Something To Shout About

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Something to Shout About

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1960s advertising agency sitcom starring Michael Medwin and Fenella Fielding,

1960s advertising agency sitcom starring Michael Medwin, Joan Sims and Fenella Fielding,

Something to Shout About: Series 1: Episode 12

Episode 12

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The agency hires bird-brained talent for a rum advertising campaign.

The agency hires bird-brained talent for a rum advertising campaign. Stars Sheila Hancock. From September 1960.

The ad agency hires some bird-brained talent for a new campaign to promote rum.

Comedy set in London advertising agency - Apsley, Addis, Cohen, Barbican, Blythe, Giddy & Partners.

Written by Myles Rudge and Ronnie Wolfe.

Michael …. Michael Medwin
Maggie …. Eleanor Summerfield
Janet …. Fenella Fielding
Shirley …. Sheila Hancock
Adrian …. Nicholas Phipps
Barman/Actor …. Warren Mitchell
Joey the Parrot …. Peter Hawkins

Music by The Jingle Belles and The Bernie Fenton Quartet, under the direction of Cliff Adams.

Producer: Trafford Whitelock

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in September 1960.

Something to Shout About: Series 1

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1960s comedy, with Michael Medwin and Fenella Fielding, focusing on the advertising world

A 1960s comedy starring Michael Medwin and Fenella Fielding that highlights the quirks of the advertising world

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