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''There's Nothing to Worry About!'' is a British television series that ran on ITV Granada in 1982. The sketch comedy show was the first screen collaboration between the comedy duo
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). Other cast members include Emma Thompson,
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, Paul Shearer and
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. The show was designed by ITV as an answer to the popular
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was initially approached to star, but he dropped out. Three episodes of the show were produced and it was only broadcast in Granada Television's ITV region ( North West England). The same cast was then used for the sketch show '' Alfresco'' (1983–4), albeit with Shearer replaced by
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, which ran for two series nationwide. ''There's Nothing to Worry About'' effectively worked as a
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for ''Alfresco'' and several sketches from the former were reproduced in the latter.


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* {{Ben Elton 1980s British television sketch shows 1982 British television series debuts 1982 British television series endings English-language television shows ITV comedy ITV sketch shows Television series by ITV Studios Television shows produced by Granada Television