| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Starring: | Wendy Craig Paul Daneman (series 1) Ronald Hines (series 2-4) |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Num Series: | 4 |
| Num Episodes: | 39 (31 missing) |
Not in Front of the Children is a BBC Television sitcom, which ran for four series from 1967 to 1970.[1]
It starred Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner, a rather scatterbrained middle-class housewife.[2] For her role she received the 1969 British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Her husband Henry was a school art teacher, played by Paul Daneman in the Comedy Playhouse pilot "House in a Tree" and the first series, and Ronald Hines subsequently.[3] They had three children, a boy in his early teens (played by Hugo Keith-Johnston) and two girls who were slightly younger (played by Roberta Tovey and then Verina Greenlaw, and Jill Riddick).[4] Charlotte Mitchell played her friend Mary.[5]
In later series, she had a baby, and they moved from the London suburb of Battersea to the country.
It is significant mainly as Wendy Craig's first role as a scatty housewife; she played similar roles in several other series over the next 15 years.
A radio adaptation of the programme was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1969 and 1970, with Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews in the leading roles. Charlotte Mitchell was Mary, Roberta Tovey was Trudi and Hugo Keith-Johnston played Robin. The scripts were adapted from the TV scripts by Richard Waring. Since 2015 both series have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.[1]
The eight surviving episodes were released on DVD for the first time on Monday, 8 September 2014.[6]