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| Meet the Wife | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Chesney and Wolfe |
| Starring | Freddie Frinton Thora Hird |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (including pilot; 22 missing) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 28 December 1963 – 19 December 1966 |
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Meet the Wife is a 1960s BBC situation comedy written by Chesney and Wolfe, which featured Freddie Frinton as Freddie Blacklock with Thora Hird as his tyrannical wife, Thora. It ran for five series.[1]
The series was based on a 1963 BBC television Comedy Playhouse production, "The Bed".[2] The theme tune was by Russ Conway and incidental music by Norman Percival and later Dennis Wilson. The producers were John Paddy Carstairs and later Robin Nash.[3]
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Chesney, Ronald (1920–) and Wolfe, Ronald (1924–2011) Credits". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "The Bed (1963) | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 7 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ "Meet The Wife (Production)". Phill.co.uk. Retrieved 4 June 2014.