Rings on Their Fingers

Rings on Their Fingers
Genre	Situation Comedy
Created by	Richard Waring
Starring	Diane Keen Martin Jarvis Tim Barrett Barbara Lott John Harvey
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer	Harold Snoad
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	13 October 1978 (1978-10-13) – 27 November 1980 (1980-11-27)

Rings on Their Fingers is a British television sitcom, written by Richard Waring. It ran from October 1978 to November 1980.

Plot

It concerns a young unmarried couple (Sandy Bennett and Oliver Pryde) played by Diane Keen and Martin Jarvis. Sandy wishes to marry whereas Oliver is happy to remain unmarried. During the first series they do marry and in the second series they adjust to married life. A proposed fourth series would have concerned Sandy becoming pregnant unexpectedly, and Sandy and Oliver adapting to parenthood, but the series was not re-commissioned.

Cast

Character[1]	Actor[1]
Sandy Bennett/Pryde	Diane Keen
Oliver Pryde	Martin Jarvis
Victor	Tim Barrett
Mr Gordon Bennett	John Harvey
Mrs Bennett	Barbara Lott
Mr Pryde	Keith Marsh

Episode list

Series 1

#	Title	Original airdate
1	"What Difference Does A Piece of Paper Make?"	13 October 1978 (1978-10-13)
2	"Lead Me to the Altar"	20 October 1978 (1978-10-20)
3	"The Knot"	27 October 1978 (1978-10-27)
4	"Vive La Difference"	3 November 1978 (1978-11-03)
5	"Wholly Deadlock"	10 November 1978 (1978-11-10)
6	"Party Mood"	17 November 1978 (1978-11-17)
7	"Merry Christmas"	23 December 1978 (1978-12-23)

Series 2

#	Title	Original airdate
1	"Anniversary Jig"	5 September 1979 (1979-09-05)
2	"A Girl About The House"	12 September 1979 (1979-09-12)
3	"Job Lot"	19 September 1979 (1979-09-19)
4	"Home Market"	26 September 1979 (1979-09-26)
5	"Moving Moments"	3 October 1979 (1979-10-03)
6	"Mother's Old – Pastures New"	10 October 1979 (1979-10-10)
7	"Ours Is A Dosshouse – Ours Is"	17 October 1979 (1979-10-17)

Series 3

#	Title	Original airdate
1	"It's Not The Thought, It's The Gift"	23 October 1980 (1980-10-23)
2	"Friends & Neighbours"	30 October 1980 (1980-10-30)
3	"If You Can't Beat Them..."	6 November 1980 (1980-11-06)
4	"Ladies' Man"	13 November 1980 (1980-11-13)
5	"Home & Away"	20 November 1980 (1980-11-20)
6	"...And Joybells on Their Toes"	27 November 1980 (1980-11-27)

DVD releases

DVD	Release date
The Complete Series 1	21 May 2012
The Complete Series 2	2 July 2012
The Complete Series 3	6 August 2012
The Complete Series 1 to 3 Box Set	3 September 2012

References

1. Evans, Jeff (2001). The Penguin TV Companion. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-051467-8.

External links

• Rings on Their Fingers at IMDb
• Rings on Their Fingers at British Comedy Guide