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Terry and June is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC1 from 1979 to 1987. The programme is largely a reworking of Happy Ever After, and stars Terry Scott and June Whitfield as a middle-class suburban couple, Terry and June Medford. Most of the 65 episodes were written by John Kane, with seven other writers also writing some episodes.Terry Scott and June Whitfield began their television partnership in Scott On in 1968 On 7 May 1974, a Comedy Playhouse pilot called "Happy Ever After" aired on BBC1 with Scott and Whitfield playing Terry and June Fletcher, a middle-class couple whose grown-up children have just left home This was commissioned into a series, and five series and three Christmas specials were broadcast, ending on 20 December 1978.John T. Chapman, one of the original writers, said that the programme had run out of ideas and should end. BBC Comedy, however, were unwilling to end a popular show, and so brought in new writers. Legal complications meant that the name and setting had to change, and Terry and June was born.The characteristics of Terry and June remained largely similar,
The character of Melinda Spry, Terry and June's neighbour, was originally played by Joan Benham in the 1981 episode "The Lawnmower". Benham died on 13 June 1981, and Terry and June was her last television appearance. She was replaced by Diana King.
The BBC planned a feature-length film, entitled Terry and June - The Movie, but it was never madeCars
In the first series,Terry drives a dark navy blue Mk2 Ford Granada. At the start of the second series Terry receives a new company car, a metallic Tara Green Austin Princess (a Series 2 1700HL model, with fake registration NMO 49W). This Princess was not used in the following series as the next model Terry uses is an older Series 1 Brooklands Green 2200HL, but still with the fake and now incorrect registration. In the 1984 season Terry keeps his "Wedge" theme with the updated Neutilus Blue Austin Ambassador. In the 1986 season, however, Terry goes back to Ford and drives a metallic red Ford Sierra. In the last season he switches to a briefly seen Mk3 Ford Granada.
The character of Melinda Spry, Terry and June's neighbour, was originally played by Joan Benham in the 1981 episode "The Lawnmower". Benham died on 13 June 1981, and Terry and June was her last television appearance. She was replaced by Diana King.
The BBC planned a feature-length film, entitled Terry and June - The Movie, but it was never madeCars
In the first series,Terry drives a dark navy blue Mk2 Ford Granada. At the start of the second series Terry receives a new company car, a metallic Tara Green Austin Princess (a Series 2 1700HL model, with fake registration NMO 49W). This Princess was not used in the following series as the next model Terry uses is an older Series 1 Brooklands Green 2200HL, but still with the fake and now incorrect registration. In the 1984 season Terry keeps his "Wedge" theme with the updated Neutilus Blue Austin Ambassador. In the 1986 season, however, Terry goes back to Ford and drives a metallic red Ford Sierra. In the last season he switches to a briefly seen Mk3 Ford Granada.
. I remember watching it when it first came out, and like me, it hasn't aged well.
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