Up the Elephant and Round the Castle

Up the Elephant and Round the Castle
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Colin Bostock-Smith Jim Eldridge Tony Hoare Spike Mullins
Directed by	Anthony Parker
Starring	Jim Davidson John Bardon Sue Nicholls Nicholas Day Brian Hall Brian Capron Anita Dobson Sara Corper Rosalind Knight
Theme music composer	Keith Emerson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	22 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Anthony Parker
Running time	30 mins
Production company(s)	Thames Television
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	30 November 1983 (1983-11-30) – 7 November 1985 (1985-11-07)

Up the Elephant and Round the Castle is a British television sitcom which aired from 1983 to 1985, starring comedian Jim Davidson, who played the role of Jim London. The show spawned a sequel, Home James!, which was also made by Thames Television. Home James ran from 1987 to 1990. Up the Elephant and Round the Castle also gave early exposure to Anita Dobson. The show was made for the ITV network by Thames Television.^[1]

Plot

Jim London is a young man who gets into all types of problems with the law and spends most of his time getting drunk and chasing women.

Cast

Episodes

22 episodes were aired over 3 series.

Production

The sitcom's theme tune was composed by Keith Emerson. The full length version can be heard on two of his albums, Hammer It Out and Off the Shelf.

DVD releases

Series one was released on DVD in September 2007. The complete series was released on 5 May 2008. However Network still has aspirations into releasing a 3-disc set containing the complete series in the future.

References

External links

• Up the Elephant and Round the Castle at British Comedy Guide
• Up the Elephant and Round the Castle at the Internet Movie Database
• Up the Elephant and Round the Castle at TV.com
• Up the Elephant and Round the Castle at British TV Comedy Guide