''My Wife Jacqueline'' is a British sitcom that aired on the BBC Television Service in 1952. It starred Leslie Phillips and Joy Shelton as a young married couple. For Phillips it was his first lead in a television serial.

Cast

Leslie Phillips Leslie Samuel Phillips (20 April 1924 – 7 November 2022) was an English actor, director, producer and author. He achieved prominence in the 1950s, playing smooth, upper-class comic roles utilising his "Ding dong" and "Hello" catchphrases. ...

– Tom Bridger *

Joy Shelton Joy Winstanley Shelton (3 June 1922 – 28 January 2000) was an English actress who performed in films, radio and television. Biography Joy Shelton was born in Marylebone, London, and trained at RADA. She appeared in a number of British films in ...

– Jacqueline Bridger *Anthea Holloway – Margaret

Episodes

''My Wife Jacqueline'' aired on Wednesdays at around 8.30pm. The programme was broadcast live from Lime Grove Studios and believed never to have been recorded.

Reception

In his 2006 autobiography, ''Hello'', Phillips said "The script was as light as a feather, with characters who appeared to live in a social, political and cultural vacuum that made ''

Mrs Dale's Diary ''Mrs Dale's Diary'' was the first significant BBC radio serial drama. It was first broadcast on 5 January 1948 on the BBC Light Programme, later BBC Radio 2; it ran until 25 April 1969. A new episode was broadcast each weekday afternoon, wit ...

'' look like a profound study of social history." He also said "we were all surprised how this production reached the public."

References

{{reflist 1952 British television series debuts 1952 British television series endings 1950s British sitcoms BBC television sitcoms Lost BBC episodes