All Our Saturdays
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All Our Saturdays is a British
United Kingdom
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 sitcom
British sitcom
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 starring Diana Dors
Diana Dors
Diana Dors was an English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as: "The only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva."-Early life:Diana Mary Fluck was born in ­Swindon,...

 that aired in 1973. Stuart Harris wrote two episodes, while Oliver Free, Eric Geen, Anthony Crouch and Peter Robinson & David Rutherford
David Rutherford
David John Rutherford is an English cricketer. Rutherford is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Ashington, Northumberland....

 all wrote one each. It was made for the ITV
ITV
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 network by Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television
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.

Cast

  • Diana Dors
    Diana Dors
    Diana Dors was an English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as: "The only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva."-Early life:Diana Mary Fluck was born in ­Swindon,...

     — Di Dorkins
  • Tony Caunter
    Tony Caunter
    Anthony Peter "Tony" Caunter is a British actor best known for his role as Jack Shepherd in the Yorkshire TV sitcom Queenie's Castle and also his portrayal of Roy Evans in EastEnders from 1994-2003....

     — Ken Hicks
  • Norman Jones
    Norman Jones (actor)
    Norman Jones is an English actor, primarily on television. He has appeared in three Doctor Who serials — The Abominable Snowmen , Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Masque of Mandragora .A native of Shropshire, Norman Jones began his screen career in 1962, at the age of 27, appearing over...

     — Stan Maycock
  • Anthony Jackson
    Anthony Jackson (actor)
    Anthony Thomas Jackson was an English actor, who reached his widest audiences as founder of the eponymous ghost hiring agency in the long-running BBC children's comedy series Rentaghost. Jackson began his career with the Birmingham Repertory. He studied at Rose Bruford College and won the BBC...

     — Frank Bosomworth
  • John Comer
    John Comer
    John Comer was a British actor best known for his comedy roles in the television series I Didn't Know You Cared, Last of the Summer Wine and All Our Saturdays.-Early life:...

     — Wilf
  • Doug Fisher
    Doug Fisher (actor)
    Douglas Fisher was an English actor.He was schooled at The Royal Liberty - a grammar school in Romford, Essex, where he became a prefect in the sixth form. He later went on to Oxford University....

     — Ronnie Rendell

Plot

Di, known as 'Big D', runs a large textile company called Garsley Garments and also is the manager of the local rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

team. Always at the bottom of the league, she renames the team Frilly Things and sets about reviving their fortunes.

Episodes

  1. "Charity Meets Its Match" (14 February 1973)
  2. "The Unhappy Hooker" (21 February 1973)
  3. "100 Years of Outstanding Underthings" (28 February 1973)
  4. "The Ref Is Always Right?" (7 March 1973)
  5. "Come Home Stan Maycock" (14 March 1973)
  6. "When The Nobbling Had To Stop" (21 March 1973)
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