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Meet the Wife (1963)

30m

Running Time

5
Seasons

38
Episodes

December 28, 1963
Release Date

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Meet the Wife (1963)

Name: Meet the Wife
Released: 1963-12-28

30m

Running Time

5
Seasons

38
Episodes

December 28, 1963
Release Date

External Links & Social Media

Plot.

Meet the Wife is a 1960s BBC situation comedy written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, which featured Freddie Frinton as Freddie Blacklock with Thora Hird as his tyrannical wife, Thora. It ran to five series. The series was based on a 1963 BBC television Comedy Playhouse production, "The Bed". The theme tune was by Russ Conway and incidental music by Norman Percival and later Dennis Wilson. The producers were John Paddy Carstairs and later Robin Nash. The Beatles song "Good Morning, Good Morning" on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band includes the lyric "It's time for tea and Meet the Wife".

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Cast & Crew.

Thora Hird

Freddie Frinton

Freddie Blacklock

David Morrell

Dr. Clark

Arthur Howard

The Vlcar

Bartlett Mullins

Harry

Harold Goodwin

Milkman

Stanley Meadows

Tom

Noel Dyson

Cousin Olive

Pearl Hackney

Mrs. Parkyn

Ronald Chesney

Writer

Ronald Wolfe

Writer

Barbara Miller

Mrs. Bird

Details.

Release Date
December 28, 1963

Status
Ended

Seasons
5

Episodes
38

Running Time
30m

Last updated: 2025-03-09

This TV Show Is About.

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Wiki.

Meet the Wife is a 1960s BBC sitcom written by Chesney and Wolfe, which featured Freddie Frinton as Freddie Blacklock with Thora Hird as his tyrannical wife, Thora. It ran for five series.

The series was based on a 1963 BBC television Comedy Playhouse production, "The Bed". The theme tune was by Russ Conway and incidental music by Norman Percival and later Dennis Wilson. The producers were John Paddy Carstairs and later Robin Nash.