Quiz

[Trojan]

In a Leeds based sit-com:Who was the manager of the "Meanside and Beestly Savings Bank?"Who played him?What connection had he to Rugby League?Who wrote the series?

[Cardiarms]

By the power of google, this is all I could find:"Inside George WebleyThe late great Roy Kinnear starred as George Meredith Webley, in this Yorkshire Television produced sitcom about a bank clerk who was guaranteed to add the word pooper to party and crushing to bore. George worked for the aptly named Meanside and Beestley Savings Bank in Leeds and in his spare time (actually in his work time, too) thought it his duty to bore everyone rigid, including his long-suffering wife, Rosemary (Patsy Rowlands), with trivia, perpetually worrying about everything in the world and complaining that he had suffered every illness known to man. George was the eternal pessimist and approached life with the attitude that if something was going to go wrong - it would! The series was the first of several collaborations between Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall, which included a TV adaptation of the latter's solo novel 'Billy Liar' ('Billy'), Diana Dors' sitcom 'Queenie's Castle' and an adaptation of Barbara Euphan Todd's eternal scarecrow stories featuring 'Worzel Gummidge' (as played by Jon Pertwee). It was also notable for including something of a who's who of British character actors and comedians such as James Bolam, Peter Butterworth, Les Dawson, Clive Dunn, Hattie Jacques, Roy Hudd, Dandy Nichols, Graham Stark and Max Wall. "

[PJ]

Roy Kinnear's father played professional Rugby Leahue for Wigan and Great Britain.

[Trojan]

That didn't last long did it? However, the infromation comes from a book called "On Behalf of the Committee" a history of Northern comedy which is a mine of such little gems and an excellent read. I'm up to Barry Cryer at the moment. Looking forward to Les Dawson - although a Manc, his ITV programme "Sez Les" was made at YTV on Kirkstall Road and there used to be many references to Leeds in his monologues - I went to see a recording in the seventies. Felix Bowness the jockey from Hi de HI was the warm up man.    

[dogduke]

It stuck in my mind the the full title was'Inside the mindof George Webley,could be wrong though.By coincidence- the YEP(groan)ran an article on a guy who didCompo's stunts in Summer Wine and he had been in that program or as the YEP said 'insde George Wobley'