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The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
1975 5.5 (2 votes) 1 Seasons
Genres
Comedy
Networks
BBC One
Created By
Roy Clarke

The Growing Pains of PC Penrose

Overview

Earnest new recruit PC Penrose has left his home town and joined the force in the Yorkshire town of Slagcaster. He's young and naive but seasoned officer Sergeant Flagg takes him under his wing and shows him the ropes, though his methods can be a little unconventional.

Key Crew

Director: Douglas Argent

Writer: Roy Clarke

Top Cast

Paul Greenwood
Paul Greenwood

PC Penrose

Bryan Pringle
Bryan Pringle

Sergeant Flagg

Alan Foss
Alan Foss

PC Toombes

David Pinner
David Pinner

PC Buttress

Seasons

Season 1 (1975)

No overview available.

7 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Fabulous Eyelashes He's Got
1975-09-02

P.C. Penrose first day on the job bumps in to an expectant father desperate for help. Under the watchful eye of Sergeant Flagg, the pair go in search of the chicken killer.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: The Peeper
1975-09-09

P.C. Penrose and P.C. Buttress are the night shift with a peeping tom is on the loose. Penrose joins Sgt Flagg in dealing with the sudden death of Mr Newbold. Inspector Fox is determined to keep W.P.C. Dean as close as possible.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: For the Love of Billy
1975-09-16

P.C. Buttress is besotted with a blonde friend of his wife. Sgt Flagg and P.C.Penrose go to a domestic where two women fight over who his is the legal wife. Inspector Fox's wandering eye causes a car crash.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Always a Spectator, Never a Player
1975-09-23

W.P.C. Dean is livid the Inspector Fox is going to marry the Honorable Fanny. Flagg decides to take Penrose on a stake out at the White Horse Inn. They looking for a man who is pinching women's bottoms in the park.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: The Melody Lingers On
1975-09-30

P.C's Penrose and Buttress are trapped in a tree when a man starts harassing a group women while dressed in a leotard and sou'wester and riding a bike. Inspector Fox interviews a burglar while rehearsing a ballroom dance routine.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: It's Quiet Midweek
1975-10-07

With Sergeant Flagg and P.C. Buttress at a function in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, P.C. Penrose in charge of Slagcaster station. Inspector Fox reinvents himself as Sherlock Holmes. Clogger brings in a drunk who needs help.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Among Those Appearing
1975-10-17

Sergeant Flack starts to take bets on who will be found guilty or innocent when the officers go to court to give evidence.

Runtime: 30 min

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