Watching
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Creator(s) | Jim Hitchmough |
| Starring | Paul Bown Emma Wray |
| No. of episodes | 56 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Granada |
| Running time | 30mins x 54 60mins x 2 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Original run | 5 July 1987 – 4 April 1993 |
Watching is a television comedy written by Jim Hitchmough and starred Paul Bown and Emma Wray as mismatched couple Malcolm and Brenda. It is set on the Wirral.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Quiet biker Malcolm, who lived with his domineering mother, was accompanied on his birdwatching trips by loud scouser Brenda, who was forced to ride in his sidecar. The series followed their on/off relationship, during which Malcolm married Lucinda.
Brenda and Malcolm married each other in the final episode, "Knotting", broadcast on 4 April 1993.
Emma Wray sang the theme song, "What Does He See in Me?", which was written by Charles Hart. The producer and director was Les Chatfield.
The first series was released on DVD in February 2006
[edit] Main cast
- Brenda Wilson - Emma Wray
- Malcolm Stoneway - Paul Bown
- Pamela Wilson - Liza Tarbuck
- Mrs Stoneway - Patsy Byrne
- Terry Milton - Perry Fenwick
- David Lynch - John Bowler
- Mrs Wilson - Noreen Kershaw
- Lucinda - Elizabeth Morton
- Oswald the Cafe Owner - Dave Dutton
- Harold - Al T Kossy
- Cedric - Bill Moores
[edit] External links
- Programme fansite
- wHom - Watching
- Comedy Guide - Watching at bbc.co.uk
- Phil's British TV Comedy
- British Sitcom Guide
- Watching at the Internet Movie Database
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