The Misfit

9.0IMDb Score
Released:1970-03-03
Genre:Comedy
Duration:6030 min
Director:
Actors:Ronald Fraser, Patrick Newell
Production:Associated Television

Overview:

The Misfit is an ATV sitcom created by Roy Clarke, broadcast from 1970 to 1971 on ITV. Basil Allenby-Johnson returns from Colonial Malaya to an England just emerging from the swinging sixties, a home he no longer recognises.

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