Oh Happy Band!

Oh Happy Band! is a BBC television sitcom 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.

Oh Happy Band!
Animated titlescreen of Oh Happy Band!
GenreSitcom
Created byJeremy Lloyd
David Croft
Written byJeremy Lloyd
David Croft
StarringHarry Worth
Margaret Clifton
Jonathan Cecil
John Horsley
Billy Burden
Tom Mennard
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkBBC1
Original release3 September (1980-09-03) –
8 October 1980 (1980-10-08)

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

Episodes
  1. A Bird in the Bush (3 September 1980)
  2. Let Bygones Be Bygones (10 September 1980)
  3. A Record to Be Proud of (17 September 1980)
  4. Home Cure (24 September 1980)
  5. A Song in the Air (1 October 1980)
  6. Diplomatic Privilege (8 October 1980)

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