The Rough with the Smooth

The Rough with the Smooth is a British television sitcom which aired on BBC One. After appearing in 1971 as an episode of the Comedy Playhouse, a single series of six episodes was broadcast in 1975.^[1] The plot revolves two writers, one from East London and the other an Old Etonian, who live and work together on a radio serial. The serial, about a vicar running an urban church, is called "Concrete Pastures".

The Rough with the Smooth
Genre	Sitcom
Written by	Tim Brooke-Taylor John Junkin
Directed by	Jim Franklin Harold Snoad
Starring	Tim Brooke-Taylor John Junkin
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer	Harold Snoad
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC 1
Release	16 July (1975-07-16) – 20 August 1975 (1975-08-20)

Cast

Recurring

• Tim Brooke-Taylor as Richard Woodville
• John Junkin as Harold King
• Richard Hurndall as Mervyn Thackeray
• Jenny Till as Veronica
• Richard McNeff as Policeman
• Michael Knowles as Vicar

Single episodes

• Keith Skues as Radio actor
• Jonathan Cecil as George Robinson
• Allan Cuthbertson as The Salesman
• Robert Dorning as Mr. Andrews
• Sheila Fearn as Sally Thackeray
• Cyd Hayman as Leonie
• Reginald Marsh as Mr. Green
• Annette Andre as Irene Fellowes
• David Daker as Rudolph Culpepper
• Elaine Delmar as Marie
• Sue Lloyd as The American girl
• Barry Cryer as Duggie Doogood
• Bernard Holley as Supermarket Assistant
• Jenny McCracken as Nina
• Alan Tilvern as George
• John Cater as Peter
• Jenny Logan as Beryl
• Karin MacCarthy as Anita
• Jacki Piper as Helen
• Pamela Manson as Mrs. Andrews
• Larry Martyn as Simpson
• Barbara New as Mrs. Arbuthnot
• Christine Paul as Sammy
• Tina Martin as Lynda Andrews
• Ivor Salter as Taxi driver
• Tim Barrett as Hallidays' salesman
• Cleo Sylvestre as Rosalie