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Never the Twain
Never the Twain is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 1991. It was created by Johnnie Mortimer, and was the only sitcom he ever created without his usual writing partner, Brian Cooke. Mortimer wrote the entirety of the first two series and four episodes out of six of the eighth, with the rest being mainly written by Vince Powell and John Kane. It starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, and also starred Derek Deadman, Zara Nutley, Robin Kermode, Tacy Kneale, Julia Watson, Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner and Maria Charles. The title is taken from the Rudyard Kipling poem; The Ballad of East and West.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 6 episodes (September 7, 1981)
- Season 2 — 6 episodes (September 7, 1982)
- Season 3 — 6 episodes (October 10, 1983)
- Season 4 — 6 episodes (November 8, 1984)
- Season 5 — 6 episodes (January 8, 1986)
- Season 6 — 6 episodes (January 15, 1987)
- Season 7 — 6 episodes (January 27, 1988)
- Season 8 — 6 episodes (October 24, 1988)
- Season 9 — 7 episodes (September 6, 1989)
- Season 10 — 6 episodes (September 5, 1990)
- Season 11 — 6 episodes (September 4, 1991)
Cast
- Donald Sinden as Simon Peel
- Windsor Davies as Oliver Smallbridge
- Zara Nutley as Aunt Eleanor
- Honor Blackman
- Teddy Turner as Banks
- Derek Deadman as Ringo
Details
- Created by
- Johnnie Mortimer
- First aired
- September 7, 1981
- Episodes
- 67
- Genres
- Comedy
- Network
- ITV1
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.0 / 10 from 11 votes
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