Budgie (1971)

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Budgie is a popular British television series starring former popstar Adam Faith which was produced by ITV company London Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network between 1971 and 1972. The series was created by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall . The show was produced by Verity Lambert, Rex Firkin was the Executive producer.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (349 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 -0.6 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1971)

7.04 avg 13 episodes 7.1 → 7.2 51 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Out	7.1	48
2	Some Mothers' Sons	6.8	40
3	Brains	6.9	37
4	Grandee Hotel	7.7	42
5	In Deep	7.0	34
6	Could Do Better	7.1	32
7	Best Mates	7.1	34
8	Everybody Loves a Baby	7.1	33
9	A Pair of Charlies	6.8	34
10	Fiddler on the Hoof Episode 1	6.7	28
11	Fiddler on the Hoof Episode 2	6.6	27
12	Sunset Mansions or Whatever Happened to Janey-Baib?	7.4	33
13	And in Again	7.2	27

Season 2 (1972)

7.02 avg 13 episodes 7.0 → 7.6 48 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dreaming of Thee	7.0	32
2	And the Lord Taketh Away	7.1	30
3	Louie the Ring Is Dead and Buried in Kensal Green Cemetery	6.7	31
4	The Jump Up Boys	6.9	31
5	Our Story So Far...	6.9	34
6	Do Me a Favour	7.5	28
7	Glory of Fulham	6.3	28
8	Twenty-Four Thousand Ball Point Pens	7.4	27
9	King for a Day	7.0	27
10	The Outside Man	6.5	28
11	The Man Outside	6.9	33
12	Brief Encounter	7.4	26
13	Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit, Run, Run, Run.	7.6	39

Budgie (1971)

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