Mess Mates (1960) - Video Detective

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Mess Mates is a British comedy television series which originally aired on ITV between 1960 and 1962. It is set on the coastal vessel SS Guernsey where Captain Briskett has to keep a watchful eye on his rowdy and conniving sailors. A number of the scripts were written by Talbot Rothwell shortly before he became the established writer of the Carry On film series.

Original Release

06/28/1960

Cast

Name

Character

'Croaker' Jones

Captain Biskett

'Dapper' Drake

'Tug' Nelson

Willie McGuinniss

Blarney Finnigan

'Twinkle' Martin

'Fry-Up' Dodds

Sid 'Madame' Rose

Sheila

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	The New Command	Tuesday, 12 September 1961
2	A Mug's Game	Tuesday, 19 September 1961
3	One-Way Ticket	Tuesday, 26 September 1961
4	Becalmed	Tuesday, 03 October 1961
5	A Marriage Has Been Disarranged	Tuesday, 10 October 1961
6	Ain't No Justice	Tuesday, 17 October 1961
7	When the Cat's Away	Tuesday, 24 October 1961
8	Croaker's Last Hours	Tuesday, 31 October 1961
9	Happy Ever After	Tuesday, 07 November 1961
10	The Jonah	Tuesday, 14 November 1961
11	Three Men on a Boat	Tuesday, 21 November 1961
12	The More We Are Together	Tuesday, 28 November 1961
13	The Skipper's Mother	Tuesday, 05 December 1961
14	The Typical Sailor	Tuesday, 12 December 1961
15	The Christmas Spirit	Tuesday, 19 December 1961
16	The Fur Thieves	Tuesday, 26 December 1961
17	Whose Baby Are You?	Tuesday, 02 January 1962
18	The Insurance Game	Tuesday, 09 January 1962
19	Blood from a Stone	Tuesday, 16 January 1962
20	The Black Sheep	Tuesday, 23 January 1962
21	The Thing from Outa Loch Ness	Tuesday, 30 January 1962
22	No Future in It	Tuesday, 06 February 1962
23	The Trouble with Women	Tuesday, 13 February 1962
24	Bomb Happy	Tuesday, 20 February 1962
25	They Walk by Night	Tuesday, 27 February 1962
26	You're Never Alone	Tuesday, 06 March 1962
27	The Last Straw	Tuesday, 13 March 1962