Never the Twain

7.0TMDB11 votes1981 – Ended11 SeasonsComedy

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Never the Twain is a British sitcom that aired for eleven series from September 7, 1981, to October 9, 1991. It was created by Johnnie Mortimer and was the only sitcom he ever developed without his usual writing partner, Brian Cooke. Mortimer wrote the entirety of the first two series and four out of six episodes of the eighth, with the remainder primarily penned by Vince Powell and John Kane. It featured Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as rival antique dealers, along with Derek Deadman, Zara Nutley, Robin Kermode, Tacy Kneale, Julia Watson, Honor Blackman, Teddy Turner, and Maria Charles. The title is derived from the Rudyard Kipling poem; The Ballad of East and West.