Pardon the Expression (1965)
Pardon the Expression
Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of only four spin-offs from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn out the Lights broadcast in 1967. There wasn't to be another spin-off until the 1980s with The Brothers McGregor, which reused two characters who appeared in a single episode. Leonard Swindley was the central character. Formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street, in this series he is the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks. His boss in the series was Ernest Parbold played by Paul Dawkins who was replaced by Wally Hunt played by Robert Dorning in series 2. Other regulars were Betty Driver as canteen lady, Mrs Edgeley and Joy Stewart as Miss Sinclair, the boss's secretary.
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Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Episodes season 1
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1x1
The first day
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1x2
The headmistress
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1x3
The trouble with ada
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1x4
Mannequin parade
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1x5
The dance
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1x6
The wedding
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1x7
The pensioner
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1x8
The visitor
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1x9
Birthday present
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1x10
Little boy lost
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1x11
The old one two
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1x12
The brain drain
Episodes season 2
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2x1
The economy drive
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2x2
January sale
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2x3
The resignation
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2x4
Self defence
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2x5
The stocktaking
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2x6
The home help
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2x7
Big hotel
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2x8
The jailbirds
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2x9
Night to remember
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2x10
Whose baby are you?
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2x11
The take-over bid
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2x12
Between the cover
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2x13
Heads down
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2x14
A sheik in the night
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2x15
Rustle of spring
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2x16
The ghost of batsworth castle
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2x17
The sailor home from the sea
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2x18
The dinner party
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2x19
Man's best friend
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2x20
Thunderfinger - part 1
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2x21
Thunderfinger - part 2: swindley strikes back
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2x22
The switched-on scene
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2x23
The cup that cheers
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2x24
On health farm sommet stirs
