Pardon the Expression
Episode number	4
Episode	The Mannequin Parade
ITV broadcast date	23rd June 1965 (Wednesday)
Writer	Jack Rosenthal and Geoffrey Lancashire
Director	Walter Butler
Designer	Peter Caldwell
Previous episode	The Trouble With Ada
Next episode	The Dance

PlotEdit

Mr Parbold appoints Leonard Swindley the social secretary of the Chamber of Commerce's annual charity "do", not realizing that he has been set up by Parbold and his colleague Lionel Denison into organising a Mannequin Parade of scantily clad women in Dobson and Hawkes swimwear for the men to leer at. Miss Sinclair brings this fact to his attention and Swindley starts to feel uncomfortable with the task. His solution is to change the display to children's swimwear which goes down well with everyone – especially a relieved Parbold and Denison whose wives have made a last minute decision to attend the do.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Leonard Swindley - Arthur Lowe
• Ernest Parbold - Paul Dawkins
• Miss Sinclair - Joy Stewart

Guest castEdit

• Lionel Denison - Robert Dorning
• Fiona - Yvonne Walsh
• Cherry Howard - Olive Lucius
• Jean Parbold - Barbara Greenhalgh
• Electrician - Tony Melody

NotesEdit

• This episode was transmitted at 9.10pm on 23rd June by both Tyne Tees Television and Grampian Television and on Thursday 24th June at 7.00pm by both Scottish Television and Border Television. Along with the rest of the series, the episode was not transmitted by Westward Television, Channel Television or the Teledu Cymru service of Television Wales and the West.
• Robert Dorning, who would star in the second season of Pardon the Expression (and its sequel, Turn out the Lights as Walter Hunt), appears in the guest role of Lionel Denison.

Commercial releasesEdit

This episode was included in Network DVD collection Pardon the Expression - The Complete First Series, released on 4th May, 2009.