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John Browne's Body. Virginia Browne (Peggy Mount). Copyright: Associated Television
John Browne's Body

John Browne's Body

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1969
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

Virginia Browne inherits a half share in her late brother's private detective agency and gives up her respectable job to become a 'gumshoe'. Stars Peggy Mount, Naunton Wayne, Trisha Mortimer, Mark Kingston, Zulema Dene and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1969
Channel
ITV
Episodes
7 (1 series)
Stars
Peggy Mount, Naunton Wayne, Trisha Mortimer, Mark Kingston, Zulema Dene, Philip Stone, Davyd Harries, Kevin Stoney and more
Writer
Rene Basilico
Director
Shaun O'Riordan
Producer
Shaun O'Riordan
Company

As five buskers play in a damp London street, a flower-laden hearse drives by and stops. A door opens and closes and, after it drives away, a corpse lies in the gutter. It seems like another job for Virginia Browne and the Fitzroy-Browne Detective Agency.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 3rd April 1969 at 9pm on ITV1

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