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Ben Travers Farces

1970 - 1970

Rookery Nook

19th September 1970
Episode 1
A young woman, dressed in pyjamas, seeks refuge from her bullying stepfather at a country house in the middle of the night.

A Cuckoo in the Nest

26th September 1970
Episode 2
A man and a woman, who are each married to other people. While travelling together, they are obliged by circumstances to share a hotel bedroom. Everyone else assumes the worst, but the two travellers are able to prove their innocence.

Turkey Time

3rd October 1970
Episode 3
Set at Christmas, it centers around a Christmas holiday at the Stoatt household where two guests become entangled with a stranded performer

A Cup of Kindness

10th October 1970
Episode 4
The son and daughter of two feuding families announce their upcoming marriage, to widespread uproar.

Plunder

17th October 1970
Episode 5
Two friends commit a jewel robbery, for arguably honourable reasons, with fatal results.

Dirty Work

24th October 1970
Episode 6
The maladroit but ultimately successful efforts of a shop-walker to outwit a gang of jewel thieves.

She Follows Me About

31st October 1970
Episode 7
A harassed vicar has to cope with some mischievous girls and a bishop who is not all he seems.
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Ben Travers' Farces is a British comedy television series which originally aired on BBC 1. It ran for a single series of seven episodes between 19 September and 31 October 1970. Each was a stand-alone adaptation of a farce by Ben Travers. The first six episodes were adaptations of Aldwych Farces beginning with Rookery Nook while the seventh She Follows Me About was based on his wartime play of the same title.

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