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    Ok troops, trying to remember this Sitcom that was on in the 70's

    British tv, think the guy owned a pet shop, He had a speech impediment, I thought his name might have been "Ernest tweet" but that drew a blank, thought the actor might have been Bernie Winters

    Budgies, I remember something about budgies?

    any ideas?
    DON'T TELL HIM YOUR NAME PIKE!!

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    Re: early to mid 70's sit com

    Was it something that had Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies in it? I know he was a comedian (as well as a Professor Ted Wragg lookalike), but I am not sure whether he appeared in any sitcoms.

    There was that series starring Adam Faith called Budgie (not to be confused with Fergie's Little Helicopter of the same name that was on CITV in the mid 1990s), but Faith's series was not a sitcom.
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    • #3
      Re: early to mid 70's sit com

      Originally posted by culnara View Post
      I thought his name might have been "Ernest tweet" but that drew a blank, thought the actor might have been Bernie Winters
      When you said "Ernest Tweet", it made me think of the name "Samuel Tweet", and Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies did have a series in the mid 1970s called "The Small World of Samuel Tweet". Whether it was a sitcom, I am not certain, but looking on the IMDB it mentions that it was a "children's comedy series about the misadventures of Samuel Tweet who runs a pet shop in Chumpton Green".

      I know that one of Mr Pastry's (Richard Hearne) shows was called "Mr Pastry's Pet Shop", but that was from around 1962, before his shows ended - the Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy mentioned that programme.
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      There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
      I'm having so much fun
      My lucky number's one
      Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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      • #4
        Re: early to mid 70's sit com

        The Samuel Tweet character played by Freddie Parrot-Face rings a bell. I am sure I saw some episodes but am not sure if it was shown in the children's programming slot like Pardon my Genie and Robert's Robots, or was meant as an adult show.

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          The Samuel Tweet programme was on the BBC while Robert's Roberts and Pardon My Genie was on ITV. It was just before I was born, but I have studied old TV listings from newspapers and so I am aware of them in that respect.
          I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
          There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
          I'm having so much fun
          My lucky number's one
          Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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          • #6
            Re: early to mid 70's sit com

            Originally posted by George 1978 View Post
            The Samuel Tweet programme was on the BBC while Robert's Roberts and Pardon My Genie was on ITV. It was just before I was born, but I have studied old TV listings from newspapers and so I am aware of them in that respect.


            Was it shown in the BBC's children's programming slot?

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            • #7
              Re: early to mid 70's sit com

              Originally posted by staffslad View Post
              Was it shown in the BBC's children's programming slot?
              I think it was.
              I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
              There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
              I'm having so much fun
              My lucky number's one
              Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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              • #8
                Re: early to mid 70's sit com

                Originally posted by George 1978 View Post
                I think it was.


                Thanks. That would make sense from my vague memories of what the series was like.

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                • #9
                  Re: early to mid 70's sit com

                  Sorry I never replied, My Cat got diagnosed with cancer of the intestine, it is untreatable :'(

                  You are spot on George "The small world of Samuel Tweet" is exactly what I was looking for thank you very much

                  Can't remember what I was trying to remember it for now
                  DON'T TELL HIM YOUR NAME PIKE!!

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                    Re: early to mid 70's sit com

                    DON'T TELL HIM YOUR NAME PIKE!!

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                    • #11
                      Re: early to mid 70's sit com

                      Thursdays BBC1 17:15 it was on after Blue Peter

                      http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules...don/1975-06-12



                      But worst of all I found this, damn, I must be getting senile :O


                      https://forums.doyouremember.co.uk/t...-remember-this
                      Attached Files
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                      • #12
                        Re: early to mid 70's sit com

                        Amazing how Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies was sending tweets a good 30 years before Twitter was founded.
                        I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
                        There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
                        I'm having so much fun
                        My lucky number's one
                        Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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                        • #13
                          Re: early to mid 70's sit com

                          Back in 2012, the Drama channel had shown a 1996 episode of Casualty that had Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies in it, called Night Moves - I think it was the final episode of the 1995-1996 series, where he played a comedian - so in other words, he more or less appeared as himself. Being the mid 1990s, there was a Jurassic Park joke made there.

                          Cue Jodie "Marianne Dwyer out of Brookside" Hanson as their chauffeur, stepping out of a car as if she was modelling for Pretty Polly.
                          I've everything I need to keep me satisfied
                          There's nothing you can do to make me change my mind
                          I'm having so much fun
                          My lucky number's one
                          Ah! Oh! Ah! Oh!

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