''Mr Digby Darling'' is a British

television sitcom Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, e ...

made by

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and broadcast by

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between 1969 and 1971, and starring

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and Peter Jones which ran for 3 series and 19 episodes.

Production

The story centred on a fictional pest control business 'Rid-O-Rat'. Roland Digby ( Peter Jones) is the assistant public relations officer who depends entirely on his secretary Thelma Teesdale (

) to provide for his every need. This includes mending his clothes, cooking his meals, and generally covering up for his many failings at every opportunity. Comedienne and impressionist

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featured in the second and third series. It was a ratings hit, and was the fourth most watched television program on British television by the second series.

Episodes

Series One

1: Efficiency Expert (6 January 1969) 2: The Facts of Life (13 January 1969) 3: Holidays at Home (20 January 1969) 4: The New Secretary (27 January 1969) 5: The Mother-in-Law (3 February 1969) 6: Drunk and Disorderly (10 February 1969)

Series Two

7: Elementary, My Dear Thelma (27 October 1969) 8: Woman's Place...In The Office (3 November 1969) 9: Behind Every Man (11 November 1969) 10: The Man in Her Life (1 December 1969) 11: Last of the Big Spenders (8 December 1969) 12: Prime of Life (15 December 1969) 13: Festive Spirit (22 December 1969)

Series Three

14: Shake Up (21 December 1970) 15: Rats (28 December 1970) 16: Safe Breakers (4 January 1971) 17: Wives (11 January 1971) 18: Love (18 January 197

19: Contest (25 January 1971)

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References

{{Reflist 1969 British television series debuts 1971 British television series endings ITV sitcoms