Jon Watkins (known_for_department.creator)
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Works
Terry and June
Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives. The couple have just moved to Purley, south-east London... Aunt Lucy and the mynah bird had disappeared, as had the occasionally visiting daughters. Terry and June now mixed with a friendly next door neighbour, Beattie; Terry's chatty work colleague, Malcolm; and their gruff boss Sir Dennis Hodge. Otherwise, things were much as before, with Terry's pigheaded childishness causing no end of problems, usually thwarting June's attempts at leading a cosy life.
Release Date: 1979-10-24
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 4
Vote Count: 11
Father, Dear Father
The hugely successful British television series Father Dear Father is transplanted to Australia when novelist Patrick Glover and his assistant Nanny trek down under to write the great Australian crime novel, and end up supervising Patricks boisterous young nieces while their own father is abroad.
Release Date: 1978-06-25
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 1
The Fosters
The first sitcom written both for and starring black actors, The Fosters showcased the early work of Lenny Henry (riding high on a recent win in talent series New Faces) as the budding artist son of easy going family man Samuel Foster (Norman Beaton, who would go on to gain fame in ‘90s comedy Desmond’s). The series follows the day-to-day trials of Samuel and his lively wife Pearl (both immigrants from Guyana) and their three children on a South London housing estate. It was created and developed by Jon Watkins, who adapted the American sitcom, Good Times, developed by Norman Lear, and created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans. It was the first British sitcom to have an entirely black cast. It was the predecessor to many future British television programmes that featured a predominantly black cast:.
Release Date: 1976-04-09
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 6
Don't Drink The Water
This short-lived sequel to On the Buses (1969) saw Blakey move to Spain with his sister.
Release Date: 1974-07-27
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 2