Taxi! (1963)
Taxi! is a BBC television comedy-drama series transmitted in 1963 and 1964. Created by Ted Willis, who had developed Dixon of Dock Green, he was well aware of taxicab drivers inclination to provide stories, and intended twelve individual plays for what became the first series. The series stars Sid James as Cab firm owner and driver Sid Stone. Similar to his role in the near contemporary film Carry On Cabby, this was more a drama with humour, Jack Rosenthal scripted a few episodes and Bill Owen appeared as the Cab firm's co-owner Fred Cudell with Ray Brooks as driver Terry Mills.
Season 1 Episode List
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Episode 1 - It's Lonely Up Front
Release Date: 1963-07-10 -
Episode 2 - Barricades in Bailey Street
Release Date: 1963-07-17 -
Episode 3 - Everybody's in: Goodnight!
Release Date: 1963-07-24 -
Episode 4 - The Outing
Release Date: 1963-07-31 -
Episode 5 - The Villain
Release Date: 1963-08-07 -
Episode 6 - The Runaway
Release Date: 1963-08-14 -
Episode 7 - A Long Way to Go
Release Date: 1963-08-21 -
Episode 8 - The Accident
Release Date: 1963-08-28 -
Episode 9 - Benefit of the Doubt
Release Date: 1963-09-04 -
Episode 10 - Who's Taking Who for a Ride?
Release Date: 1963-08-07 -
Episode 11 - Ten Years Hard
Release Date: 1963-09-14 -
Episode 12 - Can't You Drive a Little Faster?
Release Date: 1963-09-21 -
Episode 13 - Don't Do as I Do
Release Date: 1963-09-28