His Working Vacation
Odd Man Out (1977) is the first of two Britcoms starring John Inman that were produced while Are You Being Served? (his hit series) was on hiatus.* In the opener, “A Chip off the Old Block,” John is Neville, the owner of a fish and chip shop who inherits half of a hard candy factory from his now-dead father. After John, the most familiar faces in the cast (to me, anyway) are Josephine Tewson (Keeping Up Appearances) as Dorothy, Neville’s stepsister, and Vivienne Johnson (Are You Being Served?) as Marilyn, a factory worker. As a whole, the show has as much substance as the candy made at the factory. Even so, fans of John Inman and Britcoms will want to give it at least one look. (All seven episodes can be found online.)
* - The other is Take a Letter, Mr. Jones (1981).