The Adventure Of Francie & Josie
Season 3
Created by: Rikki Fulton, Stan Mars
Network: STV
Season aired: 1965-02-02
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Overview
Francie and Josie was a double act performed by Scottish comedians Jack Milroy as Francie and Rikki Fulton (of Scotch and Wry) as Josie. from 1958 - 1990's. In 1962 Scottish Television gave them their own show, The Adventures of Francie and Josie which also starred Clement Ashby, Glen Michael, and Ethel Scott (first wife of Rikki Fulton). The show became a hit, being broadcast by Anglia, Border Television, Grampian Television, Tyne Tees and UTV, and resulted in the pair appearing at the opening of many British Relay TV rental shops. The opening of their first shop, in Airdrie, caused such mayhem that crowds smashed the shop windows.
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Episodes · 13
The Good Deed
Francie and Josie hark back to their schooldays and have a high old time discussing old colleagues nicknames
The Decoy
Josie tries to grin and bear it as two gangsters, Glen Michael and Walter Jackson threaten him Francie came to see the birds...but it seems as if they're all looking at him
The Birds
Two young Edinburgh actresses Elizabeth Carney and Rosemary Davy,appear as a couple of cute Danish au pair girls,Ingrid and Hedy,"A couple of stoaters" is how Francie and Josie describe them,when they meet up with the girls in a railway compartment travelling to Glasgow. Glen Michael and Clem ashby play the girls bearded Danish naval officer friends,Elrich and Ulrich,while ethel scott and Alice Dalehave their accustomed roles of Lizzie and Isa,the long suffering lassies so used to being "stood up" by Francie and Josie.
The Stowaways
The duo are invited over to Belfast for the christening of Josies' sister's wean,and just happen to get on the wrong boat and end up in an Arab country
The Volunteers
The Legacy
The Toff
The Luck Of...?
The Meat In The Sandwich
The Lovebirds
Licence To Kill
The Arty Crafty Brigade
The Song Makers
Francie & Josie join the pop song parade
