Goodnight Sweetheart (TV series)

Goodnight Sweetheart
Title card (1993–1999)
Genre
  • Sitcom
  • Science fiction
Created by
Developed byAlomo Productions
Directed by
  • Terry Kinane
  • Robin Nash
  • Nic Phillips
  • Martin Dennis
Starring
Theme music composer
  • Ray Noble
  • Jimmy Campbell
  • Reg Connelly
Opening theme"Goodnight Sweetheart"
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series6
No. of episodes59 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Claire Hinson
  • Allan McKeown
  • Jon Rolph
Producers
  • John Bartlett
  • Nic Phillips
  • Humphrey Barclay
Production locations
Running time30–45 mins
Production companyAlomo Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release18 November 1993 (1993-11-18) –
2 September 2016 (2016-09-02)
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Goodnight Sweetheart is a British science fiction time travel sitcom, starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, and produced by the BBC. The sitcom is about the life of Gary Sparrow, an accidental time traveller who leads a double life through the use of a time portal, which allows him to travel between the London of the 1990s and the London of the 1940s during the Second World War.[2] The sitcom's creators, who also created Birds of a Feather and The New Statesman, wrote most of the plots for the episodes.[3]

The sitcom premiered on BBC1 on 18 November 1993 and ran for six series until its conclusion on 28 June 1999, with repeats after this date being aired on ITV3, Gold, Drama, Yesterday and Forces TV on Sky Digital. Lyndhurst's involvement in the sitcom allowed him to win the Most Popular Comedy Performer at the National Television Awards in 1998 and 1999.[4] On 2 September 2016, the sitcom received a one-off special entitled Many Happy Returns, following events after the final episode.[5] The sitcom itself later received a musical adaptation in 2017.

  1. ^ "Goodnight Sweetheart". Dock10. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ^ Masters, Tim (17 November 2013). "BBC News – Goodnight Sweetheart: Musical future for time travel show?". BBC News. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  3. ^ "BBC – Comedy Guide – Goodnight Sweetheart". Archived from the original on 5 December 2004. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Winners – The National Television Awards". Nationaltvawards.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Goodnight Sweetheart (an Episode Guide)". epguides.com.