Turn out the Lights
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Turn out the Lights was an ITV
comedy-drama series made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Monday 2 January to Monday 6 February 1967 by Associated Rediffusion (London) and Tyne Tees Television, (all other regions broadcast the series between Friday 6 January and Friday 10 February 1967). The series was a spin-off from the sitcom Pardon the Expression
, itself a spin-off from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street
.
Leonard Swindley (played by Arthur Lowe
) was the central character, along with Wally Hunt (played by Robert Dorning
). Swindley was formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street and the deputy manager of the department store
Dobson and Hawks in Pardon the Expression: in this series he becomes a professional speaker on astrology
who encounters various supernatural events on his travels around the country, along with his colleague Wally Hunt, after they were both fired from Dobson and Hawks in the last episode of "Pardon the Expression".
The series directors were David Boisseau and Michael Cox, production designers were Dennis Parkin and Roy Stonehouse. (The series was not recorded in front of a studio audience and had no laughter-track.)
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
comedy-drama series made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Monday 2 January to Monday 6 February 1967 by Associated Rediffusion (London) and Tyne Tees Television, (all other regions broadcast the series between Friday 6 January and Friday 10 February 1967). The series was a spin-off from the sitcom Pardon the Expression
Pardon the Expression
Pardon The Expression! was an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of only four spin-offs from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn out the...
, itself a spin-off from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
.
Leonard Swindley (played by Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe
Arthur Lowe was a BAFTA Award winning English actor. He was best known for playing Captain George Mainwaring in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army from 1968 until 1977.-Early life:...
) was the central character, along with Wally Hunt (played by 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....
). Swindley was formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street and the deputy manager of the department store
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment which satisfies a wide range of the consumer's personal and residential durable goods product needs; and at the same time offering the consumer a choice of multiple merchandise lines, at variable price points, in all product categories...
Dobson and Hawks in Pardon the Expression: in this series he becomes a professional speaker on astrology
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...
who encounters various supernatural events on his travels around the country, along with his colleague Wally Hunt, after they were both fired from Dobson and Hawks in the last episode of "Pardon the Expression".
The series directors were David Boisseau and Michael Cox, production designers were Dennis Parkin and Roy Stonehouse. (The series was not recorded in front of a studio audience and had no laughter-track.)
Episode list
- The Boyhood Haunt
- Hail To Thee, Aunt Shelmadine
- A Big Hand For A Little Lady
- The Happy Medium
- You Can't Get The Wood
- One For Yes, Two For No