Happy Ever After (UK TV series)

Happy Ever After
Genre	Sitcom
Starring	Terry Scott June Whitfield Beryl Cooke
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	5
No. of episodes	41
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC1
Original release	7 May 1974 – 25 April 1979

Happy Ever After is a British sitcom starring Terry Scott and June Whitfield. It aired from 7 May 1974 to 25 April 1979.

The series was co-written by scriptwriters John T. Chapman, Eric Merriman, Christopher Bond, John Kane and Jon Watkins.

After Happy Ever After ended, Scott and Whitfield later starred in Terry and June from October 1979 to August 1987, a sitcom that was much (thus largely) the same as Happy Ever After, (minus Aunt Lucy), with Terry and June's surname changed from "Fletcher" to "Medford", and the characters shifted to Purley.

Cast

• Terry Scott - Terry Fletcher
• June Whitfield - June Fletcher
• Beryl Cooke - Aunt Lucy
• Lena Clemo - Susan Fletcher (pilot)
• Pippa Page - Susan Fletcher (from series 1)
• Caroline Whitaker - Debbie Fletcher

Plot

Terry and June Fletcher are a middle-aged, middle-class couple who find themselves alone when their grown-up children, daughters Susan and Debbie, leave home. However, they are not alone for long as Aunt Lucy comes to live with them, along with her talking mynah bird.

Terry frequently hits upon an idea, which due to his foolhardy and obsessive manner he then continues with whatever the consequences, while June remains patient and tolerant.

Episodes

Pilot (1974)

• Pilot (7 May 1974) (part of Comedy Playhouse)

Series One (1974)

1. The Hotel (17 July 74)
2. Terry's Church Sermon (31 July 74)
3. Amateur Dramatics (7 August 74)
4. The French Businessman (14 August 74)
5. Keep Fit (21 August 74)

Series Two (1976)

1. A Country Cottage (8 January 76)
2. Old Folks' Party (15 January 76)
3. Lucy's Premium Bond (22 January 76)
4. Telemania (29 January 76)
5. Terry in Court (5 February 76)
6. The Flower Show (12 February 76)
7. June's Day in Bed (19 February 76)
8. Frank's Return (26 February 76)
9. Filming the Fletchers (4 March 76)
10. The Novel (11 March 76)

Series Three (1976)

1. Foster Parents (9 September 76)
2. Restoration Piece (16 September 76)
3. It's All In The Title (23 September 76)
4. Mistaken Identikit (30 September 76)
5. The Car Rally (7 October 76)
6. Holiday Plans (14 October 76)
7. The Protest (21 October 76)
8. The French Student (28 October 76)
9. Lucy's Present (4 November 76)

Christmas Special (1976)

• Christmas (23 December 76)

Series Four (1977)

1. Hello Sailor (8 September 77)
2. Talk of the Devil (15 September 77)
3. You've Got to Have Art (22 September 77)
4. A Proper Choice (29 September 77)
5. He Who Excavates Is Lost (6 October 77)
6. Never Boring (13 October 77)
7. Never Put It In Writing (20 October 77)

Christmas Special (1977)

• June's Parents (23 December 77)

Series Five (1978)

1. Watch Your Weight (5 September 78)
2. The Hut Sut Song (12 September 78)
3. Business and Pleasure (19 September 78)
4. The King and June (26 September 78)
5. A Woman Called Ironside (3 October 78)
6. The More We Are Together (10 October 78)

Special (1979)

• The Go Between (25 April 79)

DVD Releases

All 5 series, pilot and specials of the sitcom are due for release onto DVD on 26 September 2016. ^[1]

References

1. "Happy Ever After- Complete [DVD]". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 March 2016.

• Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
• Phill.co.uk Guide to Happy Ever After

External links

• Happy Ever After at the Internet Movie Database
• Happy Ever After at the British Comedy Guide