Meet The Wife
 Classic BBC1 comedy which was immortalised by The Beatles in
their song Good Morning Good Morning ("it's time for
tea and Meet the Wife").
The 30 minute show featured Freddie Frinton and Thora Hird as
the Blacklocks, a married couple from up t'North who were
constantly bickering (over the most trivial of matters) but loved
each other dearly underneath it all.
Freddie Blacklock was a plumber by profession who enjoyed the
simple pleasures and would do anything for a quiet life.
Unfortunately, a quiet life was not always possible, thanks to his
domineering and snobbish wife who had ideas above her station.
In scenes that would be echoed many years later in Keeping
Up Appearances, Thora and Fred would speak using their natural
north-country accents when they were alone, but in mixed company -
and especially when answering the telephone - Thora would adopt an
obviously false refinement (referring to her husband as "Frayd").
The series, written by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney and
produced by Robin Nash, was one of the BBC's top rated comedies of
the Sixties.
Freddie Frinton died in 1968 at the age of 53. Dame Thora Hird
went on to become one of Britain's best-loved actresses, appearing
in numerous comedy series', including In Loving Memory, Ours
Is A Nice House and Last of The Summer Wine.
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