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Sitcom Advent Calendar Day Two

Come Back Mrs Noah features Mollie Sugden as Gertrude Noah, in a sci-fi sitcom in which see finds herself stranded with a skeleton crew on a British space station. It was written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft, and directed by Bob Spiers, and aired for one series in 1978.

Mark Lewisohn says:

Not without good reason, Come Back Mrs Noah has been cited in some quarters as one of the worst British sitcoms of all time, but there were some funny lines.

Here’s a clip of the first ten minutes:

And if you want to hear much more about it, why not listen to the always excellent Sitcom Club episode here.

Come Back Mrs Noah
Day Two

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