Ben Travers' Farces

Ben Travers' Farces
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Ben Travers
Directed by	Eric Fawcett
Starring	Arthur Lowe Richard Briers Jenny McCracken
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	Eric Fawcett
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	British Broadcasting Corporation
Original release
Network	BBC 1
Release	19 September (1970-09-19) – 31 October 1970 (1970-10-31)

Ben Travers' Farces is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC 1.^[1] It ran for a single series of seven episodes between 19 September and 31 October 1970. Each was a stand-alone adaptation of a farce by Ben Travers. The first six episodes were adaptations of Aldwych Farces beginning with Rookery Nook^[2] while the seventh She Follows Me About was based on his wartime play of the same title.^[3]

Main Cast

• Arthur Lowe (7 episodes)
• Richard Briers (7 episodes)
• Jenny McCracken (6 episodes)
• Megs Jenkins (3 episodes)
• Terence Alexander (3 episodes)
• Frank Thornton (3 episodes)
• Alec Ross (3 episodes)
• Tim Barrett (3 episodes)
• Irene Handl (2 episodes)
• Elizabeth Knight (2 episodes)
• Mollie Sugden (2 episodes)
• Geoffrey Palmer (2 episodes)
• Jessica Benton (2 episodes)
• Polly Adams (2 episodes)
• Althea Parker (2 episodes)
• Jonathan Cecil (2 episodes)
• Edward Dentith (2 episodes)

Episodes

• Rookery Nook (19 September 1970)
• A Cuckoo in the Nest (26 September 1970)
• Turkey Time (3 October 1970)
• A Cup of Kindness (10 October 1970)
• Plunder (17 October 1970)
• Dirty Work (24 October 1970)
• She Follows Me About (31 October 1970)

References

1. https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/ben_travers_farces/
2. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ee23f65d794046a6a2bad99de1456009
3. https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/55864029773c441d867f20978569e39f

Bibliography

• Hogg, James. More Than Just A Good Life: The Authorised Biography of Richard Briers. Hachette UK, 2018.

External links

• Ben Travers' Farces at IMDb