Andy Capp is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 sitcom

British sitcom

A British sitcom tends, as it does in most other countries, to be based on a family, workplace or other institution, where the same group of contrasting characters is brought together in each episode. Unlike American sitcoms, where twenty or more episodes in a season is the norm, British sitcoms...

 based on the cartoon Andy Capp

Andy Capp

Andy Capp is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe , seen in The Daily Mirror and The Sunday Mirror newspapers since 5 August 1957. Originally a single-panel cartoon, Smyth later expanded it to four panels....

. It starred James Bolam

James Bolam

James Christopher Bolam, MBE is a British actor, best known for his roles as Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Dr Arthur Gilder in...

 and ran for one series in 1988. It was written by Keith Waterhouse

Keith Waterhouse

Keith Spencer Waterhouse CBE was a novelist, newspaper columnist, and the writer of many television series.-Biography:Keith Waterhouse was born in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...

. Unusually for a sitcom, there was no studio audience during the filming of Andy Capp. It was made for the ITV

ITV

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 network by Thames Television

Thames Television

Thames Television was a licensee of the British ITV television network, covering London and parts of the surrounding counties on weekdays from 30 July 1968 until 31 December 1992....

.

Cast

• James Bolam
  James Bolam
  James Christopher Bolam, MBE is a British actor, best known for his roles as Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In, Trevor Chaplin in The Beiderbecke Trilogy, Terry Collier in The Likely Lads and its sequel Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Roy Figgis in Only When I Laugh, Dr Arthur Gilder in...
  
   - Andy Capp
• Paula Tilbrook
  Paula Tilbrook
  Paula Tilbrook is an English actress who has played Betty Eagleton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale since 1994.In 1977, she made an appearance as Stella Rigby in Coronation Street, and followed this by appearances as Olive Taylor-Brown in the same show in 1978 and 1980. From 1991 to 1993, she...
  
   - Flo Capp
• Mike Savage - Bookie
• Keith Smith
  Keith Smith (actor)
  Keith Smith is an English actor he is best known to for his roles in The Army Game and The Beiderbecke Trilogy. Smith also appeared in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as a manager of a Grot shop.-Roles:* Private Hatchett, The Army Game * Mr Wheeler, The Beiderbecke Trilogy -External links:...
  
   - Chalkie
• George Waring
  George Waring
  George Waring was a British television actor from 1962 to 2000. He also had occasional feature film credits...
  
   - Clifford
• John Arthur - Jack
• Jeremy Gittins
  Jeremy Gittins
  Jeremy Gittins is an English actor who is known for his semi-regular role as the Vicar on the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances....
  
   - Keith
• Andy Mulligan - Meredith
• Ian Bleasdale
  Ian Bleasdale
  Ian Bleasdale is a British actor and television presenter. He was born in Upholland, Lancashire and divides his time between Haworth in West Yorkshire and Bristol...
  
   - Milkie
• Shirley Dixon - Mother-in-law
• Richard Tate - Pawnbroker
• Keith Marsh - Percy
• Susan Brown
  Susan Brown (actress)
  Susan Brown is a British actress of the stage and screen.-Theatre:She has appeared in numerous theatre productions including: The Wild Duck , Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Playing with Fire, Cardiff East and The Hour We Knew Nothing Of Each Other, Easter, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III and Bad Weather...
  
   - Ruby
• Colette Stevenson - Shirley
• Ian Thompson - The Vicar
• Kevin Lloyd
  Kevin Lloyd
  Kevin Reardon Lloyd was a British actor, born in Derby, and trained at East 15 Acting School, London. Best known for his part of DC Alfred "Tosh" Lines in Thames Television's The Bill....
  
   - Walter
• Philip Lowrie
  Philip Lowrie
  Colin Philip Lowrie is an English television actor. He played Dennis Tanner, the son of Elsie Tanner in Coronation Street, from 1960 until 1968. On 25 January 2011, it was announced that he would return to the role, reappearing on screen later in the year...
  
   - Mr Watson

Plot

The sitcom Andy Capp was based on the cartoon strip of the same name that had run since 1957 in The Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper which was founded in 1903. Twice in its history, from 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was changed to read simply The Mirror, which is how the paper is often referred to in popular parlance. It had an...

. Andy Capp is a slothful man from the north of England, whose life consists of drinking, sleeping, watching TV, betting, going to the pub and occasionally playing football. His wife, Flo, is constantly annoyed by her lazy husband and frequently uses a rolling pin as a weapon.

Episodes

1. "New Leaf" (22 February 1988)
2. "The Sporting Life" (29 February 1988)
3. "Flo's New Frock" (7 March 1988)
4. "Love Me Or Leave Me" (14 March 1988)
5. "Economy Drive" (21 March 1988)
6. "The Anniversary Waltz" (28 March 1988)