''The Old Boy Network'' is a British

comedy television series A list of comedy television series by country of origin. Australia Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina * '' Viza za budućnost'' Brazil Canada China *'' Number One Surprise'' Croatia *'' Odmori se, zaslužio si'' *'' Zauvijek susjedi'' Egy ...

which first aired on ITV in 1992.Newcomb p.1303 Created by the writing team of

Dick Clement Dick Clement (born 5 September 1937) is an English writer, director and producer. He became known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais for television series including '' The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?' ...

and

Ian La Frenais Ian La Frenais (born 7 January 1937) is an English writer best known for his creative partnership with Dick Clement. They are most famous for television series including ''The Likely Lads'', ''Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?'', ''Porridg ...

, it is a parody of various spy films and series.

Main cast

Tom Conti Tommaso Antonio Conti (born 22 November 1941) is a Scottish actor, theatre director, and novelist. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1979 for his performance in '' Whose Life Is It Anyway?'' and was nominated for the Academy Aw ...

as Lucas Frye (7 episodes) *

John Standing Sir John Ronald Leon, 4th Baronet (born 16 August 1934) is an English actor and baronet who is known as John Standing. He is the stepson of John Clements. Early life Standing was born in London, the son of Kay Hammond (née Dorothy Katherin ...

as Peter Duckham (7 episodes) * Robert Lang as Sir Roland White (6 episodes) * Georgia Allen as Tamsin (5 episodes) *

Jayne Brook Jayne Brook (born Jane Anderson) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Dr. Diane Grad on the medical drama ''Chicago Hope'', as a series regular for five of the show's six seasons, and Mary Ann Mitchell on ''The District'' from 200 ...

as Parker Morrow (4 episodes) * Annie Lambert as Sophie Duckham (2 episodes) * Brian Miller as Percy (2 episodes) * Richard Syms as Munton (2 episodes)

References

Bibliography

* Horace Newcomb. ''Encyclopedia of Television''. Routledge, 2014.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Old Boy Network ITV sitcoms 1992 British television series debuts 1992 British television series endings 1990s British comedy television series English-language television shows