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Up Pompeii - the stage comedy
Wyatt's Watchdogs
(Working title Every Street Should Have One)
BBC sitcom, 1988 starring Brian Wilde and Trevor Bannister.

This was my first TV sitcom and was very much Ealing comedy inspired. Set in the commuter village of Bradly Bush (actually filmed on location in Claygate, Surrey), retired soldier Major John Wyatt is spurred into action after his sister Edwina’s home is burgled in broad daylight.  

Ignoring correct police procedures, he forms his own Neighbourhood Watch group of incompetents and patrols the streets in his Range Rover known locally as the ‘Dogmobile’.

The Watch members are a hopeless bunch drawn together to fight crime, and bungling and personality clashes are highly evident. Brian Wilde as Major Wyatt clashes worst of all with Peter Pitt (Trevor Bannister), a smooth-talking womaniser and burglar-alarm salesman. He only has one thing in mind - to flog his alarms and meet women!  

Other regular characters include the glamorous man-eater Virginia, an interfering Vicar and a frustrated police sergeant, Springer.

CAST
Major John Wyatt..................................................................Brian Wilde  
Peter Pitt.........................................................................Trevor Bannister
Edwina Lewis-Dowding.........................................................Anne Ridler
Virginia Lovell......................................................................April Walker
Sergeant Springer..............................................................James Warrior
Vicar................................ ...................................................David Jackson  
Archie (pilot episode only)..................................................Tom Radcliffe
Wyatt’s Watchdogs
Trevor Bannister, myself and Brian Wilde.
As usual producer/director Alan J.W. Bell had it all taped up!
Credits:
Derek Evans - Designer.  
Elmer Cossey - Film Cameraman (Pilot).
Alan Stevens - Film Cameraman
John Dunstan - Film Editor
Miles Tredinnick - Creator/Scriptwriter
Ronnie Hazlehurst - Music
Alan J. W. Bell - Director/Producer
Watch a clip from Wyatt’s Watchdogs here.
Number of episodes: 6 x 30 minutes
Transmission: 17th October - 21st November 1988, BBC1 Monday 8pm
Guest Stars

Episode One: One Big, One Not So Big
Julia Binstead and Sarah Whitlock.

Episode Two: Getting Out And Spreading The Word
Noel Johnson, Lisa Bloor, Deborah Lavin, Frank Tregear, Richard Kane, Mary Blatchford, Ian Redford, Margaret Ashley, Helena McCarthy, Gabrielle Blunt and Aimee Delamain.

Episode Three: Mark It Or Bust! (Directed by Andy Smith)
Eva Stuart, Timothy Carlton and Andrew Reardon.

Episode Four: There Are Fairy Cakes At The Bottom Of My Garden
Robin Parkinson, Julie Morgan and Diana Fulker.

Episode Five: Just Act Natural
Frederick Treves, Keith Smith, Russell Wootton, Richard Davies, Belinda Lee, Pamela Dale, Charles Appleby and Frank Tregear.

Episode Six: A Clot On The Landscape
Clive Mantle, Claire Lacey, Martin Benson and Roger Ostime.
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