Don't Drink the Water (TV series)

Don't Drink the Water
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Chesney and Wolfe
Directed by	Mark Stuart
Starring	Stephen Lewis Pat Coombs Derek Griffiths Frank Coda Christine Shaw
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Mark Stuart
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	London Weekend Television
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	27 July 1974 – 6 December 1975
Chronology
Preceded by	On the Buses

Don't Drink the Water is a British sitcom television series produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network. The series was created and written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe and is a spin-off from their long running sitcom On the Buses. The storyline follows Cyril Blake (Stephen Lewis) living in Spain with his sister Dorothy (Pat Coombs) after his retirement from the Luxton & District Traction Company. Thirteen episodes were broadcast over two series from 27 July 1974 to 6 December 1975.

Episode list

Series 1

#	Title	Original air date
1	"Home from Home"	27 July 1974
2	"The Food"	3 August 1974
3	"Dry Run"	10 August 1974
4	"The Lift"	17 August 1974
5	"Careful What You Eat"	24 August 1974
6	"The Fuse"	31 August 1974
7	"The Smell"	7 September 1974

Series 2

#	Title	Original air date
8	"What! No Telly?"	1 November 1975
9	"The Romance"	8 November 1975
10	"A Helping Hand"	15 November 1975
11	"The Neighbours"	22 November 1975
12	"Fred"	29 November 1975
13	"Keeping Fit"	6 December 1975

DVD releases

Network DVD originally included the first episode of Don't Drink the Water as an extra feature on the seventh series DVD of On the Buses, which was released on 13 November 2006. All thirteen episodes were released on a two disc DVD by Network on 1 November 2010. All thirteen episodes were also released in a box set on 19 September 2011 along with all seven series of On the Buses and all three films.^[1]

References

1. "'Don't Drink The Water' Merchandise". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 9 June 2012.

External links

• Don't Drink the Water at TV.com
• Don't Drink the Water at the British Comedy Guide
• Don't Drink the Water at the Internet Movie Database