 4:25pm on ITV3 - Series 3, Episode 12
- Monday 29th September 2014 at 4:25pm on ITV3 - Series 3, Episode 11
- Friday 26th September 2014 at 4:15pm on ITV3 - Series 3, Episode 10
Recording details
- The Television House - Pilot.
- Carlton Studios - Series.