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Summary

Cheese And Egg (Bryan Pringle) is the leader of a gang of dustmen.

He's in charge of Smellie Ibbotson (John Barrett), Heavy Breathing (Trevor Bannister), Eric (Tim Wylton) and Winston (Graham Haberfield).

The 'enemy' is the inspector from the Corporation Cleansing Department, Bloody Delilah (John Woodvine, later Brian Wilde).

Cast List

  Bryan Pringle as Cheese And Egg
  John Barrett as Smellie Ibbotson
  Graham Haberfield as Winston Platt
  Trevor Bannister as Heavy Breathing
  Tim Wylton as Eric
  John Woodvine as Bloody Delilah (Series 1)
  Brian Wilde as Bloody Delilah (Series 2-3)
  Jack McGowran as Cheese And Egg (Pilot)
  Harold Innocent as Heavy Breathing (Pilot)
  Henry Livings as Eric (Pilot)
  Frank Windsor as Bloody Delilah (Pilot)

Production Details

Written by:
Jack Rosenthal, Dave Freeman, Adele Rose, David Hodson, Jim Andrew, Kenneth Cope, John Antrobus

Directed by:
Les Chatfield, Michael Apted, Dick Everitt

Produced by:
Jack Rosenthal, John Finch, Dick Everitt

3 series, 21 episodes

Transmitted: 1968 (Pilot); 1969-70

TV Channel: ITV

Granada Television

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