Pardon the Expression
June. 02,1965
Seasons & Episode
Seasons 2 : 1966
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24 Episode
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EP1 - The Economy Drive
January. 10,1966
EP2 - January Sale
January. 17,1966
EP3 - The Resignation
January. 24,1966
EP4 - Self Defence
January. 31,1966
EP5 - The Stocktaking
February. 07,1966
EP6 - The Home Help
February. 14,1966
EP7 - Big Hotel
February. 21,1966
EP8 - The Jailbirds
February. 28,1966
EP9 - Night to Remember
March. 07,1966
EP10 - Whose Baby Are You?
March. 21,1966
EP11 - The Take-Over Bid
March. 28,1966
EP12 - Between the Cover
April. 04,1966
EP13 - Heads Down
April. 11,1966
EP14 - A Sheik In The Night
April. 18,1966
EP15 - Rustle Of Spring
April. 25,1966
EP16 - The Ghost Of Batsworth Castle
May. 02,1966
EP17 - The Sailor Home From The Sea
May. 09,1966
EP18 - The Dinner Party
May. 16,1966
EP19 - Man's Best Friend
May. 23,1966
EP20 - Thunderfinger - Part 1
May. 30,1966
EP21 - Thunderfinger - Part 2: Swindley Strikes Back
June. 06,1966
EP22 - The Switched-On Scene
June. 13,1966
EP23 - The Cup That Cheers
June. 20,1966
EP24 - On Health Farm Sommet Stirs
June. 27,1966
Seasons 1 : 1965
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12 Episode
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Synopsis
Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of only four spin-offs from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn out the Lights broadcast in 1967. There wasn't to be another spin-off until the 1980s with The Brothers McGregor, which reused two characters who appeared in a single episode.
Leonard Swindley was the central character. Formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street, in this series he is the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks. His boss in the series was Ernest Parbold played by Paul Dawkins who was replaced by Wally Hunt played by Robert Dorning in series 2. Other regulars were Betty Driver as canteen lady, Mrs Edgeley and Joy Stewart as Miss Sinclair, the boss's secretary.