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Shillingbury Tales

Shillingbury Tales

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Overview

Shillingbury Tales is a 1980–81 British sitcom produced by Associated Television for ITV. Comprising a single feature length pilot and six one-hour episodes, the series deals with life in an idealised fictional English village and stars Robin Nedwell, Diane Keen, Nigel Lambert, Jack Douglas, John Le Mesurier, Bernard Cribbins and Trevor Howard. The series was written by Francis Essex and directed by Val Guest. Unusual for the time, it was shot entirely on location in the village of Aldbury in Hertfordshire on 16mm and consequently there was no laugh track. The show ended when ATV lost their licence to broadcast and their replacement Central declined to continue production.

Created by Greg Smith
NetworksITV1

Top Cast

Robin Nedwell

Robin Nedwell

Peter Higgins

Diane Keen

Diane Keen

Sally Higgins

Jack Douglas

Jack Douglas

Jake Smith

J

Joe Black

Harvey

Themes & Keywords

small townvillage

About Shillingbury Tales

Shillingbury Tales is a sci-fi & fantasy, comedy, drama series that first aired in 1981 exploring themes of small town, village. Created by Greg Smith, it stars Robin Nedwell, Diane Keen, Jack Douglas. Shillingbury Tales is a 1980–81 British sitcom produced by Associated Television for ITV. Comprising a single feature length pilot and six one-hour episodes, the series deals with life in an idealised fictional English village and stars Robin Nedwell, Diane Keen, Nigel Lambert, Jack Douglas, John Le Mesurier, Bernard Cribbins and Trevor Howard. The series was written by Francis Essex and directed by Val Guest. Unusual for the time, it was shot entirely on location in the village of Aldbury in Hertfordshire on 16mm and consequently there was no laugh track. The show ended when ATV lost their licence to broadcast and their replacement Central declined to continue production.

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