Meet the Wife (1963)
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- First Air Date: 1963-12-28
- Last Air Date: 1966-12-19
- Total Seasons: 5
- Total Episodes: 38
- Status: Ended
- Episode Runtime: 30 min.
- Network: BBC one
Meet the Wife is a 1960s BBC situation comedy written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, which featured Freddie Frinton as Freddie Blacklock with Thora Hird as his tyrannical wife, Thora. It ran to five series. The series was based on a 1963 BBC television Comedy Playhouse production, "The Bed". The theme tune was by Russ Conway and incidental music by Norman Percival and later Dennis Wilson. The producers were John Paddy Carstairs and later Robin Nash. The Beatles song "Good Morning, Good Morning" on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band includes the lyric "It's time for tea and Meet the Wife".
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Getting Away | 1964-04-21 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Coming Home | 1964-04-28 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Back | 1964-05-05 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Night Out | 1964-05-12 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Little Andrew | 1964-05-19 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Business Dinner | 1964-05-26 | 25 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Strain | 1964-06-02 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Shopping | 1964-11-12 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | The Teenage Niece | 1964-11-19 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Shelf | 1964-11-26 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | The Invitation | 1964-12-03 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | The Lesson | 1964-12-10 | 25 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | The Wallpaper | 1964-12-17 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Ring | 1965-04-18 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Bathroom | 1965-04-25 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Cousin Olive | 1965-05-02 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | The Loft | 1965-05-09 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Doctor's Orders | 1965-05-16 | 25 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | The Picnic | 1965-05-23 | 25 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | The Pain | 1965-11-22 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Her Birthday | 1965-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Brother Tom | 1965-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | The Hotel | 1965-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | The Merry Widow | 1965-12-20 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Journey Home | 1965-12-27 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | The Holiday | 1966-09-26 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Continental Tour | 1966-10-03 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | The Return | 1966-10-10 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | The Diet | 1966-10-17 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | My Husband's Brother | 1966-10-24 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Tilly-Ann | 1966-10-31 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Old Time Dancing | 1966-11-07 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | The Schoolboy | 1966-11-14 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | The Homework | 1966-11-21 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | The Nasty Sleeper | 1966-11-28 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | Bless 'Em All | 1966-12-05 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | This Christmas, Shop Early! | 1966-12-12 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | Christmas Travel | 1966-12-19 | 30 min |
