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Pardon the Expression

★ 7.4 43 votes 1965–1966 2 seasons · 37 episodes Ended ITV1
Starring
Arthur LoweBetty DriverJoy StewartRobert DorningPaul DawkinsAnthony Sharp
Starring
Arthur LoweBetty DriverJoy StewartRobert DorningPaul DawkinsAnthony Sharp
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
035810
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About

Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of only four spin-offs from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn out the Lights broadcast in 1967. There wasn't to be another spin-off until the 1980s with The Brothers McGregor, which reused two characters who appeared in a single episode. Leonard Swindley was the central character. Formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street, in this series he is the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks. His boss in the series was Ernest Parbold played by Paul Dawkins who was replaced by Wally Hunt played by Robert Dorning in series 2. Other regulars were Betty Driver as canteen lady, Mrs Edgeley and Joy Stewart as Miss Sinclair, the boss's secretary.

All Seasons

Season 11965
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Season 21966
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Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Arthur Lowe Leonard Swindley
Betty Driver Mrs. Edgeley, The Hon Mrs Wentworth Brewster
Joy Stewart Miss Sinclair
Robert Dorning Wally Hunt, Lionel Denison, Mr. Hunt
Paul Dawkins Mr. Parbold
Anthony Sharp Brigadier Hawke, Brigadier Hawk
John Le Mesurier Sir Charles Dobson
Julie Goodyear Charity, Dobson and Hawks' Sales Assistant, Miss Wilkins
Barbara Young Pam Plummer
Julian Holloway Norman Burton, Norman

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