Mess Mates
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Mess Mates | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Written by | Talbot Rothwell Lew Schwarz |
Directed by | Graeme MacDonald Eric Fawcett Kenneth Carter |
Starring | Archie Duncan Sam Kydd Ronald Hines |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 40 |
Production | |
Producer | Eric Fawcett |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Granada Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 28 June 1960 13 March 1962 | –
Mess Mates is a British comedy television series which originally aired on ITV between 1960 and 1962.[1] It is set on the coastal vessel SS Guernsey where Captain Briskett has to keep a watchful eye on his rowdy and conniving sailors. A number of the scripts were written by Talbot Rothwell shortly before he became the established writer of the Carry On film series.
Cast
Main
- Archie Duncan as Captain Biskett
- Sam Kydd as 'Croaker' Jones
- Ronald Hines as 'Dapper' Drake
- Dermot Kelly as Blarney Finnigan
- Fulton Mackay as Willie McGuinniss
- Victor Maddern as 'Tug' Nelson
- Frank Atkinson as 'Fry-Up' Dodds
- Michael Balfour as 'Twinkle' Martin
References
- ^ Wagg p.9
Bibliography
- Wagg, Stephen. Because I Tell a Joke or Two: Comedy, Politics and Social Difference. Routledge, 2004.
External links
- Mess Mates at IMDb
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from April 2022
- 1960 British television series debuts
- 1962 British television series endings
- 1960s British comedy television series
- British English-language television shows
- ITV sitcoms
- Television shows produced by Granada Television