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Summary

Redvers Potter (Arthur Lowe) has spent most of his adult life building up a successful business, Potter Mints ("The Hotter Mints").

Now he's retired and finds himself with too much time on his hands. He decides to fill his days by attempting to 'help' people, whether they want his help or not.

The final series, made after Arthur Lowe's death, featured Robin Bailey in the lead role.

Cast List

  Arthur Lowe as Redvers Potter (Series 1-2)
  Robin Bailey as Redvers Potter (Series 3)
  Noel Dyson as Aileen Potter
  John Barron as Vicar
  John Warner as Tolly Tolliver
  Sally Bowers as Harriet (Series 1)
  Ken Wynne as Willy (Series 1)

Production Details

Written by:
Roy Clarke

Produced by:
Peter Whitmore, Bernard Thompson

3 series, 20 episodes

Transmitted: 1979-80; 1983

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