Not in Front of the Children
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Richard Waring
Starring	Wendy Craig Paul Daneman (series 1) Ronald Hines (series 2-4)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	39 (31 missing)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	26 May 1967 (1967-05-26) – 9 January 1970 (1970-01-09)

Not in Front of the Children is a BBC Television sitcom, which ran for four series from 1967 to 1970.^[1]

It starred Wendy Craig as Jennifer Corner, a rather scatterbrained middle-class housewife.^[2] For her role she received the 1969 British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Her husband Henry was a school art teacher, played by Paul Daneman in the Comedy Playhouse pilot "House in a Tree" and the first series, and Ronald Hines subsequently.^[3] They had three children, a boy in his early teens (played by Hugo Keith-Johnston) and two girls who were slightly younger (played by Roberta Tovey and Jill Riddick).^[4] Charlotte Mitchell played her friend Mary.^[5]

In later series, she had a baby, and they moved from the London suburb of Battersea to the country.

It is significant mainly as Wendy Craig's first role as a scatty housewife; she played similar roles in several other series over the next 15 years.

Surviving episodes

• Series 1
  • Episode 3: "The Word" (8 September 1967)
• Series 2
  • Episode 2: "Religious Revival" (1 March 1968)
  • Episode 5: "The Iron Hand" (22 March 1968)
  • Episode 6: "The George Washington Complex" (29 March 1968)
  • Episode 7: "Home Chat" (5 April 1968)
  • Episode 8: "Change of Policy" (12 April 1968)
• Series 4
  • Episode 4: "A Babe Around The House" (3 October 1969)
  • Episode 13: "Pastures New" (5 December 1969)

Radio adaptation

A radio adaptation of the programme was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1969 and 1970, with Wendy Craig and Francis Matthews in the leading roles. Charlotte Mitchell was Mary, Roberta Tovey was Trudi and Hugo Keith-Johnston played Robin. The scripts were adapted from the TV scripts by Richard Waring. Since 2015 both series have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra.^[1]

DVD release

The eight surviving episodes were released on DVD for the first time on Monday, 8 September 2014.^[6]