Cockles
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1984
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Arthur Dumpton returns to the seaside town of Cocklesea and attempts to restore it to its past glory. Stars James Grout, Joan Sims, Norman Rodway, Tim Wylton, Elizabeth Edmonds and more.
Press clippings
Cockles (BBC1), the six-part saga of a seedy seaside pavilion is more a downbeat little play than a comedy. The undoubted wow of the night was a dog act, The Carolling Corgis. Not one of them was a corgi or, for that matter, musical but their willing and cheerful rendition of The Teddy Bears' Picnic was beyond all praise. Possibly the whole show should be remade around them and called cockers.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 5th January 1984