Marty Feldman
Director
Bootsie and Snudge (1960)
Season 1
Bootsie and Snudge is a British television situation comedy series written, in the early days, by Barry Took and Marty Feldman; later writers were John Antrobus, Jack Rosenthal, ventriloquist Ray Alan and Harry Driver. The show featured Clive Dunn, more famous as Corporal Jones in Dad's Army, as well as Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser. Series 1-3, 5 centred around a gentlemen's club called the Imperial Club, whilst the fourth series broadcast as "Foreign Affairs" centred around a British Embassy in Bosnik. 112 half-hour episodes were made, being broadcast from 1960 to 1964 and in 1974. The traditional gentlemen's club in Britain has long been used for comedic purposes in films, usually because of the eccentric characters with whom it can be populated, and the arcane rules. The rule of absolute silence in the reading room, notwithstanding several old men snoring under copies of The Times, is a common feature of such comedy. Memorable moments include Kenneth Connor, in the film Carry On Regardless, being forced to mime "Your flies are open" to one of the members. In the Imperial Club Bootsie and Snudge resumed their roles of snivelling skiver and bullying sergeant, with contributions from the ancient and always-bumbling dogsbody, Johnson, all under the tyrannical eye of the "Hon. Sec.", the club secretary played by Robert Dorning. The Hon. Sec.'s way of dealing with arguments was to drown out the opposition with repetitions of "Tup! Tup!", rising in volume until the other party stopped trying. Thus Bootsie's name for the character was "Ol' Tuptup".
Released Sept. 22, 1960
Episode 25 min
10+
Genres: Comedy
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Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Civvy Street
S1E2 - Bootsie's Punctured Romance
S1E3 - Snudge's School Friend
S1E4 - Watching Television
S1E5 - A Day Off
S1E6 - The Beady Eye Of The Little Yellow God
S1E7 - Of Mouse and Men
S1E8 - Doing The Step
S1E9 - Cordon Bleu
S1E10 - The Blind Date
S1E11 - Series 1, Episode 11
Dec. 2, 1960, midnight
S1E12 - Series 1, Episode 12
Dec. 9, 1960, midnight
S1E13 - Series 1, Episode 13
Dec. 16, 1960, midnight
S1E14 - Series 1, Episode 14
Dec. 23, 1960, midnight
S1E15 - Series 1, Episode 15
Dec. 30, 1960, midnight
S1E16 - Series 1, Episode 16
Jan. 6, 1961, midnight
S1E17 - Series 1, Episode 17
Jan. 13, 1961, midnight
S1E18 - Series 1, Episode 18
Jan. 20, 1961, midnight
S1E19 - Series 1, Episode 19
Jan. 27, 1961, midnight
S1E20 - Series 1, Episode 20
Feb. 3, 1961, midnight
S1E21 - Series 1, Episode 21
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S1E22 - Series 1, Episode 22
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S1E23 - Series 1, Episode 23
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S1E24 - Series 1, Episode 24
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S1E25 - Series 1, Episode 25
March 10, 1961, midnight
S1E26 - Series 1, Episode 26
March 17, 1961, midnight
S1E27 - Series 1, Episode 27
March 24, 1961, midnight
S1E28 - Series 1, Episode 28
March 31, 1961, midnight
S1E29 - Series 1, Episode 29
April 7, 1961, midnight
S1E30 - Series 1, Episode 30
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S1E31 - Series 1, Episode 31
April 21, 1961, midnight
S1E32 - Series 1, Episode 32
April 28, 1961, midnight
S1E33 - Series 1, Episode 33
May 5, 1961, midnight
S1E34 - Series 1, Episode 34
May 12, 1961, midnight
S1E35 - Series 1, Episode 35
May 19, 1961, midnight
S1E36 - Series 1, Episode 36
May 26, 1961, midnight
S1E37 - Series 1, Episode 37
June 2, 1961, midnight
S1E38 - Series 1, Episode 38
June 9, 1961, midnight
S1E39 - Series 1, Episode 39
June 16, 1961, midnight
S1E40 - Series 1, Episode 40
June 23, 1961, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 25 min.
Released: Sept. 22, 1960
Last Air Date: Nov. 20, 1974, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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