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Sam and Janet

Sam and Janet

1967•30m•Comedy
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Sam and Janet Marshall, a long-married couple with two children, find and welcome frequent obstacles to a peaceful and argument-free life they so claim to want.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJun 27, 1967

Episodes

E130m

Episode 1

Sam and Janet prepare to set off for a wine-and-cheese party, though discover after setting off that they have lost the host's invitation that they do not know the address of the party.

Jun 27, 1967

E230m

Episode 2

Sam wishes for nothing more than an uncomplicated Sunday, but he wakes up with a hangover for a start, and then is blackmailed by Janet into making the tea. He is then questioned by Janet about his attractive secretary, gets interested in a woman's magazine love story, only to find the vital page missing, decides to do some gardening but realises it is lunchtime, thinks he will go for a walk and it begins to rain. "All I need now," he says, "is for her brother to come round on a surprise visit with his stupid wife." Guess who pays a surprise visit?

Jul 7, 1967

E330m

Episode 3

Pandemonium is let loose when Sam and Janet's 18 year old daughter Patsy comes home for the weekend. Sam seeks refuge at the local where he gets chatting to a young man called Andy who claims he is building up dutch courage to meet the parents of his girlfriend - "a right little raver" - who has a flat in town.

Jul 14, 1967

E430m

Episode 4

Janet's amateur dramatic company plan to stage a burlesque. Sam, after commenting that the women in the company were "mutton dressed as lamb", followed up by telling Janet "at least you act your age - you don't try to be young and beautiful."

Jul 21, 1967

E530m

Episode 5

Sam is having problems at work finding replacements for the staff that are away as holiday season is at its peak. In a moment of weakness he agrees that Janet can act as his relief secretary for a couple of weeks - and he ends up regretting the decision.

Jul 28, 1967

E630m

Episode 6

Janet arrives home from the amateur dramatic society in a a state of distress. After a disastrous final rehearsal, one of the leading men has hurt is back and Janet is threatening to back out. Sam comforts her and tries to coax her through learning her lines with the help of an alcoholic beverage or two.

Aug 4, 1967

Actors

John Junkin

John Junkin

Sam Marshall

Vivienne Martin

Janet Marshall

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