Bottle Boys

Bottle Boys was a British sitcom running on ITV in the 1980s, the first series running in 1984 and the second and final series in 1985. Starring Robin Askwith as milkman Dave Deacon, the series mined comedy of the broadest sort from randy Dave's amorous adventures, in a style familiar to viewers from Askwith's earlier Confessions films.

The series has acquired something of a reputation as one of the worst British sitcoms ever produced. Mark Lewisohn, writing in the Radio Times Guide to Comedy observes that "ITV sitcoms had often plumbed the depths, but this was the limit", and also notes that Bottle Boys was reputedly despised by comedy executives at ITV. Furthermore, he goes on to pick Bottle Boys as his "worst ever" British sitcom.

The Bottle Boys theme song sums up the shows ethos:

"Milk, eggs and butter, got it all on the float/anything you're short of darling, leave us a note/you'll be glad you wrote it/when you hear the noise/of the rattle of the bottles of the/Bottle Boys!".

Episodes

Series One (1 Sep - 6 Oct 1984):

• Fools Rush In
• God Save Our Dairy
• Danger, Woman at Work
• All in a Day's Work
• One Good Turn
• Here Comes the Groom

Series Two: (13 July - 24 Aug 1985)

• Things That Go Bump in the Night
• I Gotta Horse
• Out of the Frying Pan
• If the Cap Fits
• High Noon
• I Love Paris
• The Milk Cup Runneth Over