As Good Cooks Go

As Good Cooks Go
Genre	Sitcom
Starring	Tessie O'Shea Frank Williams Robert Dorning
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC
Original run	5 May 1969 (1969-05-05) – 25 February 1970 (1970-02-25)

As Good Cooks Go is a black-and-white British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1969 to 1970. It stars Tessie O'Shea and was written by John Warren and John Singer.

Cast

• Tessie O'Shea - Blodwen O'Reilly
• Robert Dorning - Mr Bullock (pilot)
• Frank Williams - Mr Bullock (series)

Plot

Blodwen O'Reilly is a cook who works in many different establishments. She turns a transport cafe into a quality restaurant, works in an Army canteen and prepares meals in an old people's home.

Episodes

Pilot (1969)

• Pilot (5 May 1969) (part of Comedy Playhouse)

Series One (1970)

1. Episode One (28 January 1970)
2. Episode Two (4 February 1970)
3. Episode Three (11 February 1970)
4. Episode Four (18 February 1970)
5. Episode Five (25 February 1970)

A sixth episode of the first series was planned for 4 March 1970, but this was cancelled due to the show's lack of popularity with the public. As was typical BBC practice of the time, all of the episodes were later wiped, and none exist in the archives as of 2009.

References

• As Good Cooks Go at BBC Online
• Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003

External links

• As Good Cooks Go at the Internet Movie Database