Bootsie and Snudge is a British television situation comedy series written, in the early days, by Barry Took and Marty Feldman; later writers were John Antrobus, Jack Rosenthal, ventriloquist Ray Alan and Harry Driver. The show featured Clive Dunn, more famous as Corporal Jones in Dad's Army, as well as Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser. Series 1-3, 5 centred around a gentlemen's club called the Imperial Club, whilst the fourth series broadcast as "Foreign Affairs" centred around a British Embassy in Bosnik. 112 half-hour episodes were made, being broadcast from 1960 to 1964 and in 1974.
The traditional gentlemen's club in Britain has long been used for comedic purposes in films, usually because of the eccentric characters with whom it can be populated, and the arcane rules. The rule of absolute silence in the reading room, notwithstanding several old men snoring under copies of The Times, is a common feature of such comedy. Memorable moments include Kenneth Connor, in the film Carry On Regardless, being forced to mime "Your flies are open" to one of the members.
In the Imperial Club Bootsie and Snudge resumed their roles of snivelling skiver and bullying sergeant, with contributions from the ancient and always-bumbling dogsbody, Johnson, all under the tyrannical eye of the "Hon. Sec.", the club secretary played by Robert Dorning. The Hon. Sec.'s way of dealing with arguments was to drown out the opposition with repetitions of "Tup! Tup!", rising in volume until the other party stopped trying. Thus Bootsie's name for the character was "Ol' Tuptup".
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Creators and Cast Creators Cast Episodes Season 1 40 episodes S1 E1 · Civvy Street No summary.
S1 E2 · Bootsie's Punctured Romance No summary.
S1 E3 · Snudge's School Friend No summary.
S1 E4 · Watching Television No summary.
S1 E5 · A Day Off No summary.
S1 E6 · The Beady Eye Of The Little Yellow God No summary.
S1 E7 · Of Mouse and Men No summary.
S1 E8 · Doing The Step No summary.
S1 E9 · Cordon Bleu No summary.
S1 E10 · The Blind Date No summary.
S1 E11 · Series 1, Episode 11 1960-12-02 No summary.
S1 E12 · Series 1, Episode 12 1960-12-09 No summary.
S1 E13 · Series 1, Episode 13 1960-12-16 No summary.
S1 E14 · Series 1, Episode 14 1960-12-23 No summary.
S1 E15 · Series 1, Episode 15 1960-12-30 No summary.
S1 E16 · Series 1, Episode 16 1961-01-06 No summary.
S1 E17 · Series 1, Episode 17 1961-01-13 No summary.
S1 E18 · Series 1, Episode 18 1961-01-20 No summary.
S1 E19 · Series 1, Episode 19 1961-01-27 No summary.
S1 E20 · Series 1, Episode 20 1961-02-03 No summary.
S1 E21 · Series 1, Episode 21 1961-02-10 No summary.
S1 E22 · Series 1, Episode 22 1961-02-17 No summary.
S1 E23 · Series 1, Episode 23 1961-02-24 No summary.
S1 E24 · Series 1, Episode 24 1961-03-03 No summary.
S1 E25 · Series 1, Episode 25 1961-03-10 No summary.
S1 E26 · Series 1, Episode 26 1961-03-17 No summary.
S1 E27 · Series 1, Episode 27 1961-03-24 No summary.
S1 E28 · Series 1, Episode 28 1961-03-31 No summary.
S1 E29 · Series 1, Episode 29 1961-04-07 No summary.
S1 E30 · Series 1, Episode 30 1961-04-14 No summary.
S1 E31 · Series 1, Episode 31 1961-04-21 No summary.
S1 E32 · Series 1, Episode 32 1961-04-28 No summary.
S1 E33 · Series 1, Episode 33 1961-05-05 No summary.
S1 E34 · Series 1, Episode 34 1961-05-12 No summary.
S1 E35 · Series 1, Episode 35 1961-05-19 No summary.
S1 E36 · Series 1, Episode 36 1961-05-26 No summary.
S1 E37 · Series 1, Episode 37 1961-06-02 No summary.
S1 E38 · Series 1, Episode 38 1961-06-09 No summary.
S1 E39 · Series 1, Episode 39 1961-06-16 No summary.
S1 E40 · Series 1, Episode 40 1961-06-23 No summary.
Season 2 29 episodes S2 E1 · Series 2, Episode 1 1961-10-27 No summary.
S2 E2 · Series 2, Episode 2 1961-11-03 No summary.
S2 E3 · Series 2, Episode 3 1961-11-10 No summary.
S2 E4 · Series 2, Episode 4 1961-11-17 No summary.
S2 E5 · Series 2, Episode 5 1961-11-24 No summary.
S2 E6 · Series 2, Episode 6 1961-12-01 No summary.
S2 E7 · Series 2, Episode 7 1961-12-08 No summary.
S2 E8 · Series 2, Episode 8 1961-12-15 No summary.
S2 E9 · Series 2, Episode 9 1961-12-22 No summary.
S2 E10 · Series 2, Episode 10 1961-12-29 No summary.
S2 E11 · Series 2, Episode 11 1962-01-05 No summary.
S2 E12 · Series 2, Episode 12 1962-01-12 No summary.
S2 E13 · Series 2, Episode 13 1962-01-19 No summary.
S2 E14 · Series 2, Episode 14 1962-01-26 No summary.
S2 E15 · Series 2, Episode 15 1962-02-02 No summary.
S2 E16 · Series 2, Episode 16 1962-02-09 No summary.
S2 E17 · Series 2, Episode 17 1962-02-16 No summary.
S2 E18 · Series 2, Episode 18 1962-02-23 No summary.
S2 E19 · Series 2, Episode 19 1962-03-02 No summary.
S2 E20 · Series 2, Episode 20 1962-03-09 No summary.
S2 E21 · Series 2, Episode 21 1962-03-16 No summary.
S2 E22 · Series 2, Episode 22 1962-03-23 No summary.
S2 E23 · Series 2, Episode 23 1962-03-30 No summary.
S2 E24 · Series 2, Episode 24 1962-04-06 No summary.
S2 E25 · Series 2, Episode 25 1962-04-13 No summary.
S2 E26 · Series 2, Episode 26 1962-04-20 No summary.
S2 E27 · Series 2, Episode 27 1962-04-27 No summary.
S2 E28 · Series 2, Episode 28 1962-05-04 No summary.
S2 E29 · Series 2, Episode 29 1962-05-10 No summary.
Season 3 29 episodes S3 E1 · Series 3, Episode 1 1962-11-08 No summary.
S3 E2 · Series 3, Episode 2 1962-11-15 No summary.
S3 E3 · Series 3, Episode 3 1962-11-22 No summary.
S3 E4 · Series 3, Episode 4 1962-11-29 No summary.
S3 E5 · Series 3, Episode 5 1962-12-06 No summary.
S3 E6 · Series 3, Episode 6 1962-12-13 No summary.
S3 E7 · Series 3, Episode 7 1962-12-20 No summary.
S3 E8 · Series 3, Episode 8 1963-01-03 No summary.
S3 E9 · Series 3, Episode 9 1963-01-10 No summary.
S3 E10 · Series 3, Episode 10 1963-01-17 No summary.
S3 E11 · Series 3, Episode 11 1963-01-24 No summary.
S3 E12 · Series 3, Episode 12 1963-01-31 No summary.
S3 E13 · Series 3, Episode 13 1963-02-07 No summary.
S3 E14 · Series 3, Episode 14 1963-02-14 No summary.
S3 E15 · Series 3, Episode 15 1963-02-21 No summary.
S3 E16 · Series 3, Episode 16 1963-02-28 No summary.
S3 E17 · Series 3, Episode 17 1963-03-07 No summary.
S3 E18 · Series 3, Episode 18 1963-03-14 No summary.
S3 E19 · Series 3, Episode 19 1963-03-21 No summary.
S3 E20 · Series 3, Episode 20 1963-03-28 No summary.
S3 E21 · Series 3, Episode 21 1963-04-04 No summary.
S3 E22 · Series 3, Episode 22 1963-04-11 No summary.
S3 E23 · Series 3, Episode 23 1963-04-18 No summary.
S3 E24 · Series 3, Episode 24 1963-04-25 No summary.
S3 E25 · Series 3, Episode 25 1963-05-02 No summary.
S3 E26 · Series 3, Episode 26 1963-05-09 No summary.
S3 E27 · Series 3, Episode 27 1963-05-16 No summary.
S3 E28 · Series 3, Episode 28 1963-05-23 No summary.
S3 E29 · Series 3, Episode 29 1963-05-30 No summary.
Season 4 6 episodes S4 E1 · Series 4, Episode 1 1974-10-16 No summary.
S4 E2 · Series 4, Episode 2 1974-10-23 No summary.
S4 E3 · Series 4, Episode 3 1974-10-30 No summary.
S4 E4 · Series 4, Episode 4 1974-11-06 No summary.
S4 E5 · Series 4, Episode 5 1974-11-13 No summary.
S4 E6 · Series 4, Episode 6 1974-11-20 No summary.