Meet the Wife (TV series)

Meet the Wife
Freddie Frinton & Thora Hird
GenreSitcom
Created byChesney and Wolfe
StarringFreddie Frinton
Thora Hird
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series5
No. of episodes39 (including pilot; 22 missing)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release28 December 1963 (1963-12-28) 
19 December 1966 (1966-12-19)

Meet the Wife is a 1960s BBC sitcom written by Chesney and Wolfe, which featured Freddie Frinton as Freddie Blacklock with Thora Hird as his tyrannical wife, Thora. It ran for 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.