Mann's Best Friends
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 1985
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Comedy about the misfit residents of a lodging house, their landlord, and the ex-water board official who moves in to try to bring some order. Stars Fulton Mackay, Barry Stanton, Bernard Bresslaw, Patricia Brake, Sara Corper and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2
Mann and Ordway meet at a local tea shop to discuss the details of the latter's running of The Laurels. Their meeting is brought to a premature end, before Ordway is shocked by lodger Irvin's suicide threats.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 22nd April 1985
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Fulton Mackay | Hamish James Ordway |
| Barry Stanton | Henry Mann |
| Bernard Bresslaw | Duncan |
| Sara Corper | Phoebe |
| Barbara Hicks | Mrs. Mann |
| Liz Smith | Mrs. Anstruther |
| Clive Merrison | Irvin |
| Janette Foggo | Waitress |
| Michael McKevitt | Car Park Attendant |
| Valerie Phillips | Manageress |
| Joyce Windsor | Table Cleaner |
| Roy Clarke | Writer |
| Derrick Goodwin | Director |
| Derrick Goodwin | Producer |
| Dave Lewinton | Editor |
| Colin Andrews | Production Designer |
| Dave Mackay | Composer |