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Mann's Best Friends

1985 · 1 season

A gentle, chatty sitcom pottering around a houseful of eccentrics, more cosy than comic.

Created by
Derrick Goodwin
Genres
Comedy
Overview
When Henry Mann inherits The Laurels he also inherits its assorted resident oddballs, who include ill-tempered alcoholic Duncan, blonde temptress Dolly Delights and several Chinese waiters. Then comes the arrival of retired Water Board official Hamish James Ordway, a nosey parker and colossal fusspot with a flair for what he euphemistically calls 'organisation' and Mann offers him free accommodation at The Laurels in return for straightening out the chaos prevailing within...
How it feels
Measured and easy to follow.
About
Found family, class, identity
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Created by
Derrick Goodwin
Genres
Comedy
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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour6
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight2

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Created by
    Derrick Goodwin
    Written by
    Roy Clarke
    Starring
    Fulton Mackay, Barry Stanton, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Hicks, Patricia Brake, Clive Merrison, Sara Corper, Liz Smith
    Length
    1 seasons, 6 episodes, 30 min each
    Country
    United Kingdom

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