About this season
Bottle Boys is an ITV sitcom produced for two series in 1984-85. Starring Robin Askwith as football-mad milkman Dave Deacon, the series mined comedy of the broadest sort from randy Dave's amorous adventures, in a style familiar to viewers from the Confessions films. However, as well as the sexual innuendo of his earlier big-screen adventures, Askwith was equally likely to find himself embroiled in more off-the-wall exploits, and found himself at various points in the series dressing up as a cow, inadvertently engaged to Sharon the secretary, and meeting then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Episodes (6)
1. Fools Rush In
Aired 1 September 1984 • 30 min
Deacon finds one of his elderly customers poised for a suicide attempt on a windowsill six floors up.
2. God Save Our Dairy
Aired 8 September 1984 • 30 min
Dawson Dairy is on the rocks, sales are down, and the bank is threatening to force them into liquidation. Deacon organises a petition and the milk roundsmen rally for a fight to save their jobs.
3. Danger, Woman at Work
Aired 15 September 1984 • 30 min
When old Cyril retires, the boys' noses are put seriously out of joint by his replacement: the stern, no-nonsense Joan Foster! Something has to be done.
4. All in a Day's Work
Aired 22 September 1984 • 30 min
Jock is off work with the flu. When Deacon and the boys pop by for a visit, they find themselves stuck in a busted lift.
5. One Good Turn
Aired 29 September 1984 • 30 min
Stan is organising a benefit for a local old folks' home, but, with no one famous on the bill, tickets aren't moving. Deacon, however, has a big-name celebrity on his round...
6. Here Comes the Groom
Aired 6 October 1984 • 30 min
After a whirlwind weekend romance, Deacon and Sharon announce their engagement and imminent nuptials.