The Glums

For the original radio series sketches, see Take It from Here.

The Glums is a British television sitcom which first aired on ITV in 1979. It had its origins in a segment of the 1950s radio show Take It from Here.^[1] The characters were revived as part of Bruce Forsyth's Big Night variety show in 1978, and the following year were given a spin-off which lasted for one series of eight episodes. Frank Muir and Denis Norden adapted their original radio scripts for the series.

The Glums
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Frank Muir Denis Norden
Directed by	John Kaye Cooper John Reardon
Starring	Jimmy Edwards Ian Lavender Patricia Brake
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer	Simon Brett
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	London Weekend Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	11 November (1979-11-11) – 30 December 1979 (1979-12-30)

Main cast

• Jimmy Edwards as Father
• Ian Lavender as Ron
• Patricia Brake as Eth
• Michael Stainton as Ted the landlord