Ooh La La! (Season 1)

Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken identities and impeccable timing.

  • Poster for A Good Night's Sleep

    A Good Night's Sleep (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1968-04-06

    Overview: A husband arrives home late from a fancy-dress ball, waking his wife. The ensuing row is interrupted by a servant bringing bad news.

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    All Night Sitting (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1968-04-13

    Overview: Two men-about-town plan a romantic evening in a private room at the Café Anglais. Unfortunately the lady picked up at the opera ball turns out to be very different from what they expected, and the evening is further complicated by the arrival of one of their wives.

  • Poster for A Little Bit to Fall Back On

    A Little Bit to Fall Back On (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1968-04-20

    Overview: A gentleman who is trying to rid himself of his mistress and marry a woman of property engages a servant who insults his master's future mother-in-law and puts all the plans in jeopardy.

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    Above Reproach (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1968-04-27

    Overview: In the plush interior of a private room at the Maison d'Or Restaurant two men-about-town arrange a tête-à-tête with two ladies whom they believe to be 'above reproach' but who prove to be exactly the opposite.

  • Poster for Making a Pass

    Making a Pass (Episode 5)

    Air date: 1968-05-04

    Overview: A middle-aged bachelor and his maiden sister anxiously await the arrival of a wealthy doctor and his daughter, to whom the bachelor is engaged. Both are unaware that they are in the power of their wily servant, who is able to hypnotise them.

  • Poster for Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted

    Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1968-05-11

    Overview: An ageing dandy calls on a pretty actress - much to the annoyance of her lover and of her doddering old husband, who has informed the police of her infidelity.

  • Poster for Call Me Maestro

    Call Me Maestro (Episode 7)

    Air date: 1968-07-01

  • Poster for Dear Lady

    Dear Lady (Episode 8)

    Air date: 1968-07-08

  • Poster for The Missing Person

    The Missing Person (Episode 9)

    Air date: 1968-07-15

    Overview: In order to check up on the behaviour of the man who wishes to marry his daughter Francois takes a job as a manservant in the suitor's house.

  • Poster for Two Whole Days

    Two Whole Days (Episode 10)

    Air date: 1968-07-29

    Overview: The action takes place over two days and nights, and the story—very simple and very French—is about the eternal triangle.

  • Poster for The Hasty Hand

    The Hasty Hand (Episode 11)

    Air date: 1968-08-05

    Overview: A shopkeeper who has a daughter of marriageable age spends his time dissuading suitors from pursuing her... then a young artist arrives at the shop to return a handbag belonging to the shopkeeper's wife, which he has found on a bus.

  • Poster for What a Wedding

    What a Wedding (Episode 12)

    Air date: 1968-08-12

    Overview: The story of a hilariously impeded marriage. The mistress of the groom visits her erstwhile lover but her straw hat is eaten by a horse. She must find another straw hat before she goes home to her husband...

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