Meet the Wife (TV series)
| Meet the Wife | |
|---|---|
Freddie Frinton & Thora Hird | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Chesney and Wolfe |
| Starring | Freddie Frinton Thora Hird |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 39 (including pilot; 22 missing) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 28 December 1963 – 19 December 1966 |
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.