Meet the Wife
TV series
Meet the Wife
1963–1966, English, on BBC One.
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".
- Seasons
- 5
- Episodes
- 38
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Status
- Ended in 1966
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Latest episode
S5 E13: Christmas Travel
Aired 19 December 1966
Seasons 5
Details
- First aired
- 28 December 1963
- Last aired
- 19 December 1966
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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Meet the Wife has 5 seasons and 38 episodes, about 30 minutes each.
Is Meet the Wife finished?
Yes. Meet the Wife ended in 1966, so you can watch the whole story.
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