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Sam The Samaritan

Sam The Samaritan

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1965
  • 1 pilot

1910 - when three long term friends and fellow stokers are let ashore, a bet over downing a pot of ale causes the friendship to be broken. Stars Wilfrid Brambell, John Junkin, Roy Kinnear, Edwin Brown, Miriam Raymond and more.

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1965
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
1 Pilot
Creator
W. W. Jacobs
Stars
Wilfrid Brambell, John Junkin, Roy Kinnear, Edwin Brown, Miriam Raymond, Alexandra Dane, Harold Goodwin, Joseph Sealy and more
Writer
David Climie
Producers
Michael Mills and Graeme Muir
Company

1910 - three stokers and long term friends, from the SS Chesapeake, have just been let ashore with £12 each in their pockets. Whilst wasting their money in all the pubs, Ginger bets Sam that he can't down a pot of ale in one go. With the bet taken, Ginger sabotages his attempt by saying something to distract Sam. Their friendship broken, it can not be reforged unless Sam can exact his revenge!

Additional details

Part of

Comedy Playhouse

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 5th August 1965 at 8:50pm on BBC One
Episode length
25 minutes

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