Haggard | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Written by | Eric Chappell |
Starring | Keith Barron Reece Dinsdale Sam Kelly William Simons |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
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Executive producer | Vernon Lawrence |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Yorkshire Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 27 January 1990 30 August 1992 | –
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Haggard is a British TV comedy series, which aired from 27 January 1990 to 30 August 1992. Starring Keith Barron, Reece Dinsdale, Sam Kelly and William Simons.
It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television, and based on Squire Haggard's Journal by Michael Green, more famous for his The Art of Coarse... books.[1]
The series is set during 1777–1778, in the Georgian era, and was about the exploits of Squire Haggard, the Squire's 25-year-old son Roderick, and their servant Grunge.
The show makes use of the production style known as breaking the fourth wall as Fanny Foulacre, Roderick's girlfriend, makes asides to the camera, commenting upon the situations she finds herself in.