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Curry and Chips

TV·1969–1969·1 season, 6 episodes·ITV1·Comedy·30m

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Curry and Chips is a British sitcom broadcast in 1969 which was produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network. Set on a factory floor of 'Lillicrap Ltd', it starred a blacked up Spike Milligan as an Asian immigrant who went by the name of Kevin O'Grady. It also featured Eric Sykes as the foreman, Norman Rossington as the shop steward, and other regulars were Kenny Lynch, and Sam Kydd. The series was written by Till Death Us Do Part writer Johnny Speight, but based on idea by Milligan. It was the first LWT sitcom to be made in colour, and all episodes still exist.

Cast

Spike MilliganSpike MilliganEric SykesEric SykesNorman RossingtonNorman RossingtonGeoffrey HughesGeoffrey HughesKenny LynchKenny LynchSam KyddSam Kydd

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1969Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1November 21, 1969—When Arthur Blenkinsop (Eric Sykes), foreman at Lillicrap Ltd., gives a job to the half-Irish, half-Pakistani Kevin O'Grady (Spike Milligan)
  2. S01E02Episode 2November 28, 1969—When all he wants to do is an honest day's work for an honest day's pay, Kevin has trouble understanding the work-shy and heavily union-base
  3. S01E03Episode 3December 5, 1969—Upon winning £250,000 in the football pools, Kevin suddenly finds that he has far more friends than he ever realized. His landlady cooks hi
  4. S01E04Episode 4December 12, 1969—On his way to holy confession in case he gets killed at a football match, Kevin walks into the middle of a race riot and gets walloped and a
  5. S01E05Episode 5December 19, 1969—Among those giving O'Grady trouble is Kenny; he has always thought of himself as 'one of the lads', but since O'Grady's arrival, the black C
  6. S01E06Episode 6 (1969 Christmas Special)December 26, 1969—Redecorating the office for Cristmas, Smelly laments the impending lack of a Queen's Speech on the television that year. The Shop Steward i

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