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Shillingbury Tales

19811 Season30m episodes7.2

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Drama

TMDB7.2

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Runtime: 30m episodes
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Origin: GB

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Shillingbury Tales is a 1980–81 British sitcom produced by Associated Television for ITV. Comprising a single feature length pilot and six one-hour episodes, the series deals with life in an idealised fictional English village and stars Robin Nedwell, Diane Keen, Nigel Lambert, Jack Douglas, John Le Mesurier, Bernard Cribbins and Trevor Howard. The series was written by Francis Essex and directed by Val Guest. Unusual for the time, it was shot entirely on location in the village of Aldbury in Hertfordshire on 16mm and consequently there was no laugh track. The show ended when ATV lost their licence to broadcast and their replacement Central declined to continue production.

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Status: Ended
First aired: May 17, 1981
Network: ITV1
Studio: Associated Television, ITC Entertainment

Time to finish

3 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Robin Nedwell

Peter Higgins

Diane Keen

Sally Higgins

Jack Douglas

Jake Smith

Joe Black

Harvey

SERIES

Shillingbury Tales

19811 Season30m episodes7.2

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Drama

TMDB7.2

Votes5

Your rating

Runtime: 30m episodes
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Origin: GB

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E1 · Airs May 17, 1981 · 50m
The Shillingbury Tinker
Cuffy the tinker is a simple man. He lives in a trailer and does odd jobs for food and money. Then he wins the lottery. Everyone in town tries to change him.
E2 · Airs May 24, 1981 · 50m
The Shillingbury Melon
Peter wants to grow a melon for a contest, but he needs a greenhouse. His father in law lets him use his and they both work together to landscape his backyard. There is a car rally in town, and something goes horribly wrong.
E3 · Airs May 31, 1981 · 50m
The Shillingbury Cloudburst
While Peter is away, Sally calls Dick, a workman, to fix cracks in the wall. One night, there is a huge storm and Dick brings a tarp over to cover the roof. Jake drives by that night and sees Dick's truck at Sally's. People start gossiping about them.
E4 · Airs Jun 7, 1981 · 50m
The Shillingbury Legend
The Mayor of St. Jacques, Luc France, comes to Shillingbury to try to twin the two towns. It seems he is known from the war. Why does everyone's problems seem to disappear after talking to him?
E5 · Airs Jun 14, 1981 · 50m
The Shillingbury Miracle
The vicar gives a sermon about the low attendance in church due to the Devil. Jake encounters ghosts in his house and thinks he needs protection so he invites Cuffy to move his caravan onto his land in case he needs him. Cuffy wants no part of it and declines.
E6 · Airs Jun 21, 1981 · 50m
The Shillingbury Daydream
Jake has the flu, and is taking pills. He drifts off and has frivolous dreams of fox hunts, council widening the street, and winning the OBE for being the most helpful man in the village. He even dreams of going to Buckingham Palace and having his band competing with the Royal Parade.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: May 17, 1981
Network: ITV1
Studio: Associated Television, ITC Entertainment

Time to finish

3 hrs

6 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Robin Nedwell

Peter Higgins

Diane Keen

Sally Higgins

Jack Douglas

Jake Smith

Joe Black

Harvey

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