TV

This is a list of the TV Series Sid James turned up in.

The Adventures of Robin Hood 

"Outlaw Money" INTRODUCTORY MINSTREL SONG: "Villagers are being starved, the outlaws quickly take the hint; and making money’s not so hard, when Robin has the mint!"
SUMMARY: Henry (Sid James), Master of the Nottingham Mint, falls foul of the Sheriff's men when they catch him with Robin, The Sheriff takes this opportunity to bring in his own Minter (Leonard Sachs), Henry mints pure silver dinars for the starving villagers of Lottham at Robin's camp, when they try to spend them at the market, they are denounced as counterfeit and Friar Tuck is arrested and put on trial for forgery, Henry must prove that the Sheriff's coinage is impure, silver mixed with base metal and illegal under the law.

 Hancock's Half Hour

The comedy actor Sidney James (as he was then billed) played Sid (full name Sidney Balmoral James), a criminally inclined confidant of Hancock, who usually succeeded in conning him each week.Television series episodes
Sid James was a regular in series 1–6. (He does not appear in episodes 1 and 2 of series 2.)

Citizen James

Citizen James is a BBC sitcom that ran for three series between 24 November 1960 and 23 November 1962. The show featured comedian and actor Sid James and Sydney Tafler with Bill Kerr and Liz Fraser appearing in early episodes. It was initially written by the comedy writing team of Galton and Simpson, who based the characters very much on the "Sidney Balmoral James" and "Bill Kerr, the dim-witted Australian" roles that they had played in Hancock's Half Hour.

The first series was set around 'Charlie's Nosh Bar', a cafe in Soho, and centred on Sid's get-rich-quick schemes. He is helped by "Billy the Kerr" and quite often frustrated by the local bookmaker Albert Welshman (Tafler). Liz Fraser played Sid's long-suffering girlfriend who has been waiting for seven years for Sid to set the date.

Changes were made to the format after the first series. Sid James' character was changed to be something of a people's champion, campaigning for social justice. Bill Kerr and Liz Fraser departed and Sidney Tafler played a different character: Charlie Davenport. The location switched from Soho to Sid and Charlie sharing a house.

Later episodes were written by then Morecambe & Wise writers Sid Green and Dick Hills.

Despite not being written by Galton and Simpson, the sets and familiar supporting cast gave these last two series a recognisable Hancock feeling to the proceedings.

George and the Dragon

George Russell, chauffeur, odd-job man, and all-round assistant to the retired Colonel Maynard, has a fairly cushy lifestyle.

George serves his employer faithfully but his workload is relatively light and he's perfected a way of filling the slower days: he's an habitual womaniser with a cheeky charm, and has driven away more than his far share of female cook-cum-housekeepers with his amorous advances!

Following the latest departure, the local employment agency comes up with a replacement almost immediately - and it seems that George has finally met his match in the formidable Gabrielle Dragon.

Two in Clover

Two in Clover is a British sitcom that ran for two series from 1969 to 1970. It starred Sid James and Victor Spinetti and was written by Vince Powell and Harry Driver, and produced and directed by Alan Tarrant. The first series was made in black and white and the second series was made in colour.

It was made by Thames Television for the I.T.V network.

Bless This House

Bless This House is a British sitcom that aired on I.T.V from 2 February 1971 to 22 April 1976. Starring Sid James and Diana Coupland, it was created by Vince Powell and Harry Driver, but mainly written by other hands including Dave Freeman and Carla Lane. It was made for the I.T.V network by Thames Television. In 2004, Bless This House was ranked by a BBC poll as the 67th Best British Sitcom.

Carry on Laughing

Carry on Laughing is a spin off from the Carry on films of thirteen half hour Episodes (with Adverts) starring Sid James and other members of the Carry on team. First aired on 4 January 1975 and ran till 7 December 1975.