Slinger's Day

30min

Comedy

Slinger's Day is a British sitcom that aired for two series from 1986 to 1987, made by Thames Television for the ITV network. It was a continuation of Tripper's Day, which had originally come to a natural end after Leonard Rossiter's death, and, despite the overwhelmingly negative response it had drawn from reviewers and a section of the viewing public, was revived this time with Bruce Forsyth as a different character to Rossiter but fulfilling the same role, that of the manager of a London supermarket with largely incompetent staff. Like Tripper's Day, it was created by Brian Cooke, however, in contrast to the previous series, Cooke only wrote two episodes of the twelve episodes, more than half of them being written by Vince Powell with others being written by Alex Shearer and Sorry! creators Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent, and one episode written by the prolific Andrew Marshall and David Renwick. Slinger's Day represented Forsyth's only ever situation comedy acting role, and he remained more associated with stand-up routines and gameshows.

Episodes

Cast

New Management

1. New Management

30min

3rd Sep 1986

Going Bananas

2. Going Bananas

30min

10th Sep 1986

Butter Wouldn't Melt

3. Butter Wouldn't Melt

30min

17th Sep 1986

A RIght Royal Mix-Up

4. A RIght Royal Mix-Up

30min

24th Sep 1986

Black Letter Day

5. Black Letter Day

30min

1st Oct 1986

The Night Shift

6. The Night Shift

30min

8th Oct 1986

First air date

3rd Sep 1986

Last air date

14th Oct 1987

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks