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Goodnight Sweetheart. Image shows from L to R: Yvonne Sparrow (Emma Amos), Gary Sparrow (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Phoebe Sparrow (Elizabeth Carling). Copyright: Alomo Productions / BBC
Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1993 - 2016
  • 59 episodes (6 series)

Whilst walking around the East End, TV repairman Gary Sparrow is transported back to 1940 where he begins to live a second life. Stars Nicholas Lyndhurst, Dervla Kirwan, Elizabeth Carling, Michelle Holmes, Emma Amos and more.

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Goodnight Sweetheart trivia

Emma Amos, who played Yvonne from Series 4, had originally auditioned for the part of Phoebe; the first series plan had been for 1940s East End Phoebe to be blonde, and modern Yvonne to be brunette.

Source: Interview with Emma Amos, Series 4 DVD

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