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British Comedy: The Magnificent Evans
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Broadcaster: BBC
Genre: Sitcom
Written by: Roy Clarke
Stars: Ronnie Barker, Sharon Morgan
Episodes: 6
Episode Average: 5.167
BEST EPISODE:
Episode 6 (1984)
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The Magnificent Evans (1984)
SERIES ONE
(1984)6 episodes
Series Score: 31
Episode Average: 5.17
Perfect 10's: 0
S1E1 EPISODE 1
Originally broadcast: 6 September 1984
Directed by: Sydney Lotterby
Written by: Roy Clarke
Evans has to buy and sell items to make ends meet, Rachel worries that the milk bottles are too close together, and a lack of tact breaks up two happy couples.
"Listen, love, if you've got nothing in the front room, it's best to draw the curtains, isn't it?"
HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6
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S1E2 EPISODE 2
Originally broadcast: 13 September 1984
Directed by: Sydney Lotterby
Written by: Roy Clarke
The new vicar learns of a sinner in the village, Willie doesn't turn up for work, and a ballroom dancer takes a fall during a dramatic shot.
"No, no, that's no good. Clashes with the beard. Looks like two cats up to no good."
HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4
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S1E3 EPISODE 3
Originally broadcast: 20 September 1984
Directed by: Sydney Lotterby
Written by: Roy Clarke
Evans decides the area needs a way to attract tourists, Rachel's followed by an admirer, and a bride is unhappy to learn that her father has chosen the economy package
"The trouble is that the pig could eat the paint faster than we could paint the pig."
HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 6
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S1E4 EPISODE 4
Originally broadcast: 27 September 1984
Directed by: Sydney Lotterby
Written by: Roy Clarke
The Chairman of the Council has a problematic head, an idea for a promotional calendar needs an investor, and a model makes Rachel jealous.
"Can't you express some other sort of emotion? I mean, we're not doing a constipation advert."
HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4
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S1E5 EPISODE 5
Originally broadcast: 4 October 1984
Directed by: Sydney Lotterby
Written by: Roy Clarke
A grope leads to an accidental purchase, Rachel worries about her legs, and a daring adventure shot nearly drowns Willie.
"Willie keeps everything under his hat. Including his ears and most of his nose, apparently."
HOLY GODIVA 2 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 4
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S1E6 EPISODE 6
Originally broadcast: 10 October 1984
Directed by: Sydney Lotterby
Written by: Roy Clarke
Bron's worried about turning wild like her sister, Evan's keeps to his promise about 'something different', and Rachel's days of living in sin look to be coming to an end.
"Could have been made for you. The line, the form, the colour. Emphasising the sweet Welsh apples of your cheeks. The smooth sheerness of the material. The way it flows down over your pomegranates."
HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 7
CHARACTERS
Part of the
British Comedy Collection
Plantagenet Evans is a photographer in a small Welsh village. His lack of tact gets him into trouble with his clients, and with Rachel, his fiancée. Rachel yearns to be married, but instead lives on the premises... in her own 'apartment'.
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