# B-And-B

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{{Short description|Television series}}
{{About|the British sitcom||B&B (disambiguation){{!}}B&B}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox television
| image = 
| caption = 
| genre = [Sitcom](/source/Sitcom)
| runtime = 30 minutes 
| creator = [Michael Pertwee](/source/Michael_Pertwee) 
| starring = [Bernard Braden](/source/Bernard_Braden)<br>[Barbara Kelly](/source/Barbara_Kelly)<br>[Kim Braden](/source/Kim_Braden)<BR>Mark Griffith
| country = United Kingdom
| network = [BBC1](/source/BBC_One)
| first_aired = {{Start date|1968|06|07|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1968|12|18|df=y}}
| num_episodes = 8
}}

'''''B-And-B''''' is a British television [sitcom](/source/sitcom) starring [Bernard Braden](/source/Bernard_Braden), his wife [Barbara Kelly](/source/Barbara_Kelly) and their daughter [Kim Braden](/source/Kim_Braden). It was written by [Michael Pertwee](/source/Michael_Pertwee), and aired for a pilot and one series in 1968.

==Cast==
*[Bernard Braden](/source/Bernard_Braden) – Bernie
*[Barbara Kelly](/source/Barbara_Kelly) – Barbara
*[Kim Braden](/source/Kim_Braden) – Sally
*Mark Griffith – Johnny
*[Pauline Collins](/source/Pauline_Collins) – Chantal ''(pilot)''

==Plot==
This domestic sitcom stars married couple Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly as a married couple who both have successful showbusiness careers, and clearly there was an ounce of realism in the programme. In the pilot, Bernie falls for Chantal, their [French](/source/France) au pair. Bernie thinks his wife is having an affair, they both think their children are taking drugs and in the final episode the couple contemplate divorce.

==Episodes==

===Pilot (1968)===
*Pilot (7 June 1968) (part of ''[Comedy Playhouse](/source/Comedy_Playhouse)'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Comedy Playhouse – BBC1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1f68d1a8d9a74354864478df17d4fd3c |access-date=26 March 2026 |magazine=[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times) |location=London, United Kingdom |date=7 June 1968 |via=[BBC Genome Project](/source/BBC_Genome_Project)}}</ref>

===Series One (1968)===
#"No Son of Mine" (6 November 1968)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=B-and-B – BBC1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/40ae79f522364be4aba37844822b4b24 |access-date=26 March 2026 |magazine=[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times) |location=London, United Kingdom |date=6 November 1968 |via=[BBC Genome Project](/source/BBC_Genome_Project)}}</ref>
#"In Times of Crisis" (13 November 1968)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=B and B – BBC1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/8bb3c1b75d2e407abadacb6c46fdbeaf |access-date=26 March 2026 |magazine=[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times) |location=London, United Kingdom |date=13 November 1968 |via=[BBC Genome Project](/source/BBC_Genome_Project)}}</ref>
#"Baby Talk" (20 November 1968)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=B and B – BBC1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/80e925e044df4f57943818856148921a |access-date=26 March 2026 |magazine=[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times) |location=London, United Kingdom |date=20 November 1968 |via=[BBC Genome Project](/source/BBC_Genome_Project)}}</ref>
#"Roger" (27 November 1968)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=B and B – BBC1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/7164a400862b47d4a5894791acfbbf78 |access-date=26 March 2026 |magazine=[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times) |location=London, United Kingdom |date=27 November 1968 |via=[BBC Genome Project](/source/BBC_Genome_Project)}}</ref>
#"Come to the Aid of the Party" (4 December 1968)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=B and B – BBC1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/1161ce96b8a24d6f9f8d3adb19cb1a88 |access-date=26 March 2026 |magazine=[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times) |location=London, United Kingdom |date=4 December 1968 |via=[BBC Genome Project](/source/BBC_Genome_Project)}}</ref>
#"Pryde and Prejudice"  (11 December 1968)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=B and B – BBC1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2a504e8f961c4db4b6fb52d3262b0fc2 |access-date=26 March 2026 |magazine=[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times) |location=London, United Kingdom |date=11 December 1968 |via=[BBC Genome Project](/source/BBC_Genome_Project)}}</ref>
#"Anniversary Schmaltz" (18 December 1968)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=B and B – BBC1 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2a03c65016444441bdca2b25f3c8e0b2 |access-date=26 March 2026 |magazine=[Radio Times](/source/Radio_Times) |location=London, United Kingdom |date=18 December 1968 |via=[BBC Genome Project](/source/BBC_Genome_Project)}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*[Mark Lewisohn](/source/Mark_Lewisohn), "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
*[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/bandb/index.html British TV Comedy Guide for ''B-And-B'']

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0247856|B-And-B}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|sitcom|sitcoms/b_and_b.shtml|B-And-B}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:B-And-B}}
Category:1968 British television series debuts
Category:1968 British television series endings
Category:1960s British sitcoms
Category:BBC television sitcoms
Category:Comedy Playhouse
Category:Lost BBC television shows

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