Taxi (UK series)

Taxi, 1963

By 1963 Hancock’s Half Hour almost a distant memory, Sid James was now as busy as ever in new roles.

By now firmly established as a Carry On regular and in the previous year (1962) he’d just finished Citizen James.  In 1963 James would find himself linked with cabbies in more ways than one.  It was the year of Carry On Cabby and in which he had a starring role in the same year he returned to TV with another series centred around…you guessed it, taxis.

Taxi was a Comedy Drama created by the man who brought us Dixon Of Dock Green.  It ran for two series, notching up 26 episodes along the way.

 

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Summary

Sid Stone is a black cab driver who always seems to get tangled up in the problems of others, usually through no fault of his own.

He shares ownership of his cab, at least in the first series, with the wonderfully named Fred Cuddell (pronounced Cuddle), and acts as a mentor to the young Terry Mills, helping him become a black cab driver

Clips

Watch the only surviving episode here

 

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Cast

Sid Stone – Sid James
Fred Cuddell – Bill Owen
Terry Mills – Ray Brooks
Sandra – Diane Aubrey

Details

Channel: BBC1
Created By: Ted Willis
Written By: Ted Willis and others
Original Transmission Dates: 10th July 1963 – 27th June 1964

Archives

Of the 26 episodes broadcast only 1 remains and that’s episode 5 from series 1