The Optimist
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 1983 - 1985
- 13 episodes (2 series)
Dialogue-free comedy series following one of life's error-prone eternal optimists. Stars Enn Reitel.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1983 - 1985
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 13 (2 series)
- Star
- Enn Reitel
- Writers
- Richard Sparks, Peter Ellis, Robert Sidaway and Enn Reitel
- Director
- Peter Ellis
- Producer
- Robert Sidaway
Nigel is the eponymous optimist in this dialogue-free situation comedy. A hapless everyman, Nigel has a very vivid imagination and a tendency to daydream, constantly finding himself in extraordinary situations.
Somehow he always muddles through - whilst managing to cause disaster for those around him!
Additional details
- Production
- Location
- Picture
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 14th April 1983 at 8pm on Channel 4