Dead Ernest
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1982
- 7 episodes (1 series)
Ernest Springer ends up in heaven after being hit between the eyes by a champagne cork while celebrating his big win on the pools. Stars Andrew Sachs, Ken Jones, Harry Fowler, Janet Rawson and Zena Walker
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1982
- Channel
- ITV
- Episodes
- 7 (1 series)
- Stars
- Andrew Sachs, Ken Jones, Harry Fowler, Janet Rawson and Zena Walker
- Writers
- John Stevenson and Julian Roach
- Director
- Alan Wallis
- Producers
- Alan Wallis, Tony Charles and Allan McKeown
- Company
Ernest Springer has finally been able to give up teaching after winning the football pools and, in the middle of the celebrations to collect his cheque, he is hit between the eyes by a champagne cork.
When he awakes he finds himself in heaven - the British section, of course. His death has been an administrative blunder but Ernest can't be sent back as his kidneys have already been given to a bus conductor from Dagenham! What he finds is a place full of bureaucracy and administration - not a bit like the afterlife he expected.
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 15th February 1982 at 8pm on ITV1