Mess Mates

Mess Mates is a British comedy television series which originally aired on ITV between 1960 and 1962.^[1] It is set on the coastal vessel SS Guernsey where Captain Briskett has to keep a watchful eye on his rowdy and conniving sailors. A number of the scripts were written by Talbot Rothwell shortly before he became the established writer of the Carry On film series.

Mess Mates
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Talbot Rothwell Lew Schwarz
Directed by	Graeme MacDonald Eric Fawcett Kenneth Carter
Starring	Archie Duncan Sam Kydd Ronald Hines
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	40
Production
Producer	Eric Fawcett
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Granada Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	28 June 1960 (1960-06-28) – 13 March 1962 (1962-03-13)

Cast

Main

• Archie Duncan as Captain Biskett
• Sam Kydd as 'Croaker' Jones
• Ronald Hines as 'Dapper' Drake
• Dermot Kelly as Blarney Finnigan
• Fulton Mackay as Willie McGuinniss
• Victor Maddern as 'Tug' Nelson
• Frank Atkinson as 'Fry-Up' Dodds
• Michael Balfour as 'Twinkle' Martin