''Downwardly Mobile'' is a British television

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series produced by Portman Productions in association with

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. It aired on

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from 21 July to 1 September 1994. Starring

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, Philip Jackson,

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and

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, it was written by

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and

Barry Pilton Barry Pilton (born 1946 in Croydon, Surrey) is a travel writer, radio and television comedy scriptwriter and novelist. He was educated in Dulwich College and King's College London. In 1967-8 he taught English in Paris and from 1969 worked as a jo ...

and directed by Martin Dennis.

Cast

as Rosemary * Philip Jackson as Clem *

as Mark *

as Sophie

Episodes

#"Another Black Wednesday" (21 July 1994) #"Just a Few Essentials" (28 July 1994) #"Underarm Combat" (4 August 1994) #"Out of Their Depth" (11 August 1994) #"A Slow Buck" (18 August 1994) #"Troubles with My Aunt" (25 August 1994) #"Grapefruit and Roses" (1 September 1994)

References

External links

* * * 1990s British sitcoms 1994 British television series debuts 1994 British television series endings English-language television shows ITV sitcoms Television series by ITV Studios Television series by Yorkshire Television Television shows set in England {{UK-tv-prog-stub