The Good Guys was a comedy-drama television series, starting on 3 January 1992 and ended on 26 February 1993, that ran for two seasons. Produced by Havahall Pictures (season 2 only) in association with LWT for ITV, it starred Nigel Havers as Guy McFadyean and Keith Barron as Guy Lofthouse.[1][2]
| The Good Guys | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Starring | Nigel Havers Keith Barron |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Nick Elliott Michael Whitehall (season 1 only) |
| Producers | Andrew Montgomery (season 1) Sue Bennett Urwin (season 2) |
| Running time | 60 min |
| Production company | Havahall Pictures (season 2 only) in association with LWT |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 3 January 1992 – 26 February 1993 |
Cast
edit- Nigel Havers as Guy McFadyean
- Keith Barron as Guy Lofthouse
Episodes
edit| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 8 | 3 January 1992 | 21 February 1992 | |
| 2 | 8 | 8 January 1993 | 26 February 1993 | |
Season 1 (1992)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Horseplay" | Stuart Urban | John Flanagan, John Fortune and Andrew McCulloch | 3 January 1992 |
| 2 | 2 | "Easier for a Camel" | Simon Langton | John Fortune | 10 January 1992 |
| 3 | 3 | "The MacQuarrie Treasure" | Simon Langton | John Fortune | 17 January 1992 |
| 4 | 4 | "Relative Values" | Roy Ward Baker | John Flanagan | 24 January 1992 |
| 5 | 5 | "Her Finest Hour" | Stuart Urban | John Fortune | 31 January 1992 |
| 6 | 6 | "Tooth" | Simon Langton | John Fortune | 7 February 1992 |
| 7 | 7 | "Verschwinden" | Roy Ward Baker | Jeremy Burnham | 14 February 1992 |
| 8 | 8 | "Going West" | Stuart Urban | Unknown | 21 February 1992 |
Season 2 (1993)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "Moldavian Rhapsody" | Anthony Simmons | Unknown | 8 January 1993 |
| 10 | 2 | "Old School Ties" | Anthony Simmons | Christopher Matthew | 15 January 1993 |
| 11 | 3 | "Missing" | Gareth Davies | Christopher Matthew | 22 January 1993 |
| 12 | 4 | "Death at Sea" | Richard Stroud | Christopher Matthew | 29 January 1993 |
| 13 | 5 | "All That Sparkles" | Richard Stroud | Philip Martin | 5 February 1993 |
| 14 | 6 | "All for Love" | Gareth Davies | John Fortune | 12 February 1993 |
| 15 | 7 | "Dog Days" | Roy Ward Baker | Christopher Matthew | 19 February 1993 |
| 16 | 8 | "Find the Lady" | Anthony Simmons | Andrew McCulloch | 26 February 1993 |
Trivia
editFootage of a young Jack Whitehall is shown during season 1, as the show was produced by his father.
References
edit- ^ Geoff Mayer Roy Ward Baker - 2004 -Page 63 071906354X Baker continued to direct British television series such as The Irish RM and Fairly Secret Army and his last television programme, an episode of The Good Guys starring Nigel Havers and Keith Barron, was screened in 1993 when he was 76 ..."
- ^ Jack Whitehall, Michael Whitehall - Him & Me 2013 1405911360 "... it was her favourite television programme of all time, few people in the entertainment business, apart from Mrs Whitehall and myself, are still talking about LWT's comedy-drama series The Good Guys, starring Nigel Havers and Keith Barron."
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