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One Man's Meat. Alan Joyce (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC
One Man's Meat

One Man's Meat

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two
  • 1973
  • 1 pilot

Comedy pilot starring and written by Ronnie Barker. A man is forced to go on a crash starvation diet by his wife. Also features Joan Sims, Prunella Scales, Glynn Edwards, Sam Kelly, Barbara New and more.

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One Man's Meat. Alan Joyce (Ronnie Barker). Copyright: BBC

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1973
Channel
BBC 2
Episodes
1 Pilot
Stars
Ronnie Barker, Joan Sims, Prunella Scales, Glynn Edwards, Sam Kelly, Barbara New, Frank Lester, Jimmy Young and Peter O'Sullevan
Writer
Ronnie Barker
Director
Harold Snoad
Producers
Harold Snoad and James Gilbert
Company

One of the Seven Of One comedies starring Ronnie Barker, and written by Ronnie himself under a pseudonym.

Barker plays Alan Joyce, a man who is forced to go on a starvation diet by his wife Marion (Prunella Scales). While food-loving Alan thinks he can get his way around this with several long-established tricks and hidden treats around their flat, he is shocked to discover Marion has got wise to him. Surely there must be a way of getting some food?

Additional details

Part of

Seven Of One

Also known as
  • Seven Of One: One Man's Meat
Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Sunday 29th April 1973 at 8:15pm on BBC Two
Episode length
30 minutes
Most recent repeats
  • Tuesday 23rd June 2015 at 11:05am on Gold
  • Monday 17th November 2014 at 12:05pm on Gold
  • Monday 13th October 2014 at 12:00pm on Gold

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