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Interesting
McGee Facts
- The first Labour Exchange Clerk of
"The Worker" wasn't Henry McGee but Percy Herbert,
who played "Mr. Whittaker".
- "The Worker" was revived twice.
The first time in 1970 when two series were produced for ATV
and in 1978 when "The Worker" was included within
"Bruce Forsyth's "Big Night Out".
- The Labour Exchange was situated in
Weybridge.
- Charlie Drake was described as being
"a little sh*t" by former
Rutle Barry Wong
Neat Places to Visit
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980 Jobs in
twenty years. Will Weybridge ever be the same?
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The Worker was based around a Charlie Drake idea, of the ultimately
unemployable man. The concept being that "The Worker" (Charlie), who whilst
willing to work, was actually, incapable of holding down a full job. In fact,
Charlie is incapable of holding down a job longer than a day.
This, of course, exasperated, the clerk at the labour
exchange. Henry McGee made this role his own in the five(ish) series of
"The Worker". The shows involved a variety of scenarios and situations
with a varying cast, but it was always the Labour Exchange, that acted as a
central pivotal point for the shows stories. Henry McGee played that clerk (Mr. Pugh)
for a majority of the time on this show and then established a good working
relationship with Charlie Drake in many of Charlie's subsequent shows/comedy specials
| Prog
Detail |
Dates |
Episodes |
| Series
1 |
27 Feb - 3
APR 1965
NOT co-starring Henry McGee |
[6 *
35mins] |
| Series
2 |
2 Oct - 13
Nov 1965 |
[7 *
35mins ] |
| Series
3 |
29 Dec 1969
- 26 Jan1970 |
[5 *
30mins ] |
| Series
4 |
6 Aug - 17
Sep 1970 |
[7 *
30mins ] |
| Short
Christmas Day Special 1970 within "All Star Comedy
Carnival" |
25 Dec 1970 |
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| Series
5
Part of Bruce Forsyth's "Big Night Out"] |
7 Oct - 18
Nov + 16 Dec 1978 |
[10 *
15mins ] |
| "The
Worker" Special |
17 Dec
1978 |
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| Short
Special (part of Brice Forsyth's Christmas Eve ) |
24 Dec 1978 |
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