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  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1987 - 1990
  • 25 episodes (4 series)

A cheeky 'Jack the Lad' type, Jim London manages to get a job as chauffeur, general dogsbody and confidant to a millionaire with a similar upbringing. Stars Jim Davidson, George Sewell, Harry Towb, Vanessa Knox-Mawer, Sherrie Hewson and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1987 - 1990
Channel
ITV
Episodes
25 (4 series)
Stars
Jim Davidson, George Sewell, Harry Towb, Vanessa Knox-Mawer, Sherrie Hewson, Cecilia-Marie Carreon, Owen Whittaker, Juliette Grassby and Nigel Williams
Writer
Geoff McQueen
Directors
Anthony Parker, David Askey and Martin Shardlow
Producers
Anthony Parker, David Askey and Martin Shardlow
Company

Jim Davidson reprises his role as Jim London, a cheeky 'Jack the Lad' from South London, who was first seen in Up The Elephant And Round The Castle, from which this is a spin-off.

Fired from his job as delivery driver at an electronics firm, Jim is hired as personal chauffeur and friendly 'dogsbody' by the company's self-made millionaire chief executive, Robert Palmer. Unfortunately for Jim, Palmer's butler, Henry Compton, takes as much of an instant dislike to him as did his immediate superior at the electronics company - that prior friction having been the eventual cause of his firing.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 1st July 1987 at 8pm on ITV1

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