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Up The Garden Path. Isabelle 'Izzy' Comyn (Imelda Staunton). Copyright: ITV / Rex
Up The Garden Path

Up The Garden Path

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1990 - 1993
  • 18 episodes (3 series)

Sitcom about a school teacher involved in a love triangle. Stars Imelda Staunton, Mike Grady, Nicholas Le Prevost, Tessa Peake-Jones, Susan Kyd and more.

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Up The Garden Path. Isabelle 'Izzy' Comyn (Imelda Staunton). Copyright: ITV / Rex

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1990 - 1993
Channel
ITV
Episodes
18 (3 series)
Stars
Imelda Staunton, Mike Grady, Nicholas Le Prevost, Tessa Peake-Jones, Susan Kyd, Tom Mannion, Rene Zagger, Jayne Alfred and more
Writer
Sue Limb
Director
David Askey
Producers
Humphrey Barclay, David Liddiment, Al Mitchell and Andy Harries
Company

Izzy Comyn, English teacher at an inner-London secondary school, has man problems: somewhat timid and essentially single, she's engaged in an affair with Michael, a married man. Hopeless, haplessly in love with him, Izzy constantly daydreams of their possible life together.

Meanwhile Dick, the school's pottery teacher, is quietly in love with her - but she views him, at best, with a friendly indifference.

Bumbling from one romantic entanglement to the next, will Izzy ever find true love?

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour
Soundtrack
Original music by Nigel Hess.

Theme tune Ain't Misbehavin' composed by Thomas Waller and Harry Brooks with lyrics by Andy Razaf, and sung by Imelda Staunton.

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Wednesday 2nd May 1990 at 8pm on ITV1

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