Ben Travers Farces
1970 · 1 season · 7 episodes · Returning Series
Comedy
Ben Travers' Farces is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC 1. It ran for a single series of seven episodes between 19 September and 31 October 1970. Each was a stand-alone adaptation of a farce by Ben Travers. The first six episodes were adaptations of Aldwych Farces beginning with Rookery Nook while the seventh She Follows Me About was based on his wartime play of the same title.
Episodes
- S01E01Rookery Nook1970-09-1960m
A young woman, dressed in pyjamas, seeks refuge from her bullying stepfather at a country house in the middle of the night.
- S01E02A Cuckoo in the Nest1970-09-2660m
A man and a woman, who are each married to other people. While travelling together, they are obliged by circumstances to share a hotel bedroom. Everyone else assumes the worst, but the two travellers are able to prove their innocence.
- S01E03Turkey Time1970-10-0360m
Set at Christmas, it centers around a Christmas holiday at the Stoatt household where two guests become entangled with a stranded performer
- S01E04A Cup of Kindness1970-10-1060m
The son and daughter of two feuding families announce their upcoming marriage, to widespread uproar.
- S01E05Plunder1970-10-1760m
Two friends commit a jewel robbery, for arguably honourable reasons, with fatal results.
- S01E06Dirty Work1970-10-2460m
The maladroit but ultimately successful efforts of a shop-walker to outwit a gang of jewel thieves.
- S01E07She Follows Me About1970-10-3160m
A harassed vicar has to cope with some mischievous girls and a bishop who is not all he seems.
