Bootsie and Snudge is a British television situation comedy series written, in the early days, by Barry Took and Marty Feldman; later writers were John Antrobus, Jack Rosenthal, ventriloquist Ray Alan and Harry Driver. The show featured Clive Dunn, more famous as Corporal Jones in Dad's Army, as well as Alfie Bass and Bill Fraser. Series 1-3, 5 centred around a gentlemen's club called the Imperial Club, whilst the fourth series broadcast as "Foreign Affairs" centred around a British Embassy in Bosnik. 112 half-hour episodes were made, being broadcast from 1960 to 1964 and in 1974. The traditional gentlemen's club in Britain has long been used for comedic purposes in films, usually because of the eccentric characters with whom it can be populated, and the arcane rules. The rule of absolute silence in the reading room, notwithstanding several old men snoring under copies of The Times, is a common feature of such comedy. Memorable moments include Kenneth Connor, in the film Carry On Regardless, being forced to mime "Your flies are open" to one of the members. In the Imperial Club Bootsie and Snudge resumed their roles of snivelling skiver and bullying sergeant, with contributions from the ancient and always-bumbling dogsbody, Johnson, all under the tyrannical eye of the "Hon. Sec.", the club secretary played by Robert Dorning. The Hon. Sec.'s way of dealing with arguments was to drown out the opposition with repetitions of "Tup! Tup!", rising in volume until the other party stopped trying. Thus Bootsie's name for the character was "Ol' Tuptup".
Bootsie and Snudge (Season 3)
Come in Eskimo Nell (Episode 1)
Air date: 1962-11-08
Runtime: 30 min
The Rescue (Episode 2)
Air date: 1962-11-15
Runtime: 30 min
The Wall (Episode 3)
Air date: 1962-11-22
Runtime: 30 min
The Importance of Being Jumbo (Episode 4)
Air date: 1962-11-29
Runtime: 30 min
Soul Mates (Episode 5)
Air date: 1962-12-06
Runtime: 30 min
The Reunion (Episode 6)
Air date: 1962-12-13
Runtime: 30 min
I'm in a Dancing Mood (Episode 7)
Air date: 1962-12-20
Runtime: 30 min
A Funny Thing Happened to Me on the Way to the Firing Squad Today (Episode 8)
Air date: 1963-01-03
Runtime: 30 min
The Toerag (Episode 9)
Air date: 1963-01-10
Runtime: 30 min
The Man with the Golden Guts (Episode 10)
Air date: 1963-01-17
Runtime: 30 min
The Statue (Episode 11)
Air date: 1963-01-24
Runtime: 30 min
The Incredible Tattooed Bisley (Episode 12)
Air date: 1963-01-31
Runtime: 30 min
The Pillar Box (Episode 13)
Air date: 1963-02-07
Runtime: 30 min
Cupid in Paddington (Episode 14)
Air date: 1963-02-14
Runtime: 30 min
Twelve Angry Men (Episode 15)
Air date: 1963-02-21
Runtime: 30 min
Down in the Mouth (Episode 16)
Air date: 1963-02-28
Runtime: 30 min
The Parcel (Episode 17)
Air date: 1963-03-07
Runtime: 30 min
Being Nice to Bootsie (Episode 18)
Air date: 1963-03-14
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Bimsley is once again fed up with having to do the lion's share of the work in the Imperial Club and so decides to feign illness to get a little rest and recuperation.
Dear Departed (Episode 19)
Air date: 1963-03-21
Runtime: 30 min
He's Got to Go (Episode 20)
Air date: 1963-03-28
Runtime: 30 min
Small Back Garden (Episode 21)
Air date: 1963-04-04
Runtime: 30 min
Silence in Court (Episode 22)
Air date: 1963-04-11
Runtime: 30 min
Blowed If I Know (Episode 23)
Air date: 1963-04-18
Runtime: 30 min
Get Him to the Church (Episode 24)
Air date: 1963-04-25
Runtime: 30 min
The Lorry Route (Episode 25)
Air date: 1963-05-02
Runtime: 30 min
The Librarian (Episode 26)
Air date: 1963-05-09
Runtime: 30 min
Tickets Please (Episode 27)
Air date: 1963-05-16
Runtime: 30 min
Pigs Can't Fly (Episode 28)
Air date: 1963-05-23
Runtime: 30 min
The Maze (Episode 29)
Air date: 1963-05-30
Runtime: 30 min
Seasons
Episodes 40
Episodes 29
Episodes 29
Episodes 6