A colonial relic crashes the party Britain forgot to invite him to.
Season 2 • Episode 7
LatestThe 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.
Acting
Ronald Fraser's magnificently pathetic aristocrat tantrums.
Writing
Roy Clarke's savage observations on British identity collapse.
Creator
Roy Clarke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roy Clarke wrote this immediately before creating Last of the Summer Wine, making Basil the spiritual ancestor to every Yorkshire curmudgeon he later perfected.
ATV wiped most episodes; only 8 of 13 survive, making this a genuine lost relic of post-imperial British comedy.
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