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La Frenais, Ian (1936-) and Clement, Dick (1937-)
 

Film & TV credits


Television credits
(all Clement & La Frenais except where indicated)
 
THE LIKELY LADS (series 1)BBC2 tx 16/12/1964-20/1/1965 (6 eps)script
CHRISTMAS NIGHT WITH THE STARS: The Likely LadsBBC1 tx 25/12/1964script
THE LIKELY LADS (series 2)BBC2 tx 16/6-21/7/1965 (6 eps)script
LATE NIGHT LINE-UPBBC2 tx 7/1/1966script
THE LIKELY LADS (series 3)BBC2 tx 4/6-23/7/1966 (8 eps)script
COMEDY PLAYHOUSE: The Time and Motion ManBBC1 tx 29/7/1965script
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF LUCKY JIMBBC1 tx 2/5-13/6/1967 (7 eps)script
MR AITCHITV tx 6/1-21/4/1967 (15 eps)script
THE TRAIN NOW STANDING: The Shape of Things To ComeITV tx 27/5/1972script [La Frenais]
THE TWO RONNIESBBC1 tx 14/10/1972script
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE LIKELY LADS (series 1)BBC1 tx 9/1-3/4/1973 (13 eps)script
SEVEN OF ONE: Prisoner and EscortBBC2 tx 1/4/1973script
SEVEN OF ONE: I'll Fly You for a QuidBBC2 tx 6/5/1973script
THE TRAIN NOW STANDING: Brief EncounterITV tx 8/7/1973script [La Frenais]
THE TRAIN NOW STANDING: A Night to RememberITV tx 15/7/1973script [La Frenais]
THE TRAIN NOW STANDING: Goodbye SailorITV tx 26/8/1973script [La Frenais]
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE LIKELY LADS (series 2)BBC1 tx 1/1-9/4/1974 (13 eps)script
THICK AS THIEVESITV tx 1/6-20/7/1974 (8 eps)script
PORRIDGE (series 1)BBC1 tx 5/9-10/10/1974 (6 eps)script
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE LIKELY LADSBBC1 tx 24/12/1974script
ONLY ON SUNDAYBBC1 tx 18/6/1975script
CAPTIVE AUDIENCEBBC1 tx 2/7/1975script
PORRIDGE (series 2)BBC1 tx 24/10-28/11/1975 (6 eps)script
PORRIDGEBBC1 tx 24/12/1975script
THE LIVELY ARTS: The Unlikely Lads: Dick Clement and Ian La FrenaisBBC2 tx 10/10/1976script
PORRIDGEBBC1 tx 24/12/1976script
PORRIDGE (series 3)BBC1 tx 18/2-25/3/1977 (6 eps)script
THREE PIECE SUITEBBC2 tx 15/3/1977script
GOING STRAIGHTBBC1 tx 24/2-7/4/1978 (6 eps)script
THE OTHER 'ARF (series 1)ITV tx 30/5-11/7/1980 (6 eps)script editors
THE OTHER 'ARFITV tx 4/1/1981script editors
THE OTHER 'ARF (series 2)ITV tx 24/4-29/5/1981 (6 eps)script editors
ASTRONAUTSITV tx 26/10-7/12/1981 (7 eps)script editors
SHINE ON HARVEY MOON (series 1)ITV tx 8/1-12/2/1982 (6 eps)script editors
POSHITV tx 5/4/1982script editors
HARRY CARPENTER NEVER SAID IT WAS LIKE THISITV tx 9/6/1982executive producers
SHINE ON HARVEY MOON (series 2)ITV tx 10/9-15/10/1982 (6 eps)script editors
FURTHER ADVENTURES OF LUCKY JIMBBC2 tx 1/11-13/12/1982 (7 eps)script
THE OTHER 'ARF (series 3)ITV tx 12/11-17/12/1982 (6 eps)script editors
ANYONE FOR DENIS?ITV tx 28/12/1982director [Clement]
SUNSET LIMOUSINEUS TV 12/10/1983script
AUF WIEDERSEHEN, PET (series 1)ITV tx 11/11/1983-10/2/1984 (13 pts)script
THE OTHER 'ARF (series 4)ITV tx 24/2-30/3/1984 (6 eps)script editors
THE OTHER 'ARFITV tx16/3/1984script
WOGANBBC1 tx 20/10/1984guests
IN AT THE DEEP END: Film ActorBBC1 tx 24/10/1984on-screen participants
ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN (series 1)ITV tx 25/2-1/4/1985 (6 eps)script editors [La Frenais]
MOG (series 1)ITV tx 26/5-30/6/1985 (6 eps)script
HEROESBBC, tx. 22/7/1985on-screen participants
LOVEJOY: The Firefly CageBBC1 tx 10/1/1986script [La Frenais]
LOVEJOY: The Axeman ComethBBC1 tx 17/1/1986script [La Frenais]
LOVEJOY: The StingBBC1 tx 24/1/1986script [La Frenais]
LOVEJOY: Friends, Romans and EnemiesBBC1 tx 31/1/1986script [La Frenais]
LOVEJOY: The Judas PairBBC1 tx 7/2/1986script [La Frenais]
AUF WIEDERSEHEN, PET (series 2)ITV tx 21/2-16/5/1986 (13 pts)script
LOVEJOY: The March of TimeBBC1 tx 28/2/1986script [La Frenais]
LOVEJOY: Death and VeniceBBC1 tx 7 & 14/3/1986 (2 pts)script [La Frenais]
MOG (series 2)ITV tx 5/7-16/8/1986 (8 eps)script
LENNY HENRY TONITE: Neighbourhood WatchBBC1 tx 25/9/1986script
FREDDIE AND MAXITV tx 12/11-17/12/1990 (6 eps)script
LOVEJOY: Just DessertsBBC1 tx 6/1/1991script
SPENDER: The HomecomingBBC1 tx 8/1/1991script [La Frenais]
SPENDER: Double JeopardyBBC1 tx 22/1/1991script [La Frenais]
SPENDER: IcedBBC1 tx 5/2/1991script [La Frenais]
BILLYABC (US) 1992script
OLD BOY NETWORKITV tx 16/2-12/4/1992 (7 eps)script
LOVEJOY: The Prague SunBBC1 tx 26/12/1992script
FULL STRETCHITV tx 5/1-9/2/1993script
TRACEY ULLMAN: A CLASS ACTITV tx 9/1/1993script
OVER THE RAINBOWITV tx 11/7-29/8/1993 (8 eps)script
TRACEY ULLMAN TAKES ON NEW YORKHBO (US) 9/10/1993; ITV tx 9/1/1994script
LOVEJOY: The Lost ColonyBBC1 tx 27/12/1993script
LOVEJOY: Last Tango in LavenhamBBC1 tx 4/12/1994script
SHINE ON HARVEY MOONITV tx 23/4/1995script
SHINE ON HARVEY MOONITV tx 14/5/1995script
SHINE ON HARVEY MOONITV tx 21/5/1995script
SHINE ON HARVEY MOONITV tx 28/5/1995script
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Jimmy NailITV tx 15/10/1995interviewee [La Frenais]
TRACEY TAKES ON...: NOSTALGIAHBO (US) tx 7/2/1996; Channel 5 tx 15/1/1998script
TRACEY TAKES ON...: ROYALTYHBO (US) tx 14/2/1996; Channel 5 tx 22/1/19981996script
TRACEY TAKES ON...: FAMILYHBO (US) tx 21/2/1996script
TRACEY TAKES ON...: LAWHBO (US) tx 28/2/1996; Channel 5 tx 15/1/1998script
TRACEY TAKES ON...HBO (US) 24/1/1996-17/3/1999; Channel 5 tx 8/1/1998-13/1/2000 (47 edns)supervising producers
OMNIBUS: Whatever Happened To... Clement & La Frenais?BBC1 tx 20/7/1997interviewees
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Marks and GranITV tx 1/2/1998on-screen participants
OMNIBUS: Laughter in the House: The Story of British SitcomBBC1 tx 24/3-9/4/1999 (3 pts)interviewees
FIRST DRAFTBBC2 tx 18 & 25/4/2000interviewees
BIG SHOTSChannel 4 tx 27/10/2001on-screen participants
HEROES OF COMEDY: Leonard RossiterChannel 4 tx 27/12/2001interviewee
A TRIBUTE TO THE LIKELY LADSITV tx 11/2/2002script
AUF WIEDERSEHEN, PET (series 1)BBC1 tx 28/4-2/6/2002 (6 pts)script
DARKNESS AT HIGH NOON: THE CARL FOREMAN DOCUMENTSPBS (US) 17/9/2002on-screen participants
PETER COOK - AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO THE UNIVERSEBBC2 tx 28/12/2002interviewee [Clement]
COMEDY CONNECTIONS: PorridgeBBC1 tx 9/6/2003interviewees
AUF WIEDERSEHEN, PET (series 2)BBC1 tx 4/1-8/2/2004 (6 pts)script
BRITAIN'S BEST SITCOM: The LaunchBBC2 tx 10/1/2004interviewees
RONNIE BARKER: A BAFTA TRIBUTEBBC2 tx 7/2/2004on-screen participants
BRITAIN'S BEST SITCOM: PorridgeBBC2 tx 21/2/2004interviewees
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BBC TWOBBC2 tx 20/4/2004interviewees
PORRIDGE @ 30UK Gold tx 4/9/2004interviewees
THE ROTTERS' CLUBBBC2 tx 26/1-9/2/2005 (3 pts)script
BREAKFASTBBC1 tx 26/1/2005interviewee [Clement]
ARCHANGELBBC1 tx 19 & 20/3/2005 (2 pts)script
DRAMA CONNECTIONS: Auf Wiedersehen, PetBBC1 tx 6/9/2005interviewees
 
Film credits
(all Clement & La Frenais except where indicated)
 
THE JOKERS1966screenplay
HANNIBAL BROOKS1968screenplay [La Frenais]
OTLEY1968screenplay [La Frenais]
THE TOUCHABLES1968screenplay [La Frenais]
THE VIRGIN SOLDIERS1969additional dialogue [La Frenais]
A SEVERED HEAD1970production associate [La Frenais]
CATCH ME A SPY / KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED1971director [Clement]; associate producer [La Frenais]; screenplay
VILLAIN / BURDEN OF PROOF1971screenplay
PERCY'S PROGRESS / IT'S NOT THE SIZE THAT COUNTS1974additional dialogue [La Frenais]
LOOK AT YOURSELF1974script [La Frenais]
THE LIKELY LADS1976screenplay
PROUDFOOT'S LAST STAND (OR HOW TO GET MORE OUT OF A BANK THAN A BANK GETS OUT OF YOU)1978director [La Frenais]
PORRIDGE1979director [Clement]; producer [La Frenais]; 2nd unit director [La Frenais]; screenplay
THE PRISONER OF ZENDAUS, 1979script
TO RUSSIA... WITH ELTON1979director; producer; script
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN / WARHEADUK/US, 1983additional dialogue (uncredited)
BULLSHOT1983producers
WATER1985producers; screenplay
VICE VERSAUS, 1988producers; screenplay
THE COMMITMENTSUK/US, 1991producers; screenplay
ROSEANNA'S GRAVE / FOR ROSEANNA1996screenplay (uncredited)
THE ROCK1996additional dialogue (uncredited)
EXCESS BAGGAGEUS, 1997screenplay
STILL CRAZYUK/US, 1998executive producers; screenplay
HONESTUK/France, 2000executive producers; screenplay
PEARL HARBORUS, 2001screenplay (uncredited)
GOAL!UK/US/Japan, 2005screenplay
 
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GUINNESS: Streebe-Greebling (English)1976director [Clement]
GUINNESS: Streebe-Greebling (Scottish)1976director [Clement]
GUINNESS: Unforgettable1976director [Clement]
GUINNESS: Plinths1976director [Clement]