As Good Cooks Go is a black-and-white

Black-and-white

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 British

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 sitcom

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 that aired on BBC1

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 from 1969 to 1970. It stars Tessie O'Shea

Tessie O'Shea

Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea was a Welsh entertainer and actress.Born in Cardiff to Nellie Theresa and James Peter O'Shea, a soldier who was the son of Irish emigrants, Tessie was reared in the British music hall tradition, appearing on stage as "The Wonder of Wales" as early as the age of six...

 and was written by John Warren and John Singer

John Singer

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Cast

• Tessie O'Shea
  Tessie O'Shea
  Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea was a Welsh entertainer and actress.Born in Cardiff to Nellie Theresa and James Peter O'Shea, a soldier who was the son of Irish emigrants, Tessie was reared in the British music hall tradition, appearing on stage as "The Wonder of Wales" as early as the age of six...
  
   - Blodwen O'Reilly
• Robert Dorning
  Robert Dorning
  Robert Dorning was a musician, dance band vocalist, ballet dancer, and actor. He is known to have performed in at least seventy-seven television and film productions between 1940 and 1988....
  
   - Mr Bullock (pilot)
• Frank Williams
  Frank Williams (actor)
  Frank Williams is an English actor.Williams was educated at Ardingly College. He starred in The Army Game and as the Vicar in Dad's Army. In 1970, he starred in the short-lived sitcom As Good Cooks Go...
  
   - Mr Bullock (series)

Plot

Blodwen O'Reilly is a cook who works in many different establishments. She turns a transport cafe into a quality restaurant, works in an Army canteen and prepares meals in an old people's home.

Series One (1970)

1. Episode One (28 January 1970)
2. Episode Two (4 February 1970)
3. Episode Three (11 February 1970)
4. Episode Four (18 February 1970)
5. Episode Five (25 February 1970)

A sixth episode of the first series was planned for 4 March 1970, but this was cancelled due to the show's lack of popularity with the public. As was typical BBC

BBC

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 practice of the time, all of the episodes were later wiped, and none exist in the archives as of 2009.