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Room Service (British TV series)

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Room Service
GenreComedy
Created byJimmy Perry
Directed byMichael Mills
StarringBryan Pringle
Peter Sallis[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
Production companyThames Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release2 January (1979-01-02) –
13 February 1979 (1979-02-13)

Room Service is a 1979 Thames Television comedy series written by Jimmy Perry without his usual writing partner David Croft. It and Perry's other work without Croft, High Street Blues (1989, co-written with Robin Carr) "remain contenders for the title of worst British sitcom".[2] The cast included Penelope Nice, Bryan Pringle and Matthew Kelly.[3]

DVD release

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The complete series was released on DVD on 27 April 2015.

References

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  1. ^ "Room Service (1979)". comedy.co.uk.
  2. ^ Oliver, John (2003–14). "Croft, David (1922-2011) and Perry, Jimmy (1923-)". BFI screenonline. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  3. ^ "British TV Comedy". TV Comedy Resources. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
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