Meet the Wife (1963)

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Overview

Meet the Wife is a 1960s BBC situation comedy written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, which featured Freddie Frinton as Freddie Blacklock with Thora Hird as his tyrannical wife, Thora. It ran to five series.

The series was based on a 1963 BBC television Comedy Playhouse production, "The Bed". The theme tune was by Russ Conway and incidental music by Norman Percival and later Dennis Wilson. The producers were John Paddy Carstairs and later Robin Nash.

The Beatles song "Good Morning, Good Morning" on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band includes the lyric "It's time for tea and Meet the Wife".

Series Cast

  1. Thora Hird as

    Thora Hird

    38 Episodes

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Last Season

Season 5

1966 • 13 Episodes

Season 5 of Meet the Wife premiered on September 26, 1966.

Christmas Travel

(5x13, December 19, 1966) Season Finale

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Status Ended

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Type Scripted

Original Language English

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28

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