British Comedy Guide

No Appointment Necessary

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1977
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

Alf Butler is a greengrocer and after buying a hairdressing salon he employs a professional manager to run it - but she runs it rather too well. Stars Roy Kinnear, Josephine Tewson, Avril Angers, Robert Dorning, Claire Faulconbridge and Denis Bond

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1977
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
7 (1 series)
Stars
Roy Kinnear, Josephine Tewson, Avril Angers, Robert Dorning, Claire Faulconbridge and Denis Bond
Writers
Peter Robinson and Hugh Stuckey
Producers
Harold Snoad and Douglas Argent
Company

Alf Butler is a greengrocer but he has invested money in a hairdressers as well. He is worried about how badly the salon is doing so he decides to employ a new manageress in order to shake it up. He gets a big shock when she succeeds in turning it around much quicker than he expected and threatens his role as the boss.

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Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 10th June 1977 at 8:30pm on BBC One

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