Bottle Boys

Bottle Boys

1984 · 2 seasons · 13 eps · ★ 7.3 · Comedy

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Bottle Boys is an ITV sitcom produced for two series in 1984-85. Starring Robin Askwith as football-mad milkman Dave Deacon, the series mined comedy of the broadest sort from randy Dave's amorous adventures, in a style familiar to viewers from the Confessions films. However, as well as the sexual innuendo of his earlier big-screen adventures, Askwith was equally likely to find himself embroiled in more off-the-wall exploits, and found himself at various points in the series dressing up as a cow, inadvertently engaged to Sharon the secretary, and meeting then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Created by Vince Powell

Network: London Weekend Television

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Cast

Robin Askwith Dave Deacon
Oscar James Joe Phillips
David Auker Billy Watson
Richard Davies Stan Evans
Phil McCall Jock Collins
Eve Ferret Sharon Armstrong
Harry Littlewood Harry
Leo Dolan Wilf Foley
Patrick Newell Mr Dawson
Pearl Hackney Mrs Stevens
Hugh Lloyd Mr Barton
Janet Hargreaves Mrs Thatcher

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