Series · 1983–1985Ended

Up the Elephant and Round the Castle

Name: Up the Elephant and Round the Castle
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1983-11-30
Cast: Jim Davidson, Brian Hall

6.5·3 seasons·22 episodes·30 min avg.·United Kingdom

Young lovable rogue Jim London becomes a man of property when a relative dies, leaving him a run-down Victorian property at 17 Railway Terrace in the Elephant and Castle area of south London. He gets into various problems with the police and spends most of his time getting drunk and chasing women.

Your progress map

0 of 22 episodes0%

WatchedUp nextUnwatched

Sort

A Cuckoo in the Nest

A Cuckoo in the NestUp next

Nov 30, 1983

Jim London is forced to take in a lodger when some unsavoury debt collectors turn up.

May the Best Man Win

Dec 7, 1983

When Jim agrees to be best man at his friend's wedding, he doesn't realise his duties will include being stuck in the middle of an argument between two feuding, unhappily married wrestlers.

...Up the Public Spirit

Dec 14, 1983

Jim finds himself in hot water with the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS), thanks to his busybody neighbour Councillor Bertram Allnutt.

Never on a Sunday

Dec 21, 1983

Jim has been partying all night and is desperate for sleep, but his attempts are constantly interrupted by a string of unwelcome visitors.

A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in Shepherds Bush

Jan 4, 1984

It's Good Neighbour Week and Jim intends to win first prize by looking after Wanda's parrot.

Every Two Minutes

Jan 11, 1984

After a night on the tiles, Jim wakes to find himself being burgled by a depressed upper-class man and a woman fast asleep in his bathtub.