My Wife Next Door
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My Wife Next Door was a BBC
sitcom written by Brian Clemens
and Richard Waring
that was first broadcast in 1972. It ran for just 13 episodes and focused on a couple, George Basset, (played by John Alderton
), and Suzie Basset, (played by Hannah Gordon
). Each tries to start afresh after their divorce. They move to the country, only to find that they have moved into adjoining cottages.
When the series was repeated in 1979, it gained even better ratings than its first outing and topped the BBC1 weekly ratings several times during the repeat run.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
sitcom written by Brian Clemens
Brian Clemens
Brian Horace Clemens OBE is a British screenwriter and television producer, possibly best known for his work on The Avengers and The Professionals...
and Richard Waring
Richard Waring (writer)
Richard Waring was a British television scriptwriter.The author of numerous sitcoms from the early 1960s, he is particularly associated with writing domestic sitcoms. His first success was Marriage Lines with Richard Briers and Prunella Scales...
that was first broadcast in 1972. It ran for just 13 episodes and focused on a couple, George Basset, (played by John Alderton
John Alderton
John Alderton is an English actor who is best known for his roles in Upstairs, Downstairs, Thomas & Sarah and Please Sir!. Alderton has often starred alongside his wife, Pauline Collins.-Early life:...
), and Suzie Basset, (played by Hannah Gordon
Hannah Gordon
Hannah Cambell Grant Gordon is a Scottish actress who is well known in the United Kingdom for her television work, including Upstairs, Downstairs, Telford's Change, My Wife Next Door, Joint Account and an appearance in the final episode of One Foot in the Grave.-Early life:Gordon was born in...
). Each tries to start afresh after their divorce. They move to the country, only to find that they have moved into adjoining cottages.
When the series was repeated in 1979, it gained even better ratings than its first outing and topped the BBC1 weekly ratings several times during the repeat run.