Ooh La La!

Comedy

Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken identities and impeccable timing.

Episodes

Cast

A Good Night's Sleep

1. A Good Night's Sleep

6th Apr 1968

A husband arrives home late from a fancy-dress ball, waking his wife. The ensuing row is interrupted by a servant bringing bad news.

All Night Sitting

2. All Night Sitting

13th Apr 1968

Two men-about-town plan a romantic evening in a private room at the Café Anglais. Unfortunately the lady picked up at the opera ball turns out to be very different from what they expected, and the evening is further complicated by the arrival of one of their wives.

A Little Bit to Fall Back On

3. A Little Bit to Fall Back On

20th Apr 1968

A gentleman who is trying to rid himself of his mistress and marry a woman of property engages a servant who insults his master's future mother-in-law and puts all the plans in jeopardy.

Above Reproach

4. Above Reproach

27th Apr 1968

In the plush interior of a private room at the Maison d'Or Restaurant two men-about-town arrange a tête-à-tête with two ladies whom they believe to be 'above reproach' but who prove to be exactly the opposite.

Making a Pass

5. Making a Pass

4th May 1968

A middle-aged bachelor and his maiden sister anxiously await the arrival of a wealthy doctor and his daughter, to whom the bachelor is engaged. Both are unaware that they are in the power of their wily servant, who is able to hypnotise them.

Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted

6. Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted

11th May 1968

An ageing dandy calls on a pretty actress - much to the annoyance of her lover and of her doddering old husband, who has informed the police of her infidelity.

Call Me Maestro

7. Call Me Maestro

1st Jul 1968

Dear Lady

8. Dear Lady

8th Jul 1968

The Missing Person

9. The Missing Person

15th Jul 1968

In order to check up on the behaviour of the man who wishes to marry his daughter Francois takes a job as a manservant in the suitor's house.

Two Whole Days

10. Two Whole Days

29th Jul 1968

The action takes place over two days and nights, and the story—very simple and very French—is about the eternal triangle.

The Hasty Hand

11. The Hasty Hand

5th Aug 1968

A shopkeeper who has a daughter of marriageable age spends his time dissuading suitors from pursuing her... then a young artist arrives at the shop to return a handbag belonging to the shopkeeper's wife, which he has found on a bus.

What a Wedding

12. What a Wedding

12th Aug 1968

The story of a hilariously impeded marriage. The mistress of the groom visits her erstwhile lover but her straw hat is eaten by a horse. She must find another straw hat before she goes home to her husband...

First air date

6th Apr 1968

Last air date

16th Jun 1973

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks