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Curry and Chips

1969 · 1 season

A loud, dated factory-floor comedy that provokes more discomfort than laughter with its crude racial caricatures and aggressive banter.

Genres
Comedy
Starring
Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Norman Rossington
Overview
Curry and Chips is a British sitcom broadcast in 1969 which was produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network. Set on a factory floor of 'Lillicrap Ltd', it starred a blacked up Spike Milligan as an Asian immigrant who went by the name of Kevin O'Grady. It also featured Eric Sykes as the foreman, Norman Rossington as the shop steward, and other regulars were Kenny Lynch, and Sam Kydd. The series was written by Till Death Us Do Part writer Johnny Speight, but based on idea by Milligan. It was the first LWT sitcom to be made in colour, and all episodes still exist.

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Genres
Comedy
Starring
Spike Milligan, Eric Sykes, Norman Rossington
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • race
  • class
  • work
  • identity
  • power
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy
Written by
Johnny Speight
Starring
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Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 30 min each
Network
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Languages
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