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The Needle Match (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | 50 min | Comedy, Drama

Brother's Bernie and Douglas meet up once a week to play snooker. Douglas is a successful business man while Bernie is unemployed. While the pair bicker their wives Helen and Josie are secretly best friends who have to pretend otherwise.

Director

Michael Ferguson

Writer

Alan Plater

Producer

Innes Lloyd

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Updated Jan 6, 1974

Release date

Jan 6, 1974 (United Kingdom)

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Alun Armstrong Bernie Bernie See fewer	The Mummy Returns (2001)
Joe Gladwin Norman Norman See fewer	Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Herbert Ramskill Mr. Brown Mr. Brown See fewer	Red Letter Day (1976)
John Hartley Douglas Douglas See fewer	Accident (1978)
Helen Fraser Helen Helen See fewer	Repulsion (1965)
Gay Soper Josie Josie See fewer	Stage by Stage: Les Misérables (1988)