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Cowboys

IMDb 7.0 1980 • 30 min • Comedy

Director

Peter Learmouth

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Plot Summary

Cowboys is a British sitcom that aired on the ITV network during the early 1980s. The show was created by Peter Learmouth whom would go on to create Granada television sitcom Surgical Spirit and starred Lancastrian Character-actor Roy Kinnear as Joe Jones "whose small building firm hardly seems to do anything right at all" with co-stars David Kelly as 'Wobbly' Ron, "Oscar-Winning Writer" Colin Welland as Geyser and James Wardroper with Debbie Linden and Janine Duvitski. The show is based on the British colloquial use of "cowboy" to describe a workman of doubtful professionalism e.g. a "cowboy builder".

Top Cast

Roy Kinnear
Roy Kinnear Joe Jones
David Kelly
David Kelly Wobbly Ron
Colin Welland
Colin Welland Geyser
James Wardroper
James Wardroper Eric
Janine Duvitski
Janine Duvitski Muriel