Cribbins (1969)
Synopsis
Comedy legend Bernard Cribbins had been a key presence in British film and television comedy for over a decade before he landed his own headlining television series at the tail-end of the 1960s. An off-beat revue of quickfire sketches in the "Cribbins style", this fast-moving mixture of comedy and song (including chart hits Hole in the Ground, Gossip Calypso and Right, Said Fred) featured a gallery of outrageous characters in a myriad of seemingly inexhaustible situations! Bank clerk, burglar, tramp, librarian, cowboy and even spaceman – Cribbins is all these, and many more!
Episodes
Episode 1
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Episode 2
Bernard visits a petrol station with Britains first topless garage attendant; confronts his boss over tax avoidance; has problems finding change for a parking meter; sings a song about his daily dates; encounters the Great Mysto the Hypnotist; has problems winding in a kite; visits an antique shop to return a faulty lamp; reports a lost truck (attached to an elephant) to British Rail's lost property office and has a unique way to deter life insurance salesmen.
Episode 3
Highlights include a passenger who attempts to land an aeroplane; Bernard sings the song My Mate Bert; strange table service in a restaurant; a customer has problems with his bank manger; an odd encounter for the Grenadier Guards and a Duke is disturbed in his private bedroom.
Episode 4
Bernard has problems at the supermarket; encounters a problem with graffiti; attempts to be a Birdman; sings the song National Hate Day; makes an appeal for the church restoration fund; leads an end of the world cult and the women of the WI have come to an important decision.
Episode 5
Highlights include a husband who wants to auction his soul; police officers go undercover to catch molesters on Hampstead Heath; Bernard sings Living Next to the Joneses; Toilet attendants go on strike; a road markings painter who goes rogue; a builder with a unique approach to selling flats and a man offering his body for medical research.
Episode 6
An Eskimo finds his way to London; two TV studio cleaners have fun at the news desk; Bernard sings a song about Monday Morning; a father dresses as Santa Claus to visit his son for Christmas and a plumber prepares to be invested as a Knight of the Garter.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Cribbins
Status
Returning Series
Seasons
2
Episodes
12