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My Wife Next Door

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My Wife Next Door
GenreBritish sitcom
Created byBrian Clemens
Written byRichard Waring
StarringJohn Alderton
Hannah Gordon
ComposerDennis Wilson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes13
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release19 September (1972-09-19) –
12 December 1972 (1972-12-12)

My Wife Next Door is a British sitcom created by Brian Clemens and written by Richard Waring. It was shown on BBC1 in 1972, and ran for 13 episodes.

The programme is about a couple, George Basset (John Alderton) and Suzie Basset (Hannah Gordon). Each tries to start afresh after their divorce. They move to the country, only to find that they have moved into adjoining cottages.[1]

The series won a British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy in 1973.[2] During a repeat run of the series, in January 1980, one episode gained 19.3 million viewers and was the second most-watched programme that week.[3]

In the 1980s, a three-episode VHS video was released.[4] The complete series was released onto DVD in 2018.

References

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  1. ^ Britain's Best Sitcom
  2. ^ "BAFTA Awards".
  3. ^ The Mausoleum Club
  4. ^ More Whatever Happened to… Archived 6 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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