This nine part series was about two brothers, one extrovert, and the other introvert, who have to try to live harmoneously together in order to inherit £50,000. The script was written by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles, and although the BBC archives did retain three editions of the series, recordings of all the shows, including the untransmitted pilot starring Reg Varney, were returned by Harold Snoad (along with his recordings of It Stick's Out Half A Mile).
The stars of the series were Hugh Paddick and Michael Robbins, and it was produced by John Dyas and it was broadcast on Radio 4 of a Monday evening at 6.30pm with a repeat the following Wednesday lunchtime at 12.27pm.
Title | Tx. Date | Rec. Date | Tape Number | Details |
The Will | 24.7.78 | Two brothers, Jack and Leslie, totally disimilar, are left £50,000 by their late mother, but before they can inherit, they must satisfy the only condition in the will. | ||
The Codicil | 31.7.78 | Unless the codicil in their mothers will can be suppressed, Jack and Leslie will be sharing the house for the next three years - a sentence nothing short of hard labour. | ||
Missing Persons | 7.8.78 | 21.05.78 | T54613 | The missing witnesses to the will must be found before anything can be done, but Jack thinks that faking his own death will be a much quicker way to the money. |
The Strike | 14.8.78 | One of Jack's colleagues is sacked for absenteeism, and the shop steward asks him to sort things out with the Personnel Manager - Leslie. | ||
Age Of Concern | 21.8.78 | When Leslie feels he has reached the age where he will not longer experience the sins of the flesh, Jack, and his vast experience, persuades him otherwise. | ||
Shared Interests | 28.8.78 | 21.5.78 | T54614 | In order to relive some of his past pleasures, he decides to go to one of Leslies evening classes, in exchange for a day at the races. |
The Film | 4.9.78 | When a documentary film unit visit the factory where the brothers work, Leslie sees himself as a star, but Jack has other ideas. | ||
Redundancy | 11.9.78 | When cutbacks are announced at the factory, an Leslie is appointed Chairman of the redundancy committee, Jack shows that he is a keen worker, at the factory and at home. | ||
The Sceance | 18.9.78 | 27.11.77 | T52804 | After two months of living hell, the brothers decide to try one last attepmt to get to the money, and try contacting their mother through a medium. |