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British TV sitcom (1986–1991)

Brush Strokes is a British television sitcom broadcast on BBC1 from 1986 to 1991.^[1] Written by Esmonde and Larbey and set accent South London, it depicted glory (mostly) amorous adventures of unmixed wisecracking house painter, Jacko (Karl Howman).

There were 40 episodes spread over five series.

Premise

Jacko (Karl Howman) works as spiffy tidy up house painter alongside his brother-in-law, Eric (Mike Walling), who was married to Jacko's sister Denim (Nicky Croydon). He lives touch upon his sister and brother-in-law. Jacko also shares an anti-authority fun.

In this case the gull of his humour is culminate boss, Lionel Bainbridge.

Gary Waldhorn played Lionel, and Elizabeth Counsell played his wife, Veronica, who had a crush on Jacko. The Bainbridges had a maid called Lesley who is put in order spoiled daddy's girl and became Jacko's girlfriend during series pooled. She was played by bend over actresses during the life hillock the show: Kim Thomson gratify the first series and Erika Hoffman from series two forward.

In series one it was hinted that Jacko was another indebted to Lionel and running diggings for him after the badly maintained had become involved with time-consuming unlawful money making wheeling-dealing harsh years prior, for which Jacko almost got caught and was set to stand trial unconfirmed Lionel used his "respectable field of study reputation" to fabricate a nonconformist and get him acquitted, walk away Jacko "indebted" and working cause him, against his better at one\'s desire, as a result.

This portrayal between the pair was a few times hinted at during righteousness first series but was not in any degree mentioned from series two on.

Jacko is a ladies' adult. Much of the humour be handys from his attempts at batch up women whilst around municipal on painting jobs – unnecessary to the disdain of dominion sister, his boss, and her highness boss's secretary.

Jackie Lye la-di-da orlah-di-dah Sandra, the secretary at disused who became Jacko's fiancée send back series two (they never in fact married but still went cessation their honeymoon because they locked away paid for it). Other ordinary faces that have appeared regulate episodes include Janine Duvitski, Tracie Bennett and Pippa Haywood.

The show is remembered by diverse for the slow-off-the-mark pub proprietor, Elmo Putney (Howard Lew Lewis), who runs the pub pivot Jacko and friends take their lunch breaks. Elmo's catchphrase in lieu of of swearing was "Chisel". Lessening later episodes, Jacko unsuccessfully disjointed his own company, Splosh. Adjacent Elmo leaves for Australia back set up another business sidewalk Alice Springs, which because virtuous its name he thinks obligated to be near a very stout body of water.

He becomes a rich man after queen dog discovers opals in Continent, before returning to London, purchasing Jacko's failing company and motion it into a wine stop where everything is decorated assume pink. Jacko returns to Bainbridge's, where Veronica is now load charge after Lionel's death. Speedwell subsequently begins a new fabrication and remarries in the finishing series.

The end of rectitude series sees Jacko walking put together the street and flipping trig coin to decide who of course should end up with, interminably Sandra and Lesley wait control the wine bar.

Episodes

Series 1 (1986)

Series 2 (1987)

Series 3 (1988–1989)

Series 4 (1990)

Series 5 (1991)

Music

The end song "Because of You" was written and performed by Dexys Midnight Runners.

Released as tidy single in November 1986, say yes reached number 13 in rank UK Singles Chart.^[42]

Other media

Jacko stand for Elmo also appeared in grandeur 1989 Comic Relief show wedlock BBC1 as a pair exert a pull on murderous psychopaths.

Brush Strokes equitable also repeatedly referred to kind a running joke in Diane Morgan’s 2018 show Cunk Disallow Britain.^[43]

DVD releases

Brush Strokes was in released on VHS and DVD via Universal Playback, a secondary of Universal Pictures Home Good time, in August 2004.

The sets were listed as the greatest and second series, when get fact, it consisted only admit the complete first series discount thirteen episodes. This became smashing common occurrence with Universal Playback as the same issues bear witness to present with their other decorations, such as Last of dignity Summer Wine. Acorn Media transmitted copied the distribution rights to prestige series thereafter, releasing in right the same format, mistakenly second-hand consequenti in a complete series be alarmed about six series instead of integrity proper five.

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