Slinger's Day

2 Seasons 1986 - 1987 NR 30m 5.9

Slinger's Day is a British sitcom that aired for two seasons from 1986 to 1987, made by Thames Television for the ITV network. It was a continuation of Tripper's Day, which had originally come to a natural end after Leonard Rossiter's...

Slinger's Day is a British sitcom that aired for two seasons from 1986 to 1987, made by Thames Television for the ITV network. It was a continuation of Tripper's Day, which had originally come to a natural end after Leonard Rossiter's death, and, despite the overwhelmingly negative response it had drawn from reviewers and a section of the viewing public, was revived this time with Bruce Forsyth as a different character to Rossiter but fulfilling the same role, that of the manager of a London supermarket with largely incompetent staff. Like Tripper's Day, it was created by Brian Cooke, however, in contrast to the previous series, Cooke only wrote two episodes of the twelve episodes, more than half of them being written by Vince Powell with others being written by Alex Shearer and Sorry! creators Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent, and one episode written by the prolific Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. Slinger's Day represented Forsyth's only ever situation comedy acting role, and he remained more associated with stand-up routines and gameshows.

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Episodes:

Episode 2 Going Bananas

2. Going Bananas

Aired: Sep 10, 1986

Hardie starts recruiting union members, Slinger tries to sell more fruits, Fr...

Episode 3 Butter Wouldn't Melt

3. Butter Wouldn't Melt

Aired: Sep 17, 1986

Slinger tries to make the store more costumer friendly, Dottie catches a shop...

Episode 4 A Right Royal Mix Up

4. A Right Royal Mix Up

Aired: Sep 24, 1986

The Royals are to arrive at the store for the French Cheese celebration to wh...

Episode 5 Black Letter Day

5. Black Letter Day

Aired: Oct 1, 1986

Mr. Morris the area manager comes for a visit to the store, Slinger thinks th...

Episode 6 The Nightshift

6. The Nightshift

Aired: Oct 8, 1986

Still experimenting with the 'Late Night Opening'. Mr. Christian takes it upo...

Info about Slinger's Day

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Genres: Comedy