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L For Lester. Lester Small (Brian Murphy). Copyright: BBC
L For Lester

L For Lester

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two
  • 1982
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

The tranquillity of a small west country town is destroyed by the misfortunes of local driving instructor Lester Small. Stars Brian Murphy, Hilda Braid, James Cossins, Amanda Barrie, Colin Spaull and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1982
Channel
BBC 2
Episodes
6 (1 series)
Stars
Brian Murphy, Hilda Braid, James Cossins, Amanda Barrie, Colin Spaull, Richard Vernon, John Forgeham, Linda Robson and more
Writer
Dudley Long
Director
John B Hobbs
Producer
Dennis Main Wilson
Company

In a small west country town, Lester Small is a driving instructor with quite a reputation - for taking clients that cause havoc and mayhem whenever they are on the road!

His most consistent client is Mrs Davies, a one woman disaster zone who does nothing to help ingratiate Small with the Chief Inspector of the local police - with whom he has a long standing feud.

Unfortunately, Mr Davies is Lester's bank manager, and rather has him over a barrel to keep on teaching her until she passes her test: a circumstance, by his own admission, significantly less likely than the Thames beginning to flow backwards...

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 8th October 1982 at 9pm on BBC Two

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