340 A Sharp Intake of Breath

First  watched : Uncertain

This  show  started  following  Coronation  Street  on  a  Monday  in  February  1978  but  when  I  first  caught  it  is  anyone's  guess. It  is  chiefly  remembered  for  giving  David  Jason  his  first  starring  role  as  Peter  Barnes,  the  Everyman  continually  frustrated  by  petty  bureaucrats  and  jobsworths  always  played  ( as  different  characters )   by   Richard  Wilson  ( who  must  surely  have  been  aware  of  the  similarity  of  the  premise  when  making  One  Foot  In  The  Grave  years  later )  and  Alun  Armstrong. I  remember  it  as  being  pretty  funny  but  I  never  watched  it  religiously. It  ran  for  four  series ( although  1980 's  only  ran  for  three  episodes)  until  1981  when  Jason  moved  on  to  his  most  famous  vehicle.