Meet the Wife

Meet the Wife is a 1960s BBC situation comedy written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, which featured Freddie Frinton as Freddie Blacklock with Thora Hird as his tyrannical wife, Thora. It ran to five series.

The series was based on a 1963 BBC television Comedy Playhouse production, "The Bed". The theme tune was by Russ Conway and incidental music by Norman Percival and later Dennis Wilson. The producers were John Paddy Carstairs and later Robin Nash.

The Beatles song "Good Morning, Good Morning" on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band includes the lyric "It's time for tea and Meet the Wife".

Created By

Status

Ended

Original Name

Meet the Wife

First Air Date

December 28, 1963

Last Air Date

December 19, 1966

Seasons

5

Episodes

38

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

BBC One

S05E13

Christmas Travel

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