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| Dear Mother...Love Albert | |
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| Created by | Rodney Bewes Derrick Goodwin |
| Starring | Rodney Bewes Garfield Morgan Sheila White Geraldine Newman Liz Gebhardt Amelia Bayntun Cheryl Hall |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (+ 3 short specials) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Thames Television (series 1) Yorkshire Television (series 2–4) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 15 September 1969 – 6 June 1972 |
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Dear Mother...Love Albert (later retitled Albert!) is a British television sitcom that aired on ITV from 15 September 1969 to 6 June 1972.[1] It was created by and starred Rodney Bewes.[2] Bewes co-wrote and produced the series with Derrick Goodwin.[3] The show regularly appeared in the TV ratings top ten throughout its three-year run.
The theme song was sung by Bewes, co-written by Mike Hugg.[4] Hugg had also encouraged Bewes to sing the theme to The Likely Lads, but Bewes recalls "I think I drank a bottle of port in the end, but I couldn't get it".
There were 26 episodes, including three Christmas specials, all three broadcast as part of All Star Comedy Carnival. The fourth and final series was broadcast as a sequel entitled Albert!, which ran for a further series of seven episodes.[5] Series 1 was produced by Thames Television, while the subsequent series 2-4 were produced by Yorkshire Television.
- ^ "Dear Mother.... ....Love Albert series and episodes list". Comedy.co.uk.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Bewes, Rodney (1937-) Biography". Screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ "Dear Mother – Love Albert (ITV 1969-1972, Rodney Bewes, Garfield Morgan) | Memorable TV". Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Rodney Bewes - Dear Mother Love Albert". Discogs.com.
- ^ "Dear Mother.... Love Albert". Britishclassiccomedy.co.uk. 22 January 2018.