Beggar My Neighbour
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1966 - 1968
- 23 episodes (3 series)
Comedy of familial relations. Gerald is a poor snob, whilst his next door neighbours - his wife's sister and her husband - are well-off working class. Stars Reg Varney, Pat Coombs, June Whitfield, Peter Jones and Desmond Walter Ellis
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1966 - 1968
- Channel
- BBC 1
- Episodes
- 23 (1 pilot + 3 series), plus 1 short special
- Stars
- Reg Varney, Pat Coombs, June Whitfield, Peter Jones and Desmond Walter Ellis
- Writers
- Ken Hoare and Mike Sharland
- Director
- David Croft
- Producers
- David Croft and Eric Fawcett
- Company
Rose and Lana are sisters, both married and living next door to each other in Lankworthy Road, Muswell Hill - a London suburb. Gerald Garvey is an underpaid, middle-class executive who has a snobbish attitude, but he and Rose don't have the income to back it up. Harry Butt, on the other hand, is an affluent, working-class fitter, and he and Lana never miss the chance to show off their luxury goods and lifestyle in front of their poorer relatives.
Additional details
- Part of
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Black and white
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 24th May 1966 at 7:30pm on BBC One