Funny Man

— IMDb 6.6 (32) Apr 1981 1 Season 13 Episodes

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Overview

"Funny Man" chronicles an extended family of UK music-hall entertainers in the late 1920s, an era of decline for variety entertainment, as audiences flocked instead to motion-picture cinemas.

Thames Television

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Jimmy Jewel

Alec Gibson

David Schofield

Davey Gibson

Andrew Fell

Teddy Gibson

Jean Boht

Elsie

Sharon Duce

Kath Gibson

Lynda Bellingham

Gwen

Trudie Styler

Babs

Pamela Stephenson

Iris Reade

Key Crew

Donald McWhinnie

Director

Anthea Browne-Wilkinson

Associate Producer

Peter Duguid

Producer

Grown-up Girlie

The arrival of an arrogant new leading man upsets the troupe.

May 28, 1981

Hearth and Home

Alec's children ignore his warnings about aspiring to more sophisticated circles, with upsetting consequences.

Jun 4, 1981

Letting Go

Teddy strives to be treated as an adult, and the troupe enjoy a riotous fancy-dress party.

Jun 11, 1981

Gingerbread House

Both Gwen and Davey are offered life-changing possibilities, but this threatens both the troupe and their own relationship.

Jun 18, 1981

A Bee in a Bonnet

June 1931. Despite a cold, Davey prepares to perform for a major producer and is too preoccupied to see that Gwen's pregnancy and isolation have affected her mental health.

Jun 25, 1981

E10

Many Happy Returns

It's 1932 and Davey is well established in his solo career. Kath tries to accept her now dried out Bobby.

Jul 2, 1981

E11

Song and Dance

September 1932. With more members of the troupe moving out of the Lodging House, Alec contemplates the bleak future for Music Hall entertainment, but Elsie is still there for support.

Jul 9, 1981