A Sharp Intake of Breath

A Sharp Intake of Breath

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show_name = A Sharp Intake of Breath


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genre = Situation Comedy
creator = Ronnie Taylor
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starring = David Jason
Jacqueline Clarke
Richard Wilson
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country = Great Britain
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num_seasons = 4
num_episodes = 22
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runtime = 30 Minutes
network = ITV
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first_aired = 1 July 1977
last_aired =
1 February 1981
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imdb_id = 0077080
tv_com_id = 17294

"A Sharp Intake of Breath" was a British sitcom starring David Jason, Richard Wilson, Alun Armstrong, and Jacqueline Clarke which ran from 1977 to 1981. Jason played an everyman character called Peter Barnes; Wilson and Armstrong played a range of petty officials and bureaucrats whose actions frustrated Barnes' attempts to deal with the necessities of everyday life. It was made for the ITV network by ATV

Episode Listing

*Pilot

*Series 102 Your Life In Their Hands
03 Happy Motoring
04 Somewhere In The Sun
05 See You In Court
06 The Gasman Cometh
07 Seven Year Hitch

*Series 208 Your Move
09 Your Very Good Health
10 Where There's A Will
11 Another Little Drink
12 The Square On The Hypotenueuse
13 What About The Workers?

*Series 314 The Spare Part
15 Just Cause Or Impediment
16 Look Who's Coming For Ever

*Series 417 Wheels
18 Match Of The Day
19 The Train Now Standing
20 While The Cat's Away
21 The Weekend
22 Rear Window

Abrupt End

A Sharp Intake Of Breath came to an Abrupt end in 1981 just as ATV lost its ITV Franchise later through the year.

External links

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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/s/sharpintakeofbre_7775760.shtml Comedy Guide - "A Sharp Intake of Breath"] at bbc.co.uk


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