Classic Comedy: S01E01 – Never the Twain – Families at War – Donald Sinden, Windsor Davies
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Antique dealers Simon Peel and Oliver Smallbridge were once partners until Oliver had an affair with Simon’s wife. Now they are bitter rivals – and next-door neighbours, constantly trying to sabotage each other. Oliver’s daughter, riding instructress Lyn, and Simon’s son David, a trainee accountant, are in love and want to marry. The two fathers hold a temporary truce to oppose the plan – until Lyn falsely claims that she is pregnant
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Never the Twain is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 1991.
It was created by Johnnie Mortimer, and was the only sitcom he ever created without his usual writing partner, Brian Cooke. Mortimer wrote the entirety of the first two series, one episode of the seventh, and five out of six episodes of the eighth, with the rest being mainly written by John Kane and Vince Powell (who wrote the whole of the last three series).
The series starred Windsor Davies (previously known for It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum) and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, and also co-starred Robin Kermode (later replaced by Christopher Morris), Julia Watson (later replaced by Tacy Kneale), Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner, Derek Deadman, Maria Charles and Zara Nutley.
It was made by Thames Television for the ITV network.
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