Meet the Wife

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Meet the Wife is a 1960s BBC situation comedy written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe, which featured Freddie Frinton as Freddie Blacklock with Thora Hird as his tyrannical wife, Thora. It ran to five series. The series was based on a 1963 BBC television Comedy Playhouse production, "The Bed". The theme tune was by Russ Conway and incidental music by Norman Percival and later Dennis Wilson. The producers were John Paddy Carstairs and later Robin Nash. The Beatles song "Good Morning, Good Morning" on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band includes the lyric "It's time for tea and Meet the Wife".

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Thora Hird

Episodes

Season 1

7 episodes

S1 E1 · Getting Away

1964-04-21

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S1 E2 · Coming Home

1964-04-28

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S1 E3 · The Back

1964-05-05

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S1 E4 · Night Out

1964-05-12

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S1 E5 · Little Andrew

1964-05-19

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S1 E6 · The Business Dinner

1964-05-26

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S1 E7 · The Strain

1964-06-02

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Season 2

6 episodes

S2 E1 · Shopping

1964-11-12

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S2 E2 · The Teenage Niece

1964-11-19

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S2 E3 · The Shelf

1964-11-26

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S2 E4 · The Invitation

1964-12-03

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S2 E5 · The Lesson

1964-12-10

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S2 E6 · The Wallpaper

1964-12-17

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Season 3

6 episodes

S3 E1 · The Ring

1965-04-18

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S3 E2 · The Bathroom

1965-04-25

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S3 E3 · Cousin Olive

1965-05-02

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S3 E4 · The Loft

1965-05-09

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S3 E5 · Doctor's Orders

1965-05-16

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S3 E6 · The Picnic

1965-05-23

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Season 4

6 episodes

S4 E1 · The Pain

1965-11-22

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S4 E2 · Her Birthday

1965-11-29

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S4 E3 · Brother Tom

1965-12-06

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S4 E4 · The Hotel

1965-12-13

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S4 E5 · The Merry Widow

1965-12-20

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S4 E6 · Journey Home

1965-12-27

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Season 5

13 episodes

S5 E1 · The Holiday

1966-09-26

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S5 E2 · Continental Tour

1966-10-03

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S5 E3 · The Return

1966-10-10

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S5 E4 · The Diet

1966-10-17

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S5 E5 · My Husband's Brother

1966-10-24

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S5 E6 · Tilly-Ann

1966-10-31

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S5 E7 · Old Time Dancing

1966-11-07

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S5 E8 · The Schoolboy

1966-11-14

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S5 E9 · The Homework

1966-11-21

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S5 E10 · The Nasty Sleeper

1966-11-28

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S5 E11 · Bless 'Em All

1966-12-05

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S5 E12 · This Christmas, Shop Early!

1966-12-12

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S5 E13 · Christmas Travel

1966-12-19

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