Bloomers - Richard Beckinsale - 1979 - Episode_02

Bloomers is a short-lived British sitcom starring Richard Beckinsale that was aired in 1979.
It was in production in 1979 but only five episodes were made before Beckinsale died suddenly from a heart attack just before a planned rehearsal for the sixth and final episode of the first series. Bloomers was immediately shelved, though the five completed episodes were broadcast later in the same year.


Stan is a worker for a small London flower business. The humour centred on the relationships between the workers and the scrapes they got into doing odd jobs in
he gardens of houses in the district. Beckinsale's character, Stan, was apt to wind up in bed with lonely housewives, and equally apt to spend time with said
housewives musing on philosophy and the pointlessness of life.


Episode 1.2
Stan's first day as a florist/gardener is a memorable one but not for all the reasons
he planned. Lena can't understand the sudden change in his character while Diana
has less to worry about.

First Broadcast Details
Date:
Thu 4th October 1979
Time:
9:30pm
Channel:
BBC Two
Length:
30 minutes

Episode 1.2 Cast & Crew

Regular Cast

Richard Beckinsale ... Stan
Anna Calder-Marshall ... Lena
June Ritchie ... Diana
David Swift ... Dingley
Paul Curran ... George
Pat Gorman ... Pub landlord

Writing Team
James Saunders ... Writer

Production Team
Roger Race ... Producer


Roger Murray-Leach ... Production Design



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