Pardon My Genie
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1972 - 1973
- 26 episodes (2 series)
Sitcom about a hardware shop worker who inadvertently summons up a genie. Stars Hugh Paddick, Arthur White, Ellis Jones and Roy Barraclough.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1972 - 1973
- Channel
- ITV1
- Episodes
- 26 (2 series)
- Stars
- Hugh Paddick, Arthur White, Ellis Jones and Roy Barraclough
- Writer
- Bob Block
- Directors
- Daphne Shadwell, Robert Reed and Vic Hughes
- Producer
- Daphne Shadwell
- Company
A hardware shop assistant polishes up an old oil-lamp and inadvertently summons up a genie. Consequent weird and wonderful events cause the shop owner, unaware of the genie's existence, to think he's going mad.
This sitcom was made for Children's Hour in the 1970s, although appealed to adults too. Creator Bob Block later created Rentaghost.
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- Studio
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 10th April 1972 at 5:20pm on ITV1