Colin's Sandwich (1988)

10/18/1988 (EN) • 30m

Comedy

Overview

Colin's Sandwich is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC2 in 1988 and 1990 which stars Mel Smith as Colin Watkins, a British Rail clerk who aspired to be a horror writer. The show was written by Paul Smith and Terry Kyan and ran for two series of six episodes. In the second series, Colin manages to achieve some small successes as a writer.

Top Billed Cast

Mel Smith

Colin Watkins

12 Episodes

Louisa Rix

Jenny Anderson

12 Episodes

Mike Grady

Des

12 Episodes

Annette Crosbie

Joyce Watkins

12 Episodes

Nicholas Ball

Alan Hunter

12 Episodes

Andrew Robertson

Travers

12 Episodes

Lee Cornes

Graham

12 Episodes

Tony Haase

Trevor

12 Episodes

Kim Clifford

Mandy

12 Episodes


Last Season

Season 2

1990 | 6 Episodes

Season 2 of Colin's Sandwich premiered on January 12, 1990.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

clerk

writing

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