Casanova '73
1973 · 1 season · 7 eps · ★ 6.0 · Comedy
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Casanova '73 was a short-lived British sitcom broadcast on BBC1 in 1973. It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson and starred Leslie Phillips as Henry Newhouse.
Directed by Harold Snoad
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Jan Holden Carol Newhouse -
Madeline Smith Tessa Finley
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