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TV

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
68

First episode date
  
30 April 1969

Network
  
ITV Yorkshire

Genre
  
Sketch comedy

7.4/10
IMDb

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of series
  
11

Original network
  
Yorkshire Television

Final episode date
  
30 November 1976

Number of episodes
  
68


Starring
  
Les DawsonRoy BarracloughJohn Cleese

Cast
  
Les Dawson, John Cleese, Roy Barraclough

Similar
  
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Sez Les was a British comedy sketch show that starred Les Dawson. It was produced by Yorkshire Television and aired on ITV from 1969 to 1976. The show also starred Roy Barraclough from series Four - who would go on to become Dawson's most recognisable sidekick. The two most notably appeared together in drag as characters Cissie and Ada. John Cleese, who quit the Monty Python team, also appeared, from 1974, in two complete series. Other cast members included Norman Chappell, Brian Glover, Brian Murphy and Kathy Staff. Music was provided by Syd Lawrence and his orchestra.

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Cast

  • Les Dawson
    Roy Barraclough - (from series 4)
    John Cleese - (from series 8)
    Norman Chappel - (Series 11)
    Brian Glover - (Series 5 & 6)
    Brian Murphy - (Series 1-2)
    Kathy Staff - (Series 11)

    • Series 1 (1969)

    All are missing and believed wiped.

    Series 2 (1969)

    All are missing, and are believed to be wiped.

    DVD releases

    The first two series of Sez Les (both transmitted in 1969) no longer exist and are currently missing from Yorkshire Television's archives, the master tapes having been re-used, or lost after first broadcast at the time.

    However, the remainder of the series 3-11 exists and released in four volumes, as listed below

  • Sez Les - Volume 1 containing the complete third and fourth series was released in October 2008.
  • Sez Les - Volume 2 containing the complete fifth and sixth series followed on 25 May 2009.
  • Sez Les - Volume 3 containing the complete seventh and eighth series including the 1973 Christmas special has been released on 8 February 2010.
  • Sez Les - Volume 4 containing the complete ninth, tenth and eleventh (and final) series including the 1976 New Year special, having been released on 7 May 2012.

    • The Les Dawson Show

    In 1977, Dawson moved to the BBC to work on "The Les Dawson Show" which ran for over 10 years until 1989, all series had 6 episodes each.

  • Series 1: 21 January - 1 April 1979
  • Series 2: 21 January - 3 March 1982
  • Series 3: 15 January - 19 February 1983
  • Series 4: 21 January - 25 February 1984
  • Series 5: 19 October - 23 November 1989.

    • Plus 2 specials 1981/05/25; 1987/12/28 and a skit for The FUNNY SIDE OF CHRISTMAS (tx 1982/12/27).

    References

    Sez Les Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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