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Summary

Oliver Smallbridge (Windsor Davies) and Simon Peel (Donald Sinden) have a lot in common.

Both of them are antique dealers, with adjoining shops, and the son of one marries the daughter of the other.

Most of the time, however, Oliver and Simon don't get on.

This long-running sitcom from Thames Television ran for ten years and dealt mainly with the rivalry between the two antique dealers.

Cast List

  Windsor Davies as Oliver Smallbridge
  Donald Sinden as Simon Peel
  Derek Deadman as Ringo
  Teddy Turner as Banks (Series 1-7)
  Maria Charles as Mrs Sadler (Series 2-7)
  Robin Kermode as David Peel (Series 1-3)
  Julia Watson as Lyn Smallbridge/Peel (Series 1-3)
  Zara Nutley as Aunt Eleanor (Series 8-11)
  Honor Blackman as Veronica Barton (Series 1-2)
  Christopher Morris as David Peel (Series 8)
  Tacy Kneale as Lyn Peel(Series 8)

Production Details

Written by:
Johnnie Mortimer, Dick Hills, John Kane, Brian Platt, Vince Powell, Peter Tilbury

Directed by:
Peter Frazer-Jones

Produced by:
Peter Frazer-Jones, Anthony Parker

11 series, 67 episodes

Transmitted: 1981-91

TV Channel: ITV

Thames Television