In which British TV sitcom did Ronnie Corbett play a 41 year old librarian called Timothy Lumsden?

"Sorry!" is a BBC television sitcom, that aired on BBC1 from 1981 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1988. Starring Ronnie Corbett, created and written by Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent for the BBC, both of whom had previously written for "The Two Ronnies", of whom Corbett was one half.

"Sorry!" is based around Timothy Lumsden a 41 years old librarian who still lives at home with his domineering mother Phyllis and henpecked father Sidney. Although quite shy around women, Timothy longs to find love and leave home, but Phyllis is always against the idea, and constantly manipulates her son into staying at home.

One of the running gags of the series is Sidney frequently shouting "Language, Timothy!" when he feels Timothy has said something inappropriate (though most times nobody would typically find the words even close to offensive). Timothy usually responds "Sorry father", but sometimes snaps "Shut up, father!" to which Sidney always replies "Fair enough".

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Sandie de Rougemont

Not a clue!

Etagi Nagaraja ,

Claire Boyes, on the contrary its a Lovely comic sitcom ,

Chrissie

I still say "Language, Timothy"! on a regular basis. No-one ever knows what I mean. At least now 8,000 of you do.

Claire Boyes

it was so dreadful - absolutely cringemaking. they really should have been sorry.

Grant McIntosh

deborahpmercer, No you're not alone. When "Fawlty Towers" is shown now, I can't watch it, as it is so over the top, that I don't find it funny. Like "Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em", it was definitely of its time. When first shown, I found them both funny, but now find them irritatingly OTT.

deborahpmercer

Yes, it's still funny, but it's a fact that not all comedies of that era were classics (am I the only one who thinks "Fawlty Towers" was overrated? Nothing much to do with PC, I just got tired of Basil having tantrums!)