The Squirrels (1974)

Name: The Squirrels
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Ken Jones, Alan David, Bernard Hepton, Patsy Rowlands, Ellis Jones

Comedy

The Squirrels is a British television sitcom, written by Eric Chappell, who went on to create the Yorkshire Television sitcoms Rising Damp and Only When I Laugh. It ran for 3 series and 28 episodes and was made and broadcast from 1974 to 1977 on the ITV network, by ATV. Phil Redmond, the creator of now defunct Soap-Opera Brookside, was also a writer for the series.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (68 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 2 (1976)

7.60 avg 8 episodes 8.2 → 6.6

Bad finale

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Ashes to Ashes	8.2	12
2	Fluffy-Bun	8.3	7
3	Burke in Clover	7.0	7
4	The New Broom	7.8	7
5	On the Carpet	8.0	6
6	The Renaissance	7.4	6
7	The X Factor	7.5	7
8	The Weaker Sex	6.6	6

Season 3 (1976)

7.70 avg 9 episodes 7.6 → 7.2

Bad finale

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Snatch	7.6	6
2	Leapfrog	8.4	6
4	The Bonus Scheme	7.8	6
5	The Long Hot Summer	7.5	7
6	The Argument	7.4	6
9	The Game's the Thing	8.0	6
10	The Cover Up	7.7	7
11	The Break In	7.7	7
12	Men of Straw	7.2	7

The Squirrels (1974)

Cast

Seasons

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