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Here's Harry

Harry Worth forged an award-winning stage and screen persona as a bumbling fusspot out of sync with a fast-changing society. After many years on the variety circuit, his first TV series, The Trouble with Harry (1960), cast him as a would-be novelist failing to make any sense of the world around him. But his second show Here's Harry (1960-65), and a writing team led by Vince Powell and Harry Driver (Love Thy Neighbour, Bless This House), went back to basics to cast an indelible mould and cement his popularity. In each episode Worth is pitted against figures of petty authority such as customs officers, railway staff, doctors, lawyers or policemen, who are increasingly exasperated by his unfathomable babbling. His amiable but bewildered persona paved the way for the equally hapless Frank Spencer (Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em), and an altogether angrier Victor Meldrew (One Foot in the Grave). Of 60 episodes broadcast, only ten from 1961 have been recovered from the BBC archives, with story lines ranging from comical attempts to book a holiday, celebrate a birthday or arrange an overdraft, to the accidental theft of a policeman's bicycle. The supporting cast includes character actors and sitcom stalwarts Gerald Anderson, Deryck Guyler, Reginald Marsh, Vi Stevens, Pat Wallworth, Leonard Williams and Jack Woolgar. Gentle, genial comedy gold from the original meddlesome muddler.

English
  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 338013
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired October 11, 1960
  • Recent January 6, 1970
  • Network BBC
  • Average Runtime 30 minutes
  • Genres Comedy
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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  • Created November 18, 2017 by
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  • Modified August 26, 2024 by
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 October 1960 November 1960 6
Season 2 May 1961 June 1961 6
Season 3 November 1961 January 1962 8
Season 4 October 1962 December 1962 12
Season 5 October 1963 December 1963 10
Season 6 October 1964 December 1964 8
Season 7 October 1965 December 1965 10
Season 8 November 1966 1
Season 9 October 1967 November 1967 2
Season 10 November 1968 1
Season 11 December 1969 January 1970 3
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 67
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 67

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