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The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

1974TV Episode
Comedy
7.5
IMDB Rating
12 votes

Struggling actor Charles Danby meets children's' author Clara Burrell at a boring party and asks her out for an afternoon and teaches her about "who does which, when and whatever."

Director
David Askey
Writers
Terence Brady, Charlotte Bingham
Stars
John Alderton, Pauline Collins, Samantha Birch
Release Date
October 4, 1974
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🎭 Top Cast

John Alderton
John Alderton
as Charles Danby
Pauline Collins
Pauline Collins
as Clara Burrell-Danby
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Samantha Birch
as Freddie
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Desmond Jones
as Barman

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🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

The Facts of Life
by Prismark102025-10-31
6/10

"My experience of No Honestly when it was first broadcast on ITV. We would watch the show preceding it, listen to the catchy theme tune if the opening titles. See the two stars talking to the audience. Then my parents would switch the channel. They would then go back to ITV to watch something like Upstairs Downstairs. So we see the stars talking to the audience again and the catchy end tune would begin. I never mid part of the show until now. Written by husband and wife, Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham. It starred real life married couple Pauline Collins and John Alderton. Once they fi..."

📖 Synopsis

Struggling actor Charles Danby meets children's' author Clara Burrell at a boring party and asks her out for an afternoon and teaches her about "who does which, when and whatever."