Season 4 • Episode 6
LatestBarbara rows with Ted,accusing him of spending too much time doing DIY for Neil's girlfriend's mother,an old flame of his. She also falls out with Linda and Martin after she baby-sits for them and accidentally sets their kitchen on fire. Neil is unhappy with her when she frightens his girlfriend off and,needless to say,she is not popular with the patients at the surgery or anybody in the street. So...who shot her in the bottom with an air-rifle?
Barbara is a British sitcom starring Gwen Taylor in the title role. A pilot was broadcast in 1995, and three series were then televised from 1999 to 2003. It was made by Central Television, and filmed at their Lenton Lane studios in Nottingham in front of a live studio audience. The majority of location scenes for the series were filmed in various suburbs of Nottingham, including Mapperley and West Bridgford, with other scenes filmed around Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Despite winning awards and respectable viewing figures, it was axed by ITV in 2003.
Acting
Gwen Taylor's timing is surgical and devastating.
Writing
Ramsay Gilderdale crafts cruelty with warmth underneath.
Practical Effects
Live studio audience makes every snort land harder.
Creator
Ramsay Gilderdale
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1995 pilot sat in a vault for four years before ITV finally commissioned it, making Gwen Taylor wait half a decade to play her signature role.
Barbara arrived just as British comedy was pivoting toward mockumentary style; its traditional multi-camera format with live audience became instantly retro, possibly sealing its cancellation fate.
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