Ain't Misbehavin' (TV series)

Not to be confused with Ain't Misbehavin', the 1997 British TV miniseries starring Jerome Flynn and Robson Green. For other uses, see Ain't Misbehavin' (disambiguation).

1994 British TV series or programme

Ain't Misbehavin'
Genre	Sitcom
Starring	Peter Davison Nicola Pagett John Duttine Polly Hemingway
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Production locations	Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	20 March 1994 (1994-03-20) – 14 February 1995 (1995-02-14)

Ain't Misbehavin' is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 20 March 1994 to 14 February 1995. It stars Peter Davison and Nicola Pagett and was written by Roy Clarke, the writer of Last of the Summer Wine and Keeping Up Appearances.

Cast

Peter Davison as Clive Quigley
Nicola Pagett as Sonia Drysdale
Lesley Manville as Melissa Quigley (series 1)
Karen Drury as Melissa Quigley (series 2)
John Duttine as Dave Drysdale
Polly Hemingway as Ramona Whales
Barry Stanton as Lester Whales (series 2)
Ian McNeice as Chuck Purvis (series 1)
Paul Brooke as Chuck Purvis (series 2)

Plot

Clive Quigley starts the series thinking he is happily married to his wife Melissa, but Sonia Drysdale comes along and informs him that her husband Dave is having an affair with Melissa. Clive believes her only after spying on Melissa and Dave together, and even contemplates suicide. He and Sonia then join forces to split up the affair, but they do not know that Melissa and Dave haven't actually committed adultery yet. Sonia and Clive hire a private detective called Chuck Purvis. The other characters were Lester and Ramona Whales. Ramona was Clive's secretary, whom her jealous husband Lester always thought was having an affair with Clive.

Episodes

Series One (1994)

Episode One (20 March 1994)
Episode Two (27 March 1994)
Episode Three (3 April 1994)
Episode Four (10 April 1994)
Episode Five (17 April 1994)
Episode Six (24 April 1994)

Series Two (1995)

Episode One (10 January 1995)
Episode Two (17 January 1995)
Episode Three (24 January 1995)
Episode Four (31 January 1995)
Episode Five (7 February 1995)
Episode Six (14 February 1995)

References

Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
British TV Comedy Guide for Ain't Misbehavin'

External links

v t e Roy Clarke
Situation comedies	The Misfit (1970–71) Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010) Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt (pilot, 1974) Open All Hours (1973, 1976–85) The Growing Pains of PC Penrose (1975) Rosie (1977–81) Potter (1979–83) Flickers (1980) The Magnificent Evans (1984) The Clairvoyant (1984–86) Mann's Best Friends (1985) First of the Summer Wine (1988–89) Keeping Up Appearances (1990–95) Don't Tell Father (1992) Ain't Misbehavin' (1994–95) Spark (1997) Still Open All Hours (2013–19) Young Hyacinth (2016)
Other	Spyder's Web (1972) The Bass Player and the Blonde (1977) Pulaski (1987) Hawks (1988) The Sharp End (1991) A Foreign Field (1993) The Wanderer (1994)

Roy Clarke

Situation
comedies

The Misfit (1970–71)
Last of the Summer Wine (1973–2010)
Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt (pilot, 1974)
Open All Hours (1973, 1976–85)
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose (1975)
Rosie (1977–81)
Potter (1979–83)
Flickers (1980)
The Magnificent Evans (1984)
The Clairvoyant (1984–86)
Mann's Best Friends (1985)
First of the Summer Wine (1988–89)
Keeping Up Appearances (1990–95)
Don't Tell Father (1992)
Ain't Misbehavin' (1994–95)
Spark (1997)
Still Open All Hours (2013–19)
Young Hyacinth (2016)

Other

Spyder's Web (1972)
The Bass Player and the Blonde (1977)
Pulaski (1987)
Hawks (1988)
The Sharp End (1991)
A Foreign Field (1993)
The Wanderer (1994)

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