''All Our Saturdays'' is a British

sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ...

starring

Diana Dors Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 19314 May 1984) was an English actress and singer. Dors came to public notice as a blonde bombshell, much in the style of Americans Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. Dors was p ...

that aired in 1973. Stuart Harris wrote two episodes, while Oliver Free, Eric Geen, Anthony Crouch and Peter Robinson & David Rutherford all wrote one each. It was made for the ITV network by

Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...

. It followed Dors' success in '' Queenie's Castle''.

Cast

as Di Dorkins *

Tony Caunter Anthony Patrick Caunter (born 22 September 1937) is a Retired British actor best known for his role as Jack Shepherd in the Yorkshire TV sitcom ''Queenie's Castle'' and also his portrayal of Roy Evans in ''EastEnders'' from 1994 to 2003. The s ...

as Ken Hicks * Norman Jones as Stan Maycock * Anthony Jackson as Frank Bosomworth *

John Comer John Comer (1 March 1924 – 11 February 1984) was a British comic actor. He was best known for his roles in '' Coronation Street'' as Mr Birtles, then as a taxi driver, and later as Wilf Jones, in ''Emmerdale Farm'' as Ernie Shuttleworth, Les ...

as Wilf * Doug Fisher as Ronnie Rendell

Plot

Di, known as 'Big D', runs a large textile company called ''Garsley Garments'' and also is the manager of the local

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

team. Always at the bottom of the league, she renames the team ''Frilly Things'' and sets about reviving their fortunes.

Episodes

#"Charity Meets Its Match" (14 February 1973) #"The Unhappy Hooker" (21 February 1973) #"100 Years of Outstanding Underthings" (28 February 1973) #"The Ref Is Always Right?" (7 March 1973) #"Come Home Stan Maycock" (14 March 1973) #"When The Nobbling Had To Stop" (21 March 1973)

References

Mark Lewisohn Mark Lewisohn (born 16 June 1958) is an English historian and biographer. Since the 1980s, he has written many reference books about the Beatles and has worked for EMI, MPL Communications and Apple Corps.

, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
British TV Comedy Guide for ''All Our Saturdays''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:All Our Saturdays 1973 British television series debuts 1973 British television series endings 1970s British sitcoms ITV sitcoms Television series by Yorkshire Television