Monday, November 2, 2020

IT TAKES A WORRIED MAN, Series 1

Trailer

This witty comedy is a carefully observed view of life after the age of 30- through the eyes of a man who is forced to realize that, on top of everything else, his bald patch is here to stay. Philip Roath (played by the series' writer, Peter Tilbury) is 35, lazy, self-centered, insecure and with an overdraft to support, a boss who tries in vain to get him to work in return for his salary, an ex-wife who rings periodically to remind him of his inadequacies and an analyst whose problems dwarf his own. Following on the heels of Tilbury's Shelley and Sorry I'm A Stranger Here Myself, the series follows Roath in his uphill struggle to come to terms with his lot. (6 EPS, 1981)