TV ShowEnded

Funny Man

1981

1 season

13 episodes

ComedyDrama

"Funny Man" chronicles an extended family of UK music-hall entertainers in the late 1920s, an era of decline for variety entertainment, as audiences flocked instead to motion-picture cinemas.

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Cast

Jimmy Jewel

David Schofield

Andrew Fell

Jean Boht

Sharon Duce

Lynda Bellingham

Trudie Styler

Pamela Stephenson

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Side by Side
23-04-1981
Ep 2
2.Me and My Shadow
30-04-1981
Ep 3
3.The Keys of the Kingdom
07-05-1981
Ep 4
4.The Good of the Cause
14-05-1981
Ep 5
5.Grown-up Girlie
28-05-1981
The arrival of an arrogant new leading man upsets the troupe.
Ep 6
6.Hearth and Home
04-06-1981
Alec's children ignore his warnings about aspiring to more sophisticated circles, with upsetting consequences.
Ep 7
7.Letting Go
11-06-1981
Teddy strives to be treated as an adult, and the troupe enjoy a riotous fancy-dress party.
Ep 8
8.Gingerbread House
18-06-1981
Both Gwen and Davey are offered life-changing possibilities, but this threatens both the troupe and their own relationship.
Ep 9
9.A Bee in a Bonnet
25-06-1981
June 1931. Despite a cold, Davey prepares to perform for a major producer and is too preoccupied to see that Gwen's pregnancy and isolation have affected her mental health.
Ep 10
10.Many Happy Returns
02-07-1981
It's 1932 and Davey is well established in his solo career. Kath tries to accept her now dried out Bobby.
Ep 11
11.Song and Dance
09-07-1981
September 1932. With more members of the troupe moving out of the Lodging House, Alec contemplates the bleak future for Music Hall entertainment, but Elsie is still there for suppo...
Ep 12
12.Ships That Pass
16-07-1981
It's 1932, and Alec is now back with Elsie and accepts that Music Hall is dying, and that he must move on.
Ep 13
13.Trumpet Voluntary
23-07-1981
May 1933. A year on and Alec feels strong enough to help George start on his new tour.

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