Not in Front of the Children (TV series)

*Not in Front of the Children*
Not in Front of the Children
	Sitcom
Created by	Richard Waring
Starring	Wendy Craig; Paul Daneman (series 1); Ronald Hines (series 2-4)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	39 (31 missing)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	26 May 1967 –; 9 January 1970

Not in Front of the Children is a

sitcom, which ran for four series from 1967 to 1970.^[1]

It starred

Hugo Keith-Johnston) and two girls who were slightly younger (played by Roberta Tovey and Jill Riddick).^[4] Charlotte Mitchell played her friend Mary.^[5]

In later series, she had a baby, and they moved from the London suburb of Battersea to the country.

It is significant mainly as Wendy Craig's first role as a scatty housewife; she played similar roles in several other series over the next 15 years.

Surviving episodes

Series 1
- Episode 3: "The Word" (8 September 1967)
Series 2
- Episode 2: "Religious Revival" (1 March 1968)
- Episode 5: "The Iron Hand" (22 March 1968)
- Episode 6: "The George Washington Complex" (29 March 1968)
- Episode 7: "Home Chat" (5 April 1968)
- Episode 8: "Change of Policy" (12 April 1968)
Series 4
- Episode 4: "A Babe Around The House" (3 October 1969)
- Episode 13: "Pastures New" (5 December 1969)

Radio adaptation

A radio adaptation of the programme was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1969 and 1970, with Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews in the leading roles. Charlotte Mitchell was Mary, Roberta Tovey was Trudi and Hugo Keith-Johnston played Robin. The scripts were adapted from the TV scripts by Richard Waring. Since 2015 both series have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.^[1]