Bottle Boys

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Bottle Boys
Created by	Vince Powell
Starring	Robin Askwith
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	London Weekend Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	1 September 1984 (1984-09-01) – 24 August 1985 (1985-08-24)
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Bottle Boys is a British sitcom which ran for two series on ITV between 1 September 1984 and 24 August 1985.^[1] Starring Robin Askwith as football-mad milkman Dave Deacon, the series mined broad comedy from randy Dave's amorous adventures.

However, as well as the sexual innuendo of his earlier big-screen adventures, Askwith was equally likely to find himself embroiled in more off-the-wall exploits, and found himself at various points in the series dressing up as a cow, inadvertently engaged to Sharon the secretary, and meeting then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (played by an actor).

The part of Dave Deacon was originally written for Jim Davidson, who was by this time moving into sitcom with Up the Elephant and Round the Castle, also on ITV. Future BBC controller John Birt, during his tenure at London Weekend Television, suggested that Askwith take the part.