Ronald Wolfe Movies
- 1976
The British sitcom Yus My Dear was a spin-off of the comedy series Romany Jones, focusing on two of the earlier program's secondary characters, Wally and Lilly Briggs (Arthur Mullard, Queenie Watts). Having spent most of their lives moving from one trailer park to another, Wally and Lilly put their caravan in mothballs and settled down in a government-subsidized apartment house. Though he endeavored to bring in a steady paycheck as a bricklayer, Wally was constantly undermined by his shiftless brother Benny (Mike Reid). Originally telecast from January 9 to November 28, 1976, Yus My Dear eventually weighed in at 19 half-hour episodes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Arthur Mullard, Queenie Watts, (more)
Various bus crashes combined with damaged property puts a bus depot manager in financial problems. ~ All Movie Guide
On the Buses was an engagingly daffy British TV sitcom set in a bus depot and made in the late sixties. Reg Varney starred as the head of the lost and found department, who spent the better part of his time fielding wisecracks from his fellow bus-company employees. The series proved popular enough to spawn three theatrical features, the second of which was 1972's Mutiny on the Buses. This time around, a labor dispute leads to endless slapstick complications. Reg Varney and Doris Hare repeat their TV series roles. On the Buses was "Americanized" as the 1973 Dom DeLuise sitcom Lotsa Luck. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Reg Varney, Bob Grant, (more)
Based on a popular British television series from the late sixties, On the Buses centers on the chaos caused in a bus depot when the boss hires a passel of female bus drivers. This marked the first of three theatrical features based on the series (the second and third installments were the 1972 Mutiny on the Buses and the 1974 Holiday on the Buses, respectively). Though all three films were critically savaged, they grossed dollar one in Great Britain, particularly this first installment - eliciting a host of sequels and imitators. The Motion Picture Guide wrote of On the Buses, " The humor is sexist, of course, and infantile, with no wit or sophistication, which of course ensured its appeal to a large segment of the masses." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Reg Varney, Doris Hare, (more)
- 1969
The British sitcom Wild Wild Women was set not in the American West (as might be expected), but in Victorian England. The stories revolved around a group of feisty young ladies who worked in a milliners' shop for autocratic Mr. Harcourt (Paul Whitsun-Jones). The leading character of Daisy was played by Penelope Keith in the pilot episode, which aired May 24, 1968, and thereafter by Pat Coombs. The series itself was broadcast from January 6 to February 10, 1969. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Paul Whitsun-Jones, Barbara Windsor, (more)
- 1965
In this comedy, an irresponsible pop singer avoids rehearsing for his gig for a summer show by the sea in favor of playing with his dogs. He then purchases a racehorse and goes off to watch it race. The show's opening night totally slips his mind until the very last minute. He gets back in the nick of time. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Billy Fury, Amanda Barrie, (more)
