TV Series

Series Name:	Sykes
Format:	TV Series
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Years:	1972 - 1979
Country:	UK
Language:	English
Genre:	Sitcom
Rating:	6.2 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	12 Have Seen
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Selected Cast	Eric Sykes as Eric Sykes
	Hattie Jacques as Harriet 'Hat' Sykes
	Deryck Guyler as PC Corky Turnbull
	Richard Wattis as Charles Fulbright-Brown

Comments and Reviews


zabadak 12th Feb 2019		Quality! :thumbsup:



biffbampow 14th May 2015		The first two or three series of this colour version of Sykes consisted mainly of remakes of older scripts done during the 1960-1965 era when it was called "Sykes And..." whatever the main topic was that week... that was partly down to the older shows being in black and white and that many of them even by then no longer existed, so this was another case where the BBC went into the past to hopefully entice more people into buying or hiring colour TV sets (after all, the colour TV licence was much higher!) What I've seen I've enjoyed and it's a pity they didn't release any more on DVD beyond the first series. It is a bit stagey at times, but there are some odd surreal ideas in there as well (that cuckoo clock which had a mind of it's own) and seeing Eric and Hattie cope with some absurd situations and making them worse have their moments. Then you had Deryck Guyler's regular intrusions and Richard Wattis' as the creepy snobby neighbour adding to the fun. It spoke volumes for Eric Sykes' talent and personality that he was able to get Peter Sellers guesting in perhaps it's most famous episode. My favourite episode is when Eric gets a job in a factory and wreaks all manner of havoc as he dreams up his own unique labour saving schemes. That had an impressive cast too - Jimmy Edwards, Graham Stark and George A.Cooper. All in all, just good clean polite fun, not groundbreaking in any real way but there is plenty to enjoy in there. Not the greatest comedy series but by goodness there's tons which was much worse! And this is one of the rare instances where I can't stand the theme tune - there's something I distinctly dislike about brass bands!



shnozzle 13th May 2015

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