Jango (TV series)

1961 British TV comedy series

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Jango

Genre| Comedy, Drama,
Created by| Robert Urquhart
Based on| Murder Stamp (play)
Written by| Mike Watts, Albert Henry Webb, Peter Ling, Sheilah Ward, Don Matthews
Directed by| Cyril Coke
Starring|

* Robert Urquhart
* Moira Redmond

Country of origin| England
No. of series| 1
No. of episodes| 8 (7 missing)
Production
Producer| Cyril Coke
Running time| 25 Minutes
Production company| Associated Television
Original release
Network| ITV
Release| 25 January (1961-01-25) –
22 March 1961 (1961-03-22)

Jango is a British police comedy series produced in 1961 by Associated Rediffusion for ITV. It starred Robert Urquhart in the lead role of Jango Smith, with Moira Redmond as Dee Smith, his wife.[1] The show also featured performances by Peter Sallis and Brian Wilde. The show's writer was Albert Henry Webb and its director was Cyril Coke.[2]

## Plot

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The series Jango developed from single play Murder Stamp. The play Murder Stamp was an episode shown on ITV Television Playhouse in 1960 and so the TV series Jango is meant to be based on the play Murder Stamp but as an eight-episode series. The series is a lighthearted crime series about an off-beat criminologist named Jango Smith.[3]

## Episode status

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The show had eight episodes.[4] All of them were believed to be lost, until the mid-1990s when a kinescope of one episode was discovered. The only episode that has survived in the seventh episode titled Treacle on Three Fingers.

### Series run (1961)

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1. "A Little of What She Fancied" (25 January 1961)
2. "Mind the Doors, Please" (1 February 1961)
3. "The Bumbling Burglar" (8 February 1961)
4. "The Itching Fingers of Lady Ffolkes" (15 February 1961)
5. "Great Day for Jango" (1 March 1961)
6. "Seven Swords of Haversham" (8 March 1961)
7. "Treacle on Three Fingers" (15 March 1961)
8. "Champagne for Bee" (22 March 1961)[5]

## Reception

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The Stage and Television Today criticised the show, writing, "The half-hour needs a dose of good comedy writing to make it work, because at present it is just feeble. A pity that delightful Moira Redmond cannot be featured in a programme of her own. She has an obvious feeling for a piquant comedy role, but cannot really make out with the present material."[2]

## DVD release

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TV Brain/Kaleidoscope has released the one surviving episode of the series on DVD from there online DVD shopping website.[6]

## References

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1. ^ Greig, Ramsden (25 January 1961). "Top Spot". Evening Standard. p. 4\. ProQuest 2712318877.
2. ^ a b "Urquhart's 'Jango' is too off-beat". The Stage and Television Today. No. 4164\. 2 February 1961. p. 15\. ProQuest 962627871.
3. ^ "Jango (original)". British Film Institute.
4. ^ "Jottings". Television Mail. Vol. 3, no. 21\. 13 January 1961. p. 28\. ProQuest 1777208965.
5. ^ "JANGO". nostalgiacentral.com.
6. ^ "Jango - Treacle on Three Fingers". tvbrain.info.

## External links

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* Jango at IMDb

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