Down The Gate

The bustle and banter of London's iconic Billingsgate fish market provided the backdrop for Reg Varney's first sitcom following his phenomenal success in On the Buses. In the mid-Seventies, Billingsgate was Europe's premier fish market, its turnover running into the hundreds of tons: a muddle of boxes and barrows, merchants and white-smocked porters with their fish boxes perched precariously on their heads. East Ender Varney plays porter Reg Furnell, whose misadventures Down the 'Gate and beyond were charted over two series between 1975 and 1976; Dilys Laye stars as his long-suffering wife, Irene. Although twelve episodes were made only seven now still exist and, for the first time, this set brings together all the remaining episodes of this lesser-known slice of Cockney humour.

English
  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 271463
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired July 18, 1976
  • Recent August 29, 1976
  • Network ITV1
  • Average Runtime 30 minutes
  • Genres Comedy
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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  • Created July 12, 2013 by
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  • Modified July 2, 2022 by
    Chris1979
Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 6
Season 2 July 1976 August 1976 6
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Unassigned Episodes 12
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 12

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