About this season
Don’t Forget to Write! is a British television sitcom, broadcast by the BBC from 1977 to 1979. The central character is George Maple (George Cole) who was formerly a successful playwright, but is now procrastinating, lacking self-confidence and suffering from writer's block. He is seen at home with his supportive wife Mabel (Gwen Watford), son Wilfred (Ron Emslie) and daughter Kate (Claire Walker). They are frequently visited by neighbour Tom Lawrence (Francis Matthews) who is a confident, suave and successful playwright and cleaner Mrs Field (Daphne Heard).
Episodes (6)
1. Enter Hitler
Aired 18 January 1979 • 50 min
Gordon struggles to complete a film script about Adolf Hitler.
2. Exit Goering
Aired 25 January 1979 • 50 min
A script conference at Gordon's house. He devises a plot for Mabel to bring him food without having to feed the others.
3. In Place of Our Advertised Programme
Aired 1 February 1979 • 50 min
One of Gordon's old plays is to be shown on TV. He tries to hide the fact from everyone else, but watch it secretly himself.
4. The Greening of Gordon
Aired 8 February 1979 • 50 min
Gordon finds himself being aggressively pursued by an intense lady agent in search of a new client.
5. Götterdämmerung
Aired 15 February 1979
At 3 a.m. a paranoid Gordon decides he has lost his inspiration forever. His family spends a troubled night. Later that morning he makes a bonfire of all his works.
6. We're Going to Maxim's
Aired 22 February 1979 • 50 min
With Mabel immobile in a surgical collar, Gordon organizes Christmas dinner.