Oh Happy Band!

Oh Happy Band!
Animated titlescreen of Oh Happy Band!
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Jeremy Lloyd David Croft
Written by	Jeremy Lloyd David Croft
Starring	Harry Worth Margaret Clifton Jonathan Cecil John Horsley Billy Burden Tom Mennard
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC1
Original run	3 September 1980 – 8 October 1980

Oh Happy Band! is a situation comedy written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. The series ran for six episodes in 1980 on BBC 1, and featured the last screen appearance of comedian Harry Worth. For musical sequences, the series featured the Aldershot Brass Ensemble.^[1][2] Since broadcast, the series has not been repeated or released on any home consumer media.

Plot

Harry (Harry Worth) is the conductor of a brass band in the small (fictional) northern town of Nettlebridge. During the course of the series, he and his fellow band members become involved in a campaign to prevent the building of a new airport over their town.^[1]

Cast

• Harry Worth - Harry
• Margaret Clifton - Miss Mayhew
• Jonathan Cecil - Mr. Herbert
• John Horsley - Mr. Braithwaite
• Billy Burden - Mr. Sowerby
• Tom Mennard - Mr. Pilgrim
• Tony Sympson - Mr. Giles

Reception

Mark Lewisohn, writing in the BBC Guide to Comedy writes: "An odd amalgam of ideas from established sitcom creators Lloyd and Croft...Considering the usual dependability of the major protagonists here, it is fair to say that Oh Happy Band! was flat rather than sharp."^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Oh Happy Band! at David Croft.co.uk, URL accessed July 7 2010
2. ^ ^{a b} Oh Happy Band! at the former BBC Guide to Comedy (archive), URL accessed July 7 2010

External links

• Oh Happy Band! at the Internet Movie Database