Perhaps sometimes wrongly pigeon-holed as a comedy, The Punch and Judy Man is a bittersweet portrait of a very British seaside town written by Tony Hancock and Phillip Oakes, after Hancock split for legendary writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Content to scratch out a living in the faded seaside town of Piltdown, puppeteer Wally Pinner (Hancock) is unhappily married to Delia (Sylvia Syms), a gift-shop owner with social pretensions. When Wally is invited to perform at the town’s anniversary gala reception, however, Delia senses a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to raise the couple’s social standing…

Also starring a host of beloved British actors such as Ronald Fraser, Barbara Murray, John Le Mesurier and Hugh Lloyd.