Big Jim And The Figaro Club
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1979 - 1981
- 6 episodes (1 series)
The Figaro Club is a group of mates in the building trade who frequent a small seaside town during the nineteen-fifties. Stars Norman Rossington, David Beckett, Sylvester McCoy, Gordon Rollings, Roland Curram and more.
Episode menu
- Pilot - Big Jim And The Figaro Club
In the early 1950s 'College' comes down from Cambridge to work for the summer with his old mates on the buildings - only to find a seething passion gripping the Figaro Club. What is the dark secret of Harold Perkins? What mysterious device is Big Jim building in his workshop the other side of town?
Notes
First episode in Turning Year Tales series of plays.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 24th June 1979
- Time
- 8:05pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Norman Rossington | Big Jim |
| David Beckett | Chick |
| Sylvester McCoy (as Sylveste McCoy) | Turps |
| Gordon Rollings | Old Ned |
| Roland Curram | Harold Perkins |
| Bob Hoskins | Narrator |
| Patrick Murray | College |
| Helen Keating | Glad |
| Ted Walker | Writer |
| Colin Rose | Director |
| Alastair Reid | Producer |
| Chris Robilliard | Production Designer |
| Dave Greenslade | Composer |