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Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

1974–1977 · 3 seasons

A gentle, good-natured comedy full of small mishaps and northern charm, easy to dip into and undemanding.

Created by: Roy Clarke
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Bill Maynard, Richard Davies, Lynda Baron

Overview: Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! is an ITV sitcom that ran from 1974 to 1977 starring Bill Maynard as the council labourer, Scarsdale Working Men’s Club secretary, hapless handyman and all-round public nuisance Selwyn Froggitt. It was created by Roy Clarke, who wrote the pilot episode transmitted in 1974, though the series was mostly written by Alan Plater. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television With outdoor location filming of the series filmed in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire and Elvington, North Yorkshire

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Created by: Roy Clarke
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Bill Maynard, Richard Davies, Lynda Baron

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
friendship
family
class
Places: small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Genres: comedy
Created by: Roy Clarke
Written by: Roy Clarke
Starring: Bill Maynard, Richard Davies, Lynda Baron, Rosemary Martin, Harold Goodwin, Megs Jenkins, Bill Dean, Robert Keegan
Length: 3 seasons, 22 episodes, 30 min each

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