Romany Jones ratings (TV show, 1972-1975)

Originally intended as a comedy vehicle for the star of series 1 + 2, James Beck, more famous as Private Walker in 'Dad's Army'. Bert Jones and his wife, Betty live on a caravan site in the midst of an economic crisis hit seventies Britain. Betty (Jo Rowbottom) has ideas above her station, including telling her mother she lives a life of luxury instead of squalor. Her mother is equally shocked by the living conditions her daughter is under. On her first visit, The Jones feed her their neighbour, Wally's pet chicken, Florey. The series follows the mishaps of the Jones' and their busybody neighbours, Wally and Lily Briggs, played by Arthur Mullard and Queenie Watts. The layabout families live side by side; the neighbour spats come fast and plenty. From series three, following Beck's untimely death, two new characters were brought in, Jeremy and Susan Crichton-Jones. Mullard and Watts went on to a spin-off, also created by the team that brought us 'On The Buses', called 'Yus, My Dear'.

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