Pardon the Expression

Pardon The Expression!
Starring Arthur Lowe
Paul Dawkins (series 1)
Robert Dorning (series 2)
Betty Driver
Joy Stewart
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 36
Production
Producer(s) Harry Driver (series 1)
Derek Granger (series 2)
Release
Original network ITV
Original release 2 June 1965 – 27 June 1966
Chronology
Related shows Turn Out the Lights

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 (played by different actors) who appeared in a single episode.

Leonard Swindley (played by Arthur Lowe) 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.

Episodes

Series 1 (1965)

Series 2 (1966)

DVD release

Both series of Pardon the Expression were released (separately) in 2009, A 6-Disc set of the complete series has been released on 12 December 2011, just two years later.

DVD Release date
The Complete Series 1 7 May 2009
The Complete Series 2 3 August 2009
The Complete Series 1 to 2 Box Set 12 December 2011
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