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The Lady Is a Tramp (TV series)

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The Lady Is a Tramp
Written byJohnny Speight
Directed byDouglas Argent
Dennis Main Wilson
StarringPatricia Hayes
Pat Coombs
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes13
Production
Production companyRegent Productions
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release8 January 1983 (1983-01-08) –
30 March 1984 (1984-03-30)

The Lady Is a Tramp is a situation comedy that of the first series to be on the then-new British television channel, Channel 4. Written by Johnny Speight, the programme lasted for two series, and totalled 13 episodes.[1]

Synopsis

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Old Pat and Lanky Pat are a pair of elderly tramps or "bag ladies" who have spent many years sleeping rough in such places as on park benches in London. The two move into a derelict van in an apparently unused yard. They then resist repeated attempts to move them from their new home.

Chief characters and actresses

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The character of Old Pat echoes the title role in the Jeremy Sandford drama "Edna the Inebriate Woman" which Hayes had played in 1971, but is done with a greater sense of comedy. According to her autobiography, Hayes used costume items from her performance as Edna in the role of Old Pat.[2]

References

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  1. ^ British TV comedy site
  2. ^ Hayes P. It's a Funny Old Life, published 1990
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