7.2 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 4 First episode date 15 September 1969 Network ITV Program creator Derrick Goodwin | 7.3/10 IMDb Original language(s) English No. of episodes 26 + 3 shorts Final episode date 25 December 1971 Number of episodes 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by Rodney Bewes
Derrick Goodwin Starring Rodney Bewes
Garfield Morgan
Sheila White (Series 1 & 2)
Geraldine Newman (Series 1 & 2)
Liz Gebhardt (Series 3)
Amelia Bayntun (Series 3 & 4)
Cheryl Hall (series 4) Cast Rodney Bewes, Garfield Morgan, Sheila White, Geraldine Newman, Liz Gebhardt Similar The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Lik, All Our Saturdays, Alcock and Gander, The Fenn Street Gang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dear Mother...Love Albert later retitled Albert! was a British sitcom broadcast between September 1969 and June 1972. It was created by and starred Rodney Bewes. Bewes co-wrote and produced the series with Derrick Goodwin. The show regularly appeared in the TV ratings top ten throughout its three-year run.
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The theme song was sung by Bewes, co-written by Mike Hugg. Hugg had also encouraged Bewes to sing the theme to his previous sitcom The Likely Lads, but Bewes recalls "I think I drank a bottle of port in the end, but I couldn't get it".
There were 26 episodes, including the three Christmas specials, all three broadcast as part of All Star Comedy Carnival. The fourth and final series was broadcast as a sequel entitled Albert!, which ran for a further series of seven episodes. Series 1 was produced by Thames Television, while the subsequent series 2-4 were produced by Yorkshire Television.
Plot
Albert Courtney (Rodney Bewes) leaves his home in the North of England to live in London. He writes home to his mother, grossly exaggerating the events that have happened to him. Albert finds work in a confectionery company, moves into a flat he shares with two young ladies and becomes engaged to Doreen Bissel (Liz Gebhardt), however during the fourth and final series Albert later loses his job and Doreen (now played by Cheryl Hall) later dumps him, however he still continues his attempts at survival in London.
Regular Cast
Series 1 (1969)
All Star Comedy Carnival -Christmas Special, Broadcast 25 December 1969 (missing, see Wiping)
Series 2 (1970)
All Star Comedy Carnival -Christmas Special, Broadcast 25 December 1970 (missing)
Series 3 (1971)
All Star Comedy Carnival- Christmas Special, Broadcast 25 December 1971 (missing)
Series 4 (1972)
DVD release
A 3-Disc set containing series 2-4 made by Yorkshire Television and broadcast 1970-72 was released by Network on 14 June 2010. The third series (1971) is in black and white. The DVD notes state that no colour version of this series ever existed; the series was filmed in black and white because of the ITV Colour Strike.