Both Ends Meet

For 1954 play directed by Peter Brook, see Arthur Macrae.

Both Ends Meet is a 1972 British sitcom television series for London Weekend Television set around women working in a sausage factory. It featured veteran actress Dora Bryan as Dora Page, a working class widow raising her son alone.^[1] The first series of seven episodes went to air as Both Ends Meet, but the second series was titled simply Dora.^[2]

Both Ends Meet
Genre	Comedy
Starring	Dora Bryan Ivor Dean Wendy Richard
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	London Weekend Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	19 February (1972-02-19) – 10 November 1972 (1972-11-10)

The supporting cast included Deddie Davies^[3] and relative newcomer Wendy Richard^[4]

Series cast

• Dora Bryan, as Dora Page
• Ivor Dean, as factory owner Julius Cannon
• Wendy Richard, as Maudie
• Pat Ashton, as Glad
• Deddie Davies, as Flo
• Timothy Bateson, George Rogers
• Fanny Carby Hilda Rogers
• Meadows White, Mr. Page
• Paddy Ward, Fred
• Joan Benham, Mrs. Templeton-Smythe
• John Lyons Harry
• David Howe, Ronnie
• Patricia Hamilton, Miss Cornelius (guest appearances by the British actress, in real life wife of lead actor Ivor Dean)

Episodes

• Firm Foundations
• Random Sample
• The Lamp Still Burns
• Party Piece
• The Spring Collection
• Come Fly with Me
• Fancy Meeting You Here
• Conversation Piece - Series 2 "Dora" Episode 1
• Dear Little Agatha Jane
• Dinner at Eight
• Get Me to the Pub on Time
• A Man About the House
• The Jet Setters