Rosie (TV series)


Rosie is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that was broadcast between 1977 and 1981. It was set in the fictitious Yorkshire town of Ravensbay however, the seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire was used for location filming.
The central character was PC Penrose, a young and inexperienced police officer, played by Paul Greenwood.
The titular character is a nod towards Charles Penrose, who famously recorded the comedy song "The Laughing Policeman".
Rosie was preceded by an earlier series of seven episodes, broadcast in 1975, called The Growing Pains of PC Penrose which was set in the fictitious Yorkshire town of Slagcaster and filmed in Clarke's native South Yorkshire, with the majority of the opening scenes of series one filmed in the village of New Rossington, although the colliery shown in episode one is possibly Hatfield Colliery. The series then underwent a revamp with a new title, setting and signature tune.

Cast

Episodes

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Series 1

  • "Woman Pressure"
  • "A Smile from Antonio"
  • "I Wish They Wouldn't Call Me Son"
  • "Sunday"
  • "Wholesale Fish"
  • "The Cheese and Wine"

Series 2

  • "Mirror, Mirror on the Floor"
  • "Wilmot Gets a Bad Case of Big Cyril's Second Wife"
  • "Wilmot Gets an Even Worse Case of Big Cyril's Second Wife"
  • "The Eyes of the Law"
  • "Complications"
  • "Further Complications"
  • "Our Intrepid Birdmen"

Series 3

  • "Those Wonderful People in the C.I.D."
  • "Free Sample"
  • "The Worm that Turns Us All"
  • "Happy Birthday, Mr Chizlehurst"
  • "Looking for Herbie"
  • "Turn Left at the Parrot"
  • "A Day in the Country"

Series 4

  • "Tune on a Silent Dog Whistle"
  • "Arresting Gordon by Instalments"
  • "You're Beautiful, Miss Parkinson"
  • "The Eight-Foot Goat"
  • "Big Night at Freezi-Pops"
  • "An Informer for Engelbert"
  • "Caught in the Act"

DVD release

The complete series of The Growing Pains of PC Penrose was previously released on DVD in 2007; however,, Rosie has not yet been released.