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The sitcom Andy Capp was based on the cartoon strip of the same name that had run since 1957 in The Daily Mirror.Andy Capp is a slothful man from Hartlepool, whose life consists of drinking, sleeping, watching TV, betting, going to the pub and occasionally playing football (as opposed to rugby, which was Andy's sport in the comic strip).
Andy Capp is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror newspapers since 5 August 1957. Originally a single-panel cartoon , it was later expanded to four panels.
In 1982 an Andy Capp musical was produced, starring Tom Courtenay with music by Alan Price, first in Manchester, later in London, and then to great success in Finland. A TV series aired on ITV in 1988, written by Keith Waterhouse and starring James Bolam, but ratings were poor and a second series was cancelled. [3]
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Andy Capp is a British comic strip character. Andy Capp may also refer to: Andy Capp, a 1988 sitcom based on the comic strip; Andy Capp, a 1981 stage musical by Alan Price, based on the comic strip; Andy Capp's, a brand of snack product sold under the character's name
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