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It's A Deal starring Sid James
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Tycoon Sid’s girlfriend Molly seeks a change of career, but a tight dress sparks problems. After the end of his working partnership with Tony Hancock, Sid James was offered this 13-part series. He plays a similar character as in Hancock's Half Hour, but this time he is a property tycoon partnered by the impeccable Dennis Price. Written by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe. This sole surviving example of the series (an off-air recording) is the concluding episode. Sid …. Sid James Dennis …. Dennis Price Molly …. June Whitfield Carole …. Carole Shelley With: Roy Dotrice Wallace Eaton Gwen Lewis Producer: Tom Ronald First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in June 1961.

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