Pardon the Expression

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Pardon the Expression
Starring	Arthur Lowe Paul Dawkins (series 1) Robert Dorning (series 2) Betty Driver Joy Stewart
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	36
Production
Producers	Harry Driver (series 1) Derek Granger (series 2)
Production company	Granada Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	2 June 1965 (1965-06-02) – 27 June 1966 (1966-06-27)
Related
Coronation Street Turn Out the Lights
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Pardon The Expression was an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of four spin-offs from the soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn Out the Lights, broadcast in 1967. There was not another spin-off until the 1980s with The Brothers McGregor, which reused two characters (played by different actors) who appeared in a single episode.^[1]

Leonard Swindley, played by Arthur Lowe was the central character. Formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street, in this series, he is the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks. His boss in the series was Ernest Parbold, played by Paul Dawkins, who was replaced by Wally Hunt, played by Robert Dorning, in series 2. Other regulars were Betty Driver as canteen lady Mrs Edgeley and Joy Stewart as Miss Sinclair, the boss's secretary. Another member of the cast was John Le Mesurier, who later reunited with Arthur Lowe in the classic comedy Dad's Army.