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Idle At Work

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1972
  • 1 pilot

Sitcom pilot written by Graham Chapman and Bernard McKenna, starring Ronnie Barker as George Idle. Also features Graham Crowden, Derek Francis, Mary Merrall, William Kendall, Roland MacLeod and more.

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Press clippings

If I were the Head of Comedy, I would know a joke when I saw it and sign up the lucky stars for a series. It must be plain enough what can struggle on for a series. "Idle at Work" last night barely made it to the end.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 15th January 1972

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