Never the Twain - Season 1 - Eps 4: A Matched Pair
Oliver's antiques shop is burgled. A pair of pistols is reported missing, but when these mysteriously turn up in Simon's shop Oliver turns this misfortune into an opportunity to make money from an insurance claim. Simon is arrested when a police officer spots the pistols in his shop window. To encourage Oliver to assist him in getting the charges dropped he agrees to help Oliver get membership at his golf club.
About Never the Twain
Title: Never the Twain
First Air Date: 1981-09-07
Last Air Date: 1991-10-09
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 8 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 11
Total Episodes: 67
Network: ITV1
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Never the Twain is a British sitcom that ran for eleven series from 7 September 1981 to 9 October 1991. It was created by Johnnie Mortimer, and was the only sitcom he ever created without his usual writing partner, Brian Cooke. Mortimer wrote the entirety of the first two series and four episodes out of six of the eighth, with the rest being mainly written by Vince Powell and John Kane. It starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, and also starred Derek Deadman, Zara Nutley, Robin Kermode, Tacy Kneale, Julia Watson, Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner and Maria Charles. The title is taken from the Rudyard Kipling poem; The Ballad of East and West.
Cast
Donald Sinden
Simon Peel
Windsor Davies
Oliver Smallbridge
Zara Nutley
Aunt Eleanor
Honor Blackman
Teddy Turner
Banks
Derek Deadman
Ringo
