Bottle Boys (1984)

7.2 (4 votes)

2 Seasons

September 1, 1984

English

Comedy

Synopsis

Bottle Boys is an ITV sitcom produced for two series in 1984-85. Starring Robin Askwith as football-mad milkman Dave Deacon, the series mined comedy of the broadest sort from randy Dave's amorous adventures, in a style familiar to viewers from the Confessions films. However, as well as the sexual innuendo of his earlier big-screen adventures, Askwith was equally likely to find himself embroiled in more off-the-wall exploits, and found himself at various points in the series dressing up as a cow, inadvertently engaged to Sharon the secretary, and meeting then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Network

London Weekend Television

Episodes

Fools Rush In

Sep 1, 1984

30 min

Deacon finds one of his elderly customers poised for a suicide attempt on a windowsill six floors up.

God Save Our Dairy

Sep 8, 1984

30 min

Dawson Dairy is on the rocks, sales are down, and the bank is threatening to force them into liquidation. Deacon organises a petition and the milk roundsmen rally for a fight to save their jobs.

Danger, Woman at Work

Sep 15, 1984

30 min

When old Cyril retires, the boys' noses are put seriously out of joint by his replacement: the stern, no-nonsense Joan Foster! Something has to be done.

All in a Day's Work

Sep 22, 1984

30 min

Jock is off work with the flu. When Deacon and the boys pop by for a visit, they find themselves stuck in a busted lift.

One Good Turn

Sep 29, 1984

30 min

Stan is organising a benefit for a local old folks' home, but, with no one famous on the bill, tickets aren't moving. Deacon, however, has a big-name celebrity on his round...