™Create a free account to see where Pardon the Expression is streaming, with prices and your services first.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in US
🔔 Notify me about new seasonsSynopsis
Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The sitcom was one of only four spin-offs from the highly popular soap opera Coronation Street. Pardon the Expression itself had a spin-off: Turn out the Lights broadcast in 1967. There wasn't to be another spin-off until the 1980s with The Brothers McGregor, which reused two characters who appeared in a single episode. Leonard Swindley was the central character. Formerly the manager of the fashion retail store "Gamma Garments" in Coronation Street, in this series he is the deputy manager of the department store Dobson and Hawks. His boss in the series was Ernest Parbold played by Paul Dawkins who was replaced by Wally Hunt played by Robert Dorning in series 2. Other regulars were Betty Driver as canteen lady, Mrs Edgeley and Joy Stewart as Miss Sinclair, the boss's secretary.
Episodes
Create a free account to track the episodes you’ve watched.
- E1 The First DayNext upJun 2, 1965 · 30 min
Synopsis
Leonard Swindley starts his new job as Assistant Manager at Dobson and Hawks Department Store. He soon becomes attached to his job in more ways than one when store boss Ernest Parbold sends him to the bank to deposit his specimen signature and collect some change. However when he reaches the bank he realises that he has lost the key to the handcuffs for the money bag he is carrying.
Guest stars: Barbara Young (Pam Plummer), Holly Doone (Mavis Foster)
- E2 The HeadmistressJun 9, 1965 · 30 min
Synopsis
Leonard Swindley tries his hand at super salemanship. His task from Mr Parbold is to land a big order for Dobson and Hawks for a school uniform concession from the headmistress of the local girls school, Miss Buxton, known at all as "Frankenstein's Grandmother". Swindley's old-world charm has made him a big hit with the ladies of Dobson and Hawks.
- E3 The Trouble With AdaJun 16, 1965 · 30 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Barbara Young (Pam Plummer), Holly Doone (Mavis Foster)
- E4 Mannequin ParadeJun 23, 1965 · 30 min
- E5 The DanceJun 30, 1965 · 30 min
- E6 The WeddingJul 7, 1965 · 30 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Leslie Lawton (Wilf Bundy)
- E7 The PensionerJul 14, 1965 · 30 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Mervyn Johns (Jacob Elijah Burgess)
- E8 The VisitorJul 21, 1965 · 30 min
- E9 Birthday PresentJul 28, 1965 · 30 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Barbara Young (Pam Plummer), Holly Doone (Mavis Foster)
- E10 Little Boy LostAug 4, 1965 · 30 min
- E11 The Old One TwoAug 11, 1965 · 30 min
- E12 The Brain DrainAug 18, 1965 · 30 min
Arthur Lowe
Robert Dorning
Betty Driver
Anthony Sharp
John Le Mesurier
