''Don't Forget to Write!'' is a British television

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, broadcast by the

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from 1977 to 1979.

Plot

The central character is Gordon Maple ( George Cole) who was formerly a successful playwright, but is now procrastinating, lacking self-confidence and suffering from

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. He is seen at home with his supportive wife Mabel (

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), son Wilfred (Ron Emslie) and daughter Kate (Claire Walker). They are frequently visited by neighbour Tom Lawrence ( Francis Matthews) who is a confident, suave and successful playwright and cleaner Mrs Field (

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Production

The sitcom was written by the distinguished playwright and screenwriter Charles Wood. Each of the 12 episodes ran for longer than most sitcoms at 50 minutes and there is no

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or live studio audience. The first series of 6 episodes was broadcast on Mondays from 18 April to 23 May 1977 at 9pm, and repeated in 1978, while the second series was shown on Thursdays from 18 January to 22 February 1979 at 10pm and was not repeated. In 2013 a Region 4 DVD was released by

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for the Australian market.DVD warehouse review
Retrieved 11 August 2015 The theme music was performed by The Anthony Isaac Band and features on the LP "Top BBC-TV Themes - Volume 2" issued by BBC Records in 1979 https://www.discogs.com/Various-Top-BBC-TV-Themes-Vol-2/release/2749040

References

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* * BBC television sitcoms 1977 British television series debuts 1979 British television series endings 1970s British sitcoms English-language television shows {{BBC-tv-prog-stub