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It Takes A Worried Man.... Philip Roath (Peter Tilbury)
It Takes A Worried Man...

It Takes A Worried Man...

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1 / Channel 4
  • 1981 - 1983
  • 19 episodes (3 series)

Sitcom starring Peter Tilbury as Philip Roath, an indecisive, worrying insurance salesman whose wife has left him. Stars Peter Tilbury, Christopher Benjamin, Nicholas Le Prevost, Diana Payan, Andrew Tourell and Sue Holderness

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It Takes A Worried Man.... Image shows from L to R: Lilian (Angela Down), Philip Roath (Peter Tilbury)

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1981 - 1983
Channels
ITV, Channel 4
Episodes
19 (3 series)
Creator
Peter Tilbury
Stars
Peter Tilbury, Christopher Benjamin, Nicholas Le Prevost, Diana Payan, Andrew Tourell and Sue Holderness
Writer
Peter Tilbury
Directors
Anthony Parker and Douglas Argent
Producers
Anthony Parker and Douglas Argent
Company

Philip Roath is 35. An insurance salesman, he has an unhealthy preoccupation with his own laziness, insecurities, growing old, and the wife who's deserted him.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 27th October 1981 at 8:30pm on ITV1

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