Comedy about 2 truckdrivers, one shifting dog food from Hull to Cardiff, the other shifting dog food from Cardiff to Hull. They met & discussed the futility of existence at transport cafes and were unwittingly having affairs with each other's wives. The concept alone was genius. One of the dog food brands was called Bona Fido, can anyone remember the other?
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A dogs breakfast!
Rabical-9128 March 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The prolific David Nobbs has created some fine shows over the years such as 'A Bit Of A Do' and 'The Fall & Rise Of Reginald Perrin', as well as providing material for sketch shows such as 'The Two Ronnies' and 'Scotch & Wry' but this forgetful farce is not a piece of work he could be proud of.
It started life as a play for Yorkshire Television in July 1982, with David Daker as 'Dogfood Dan Milton' and Gareth Thomas as 'Aubrey Owen The Carmarthen Cowboy', two long distance lorry drivers who carry dog food and who unbeknownst to each other are having affairs with each others wives.
The play was, not to put too fine a point on it, pretty dire, but Nobbs felt there to be some life in it and decided to devise a six part sitcom out ot it. The BBC picked it up and in the lead roles this time around were Malcolm Storry and Peter Blake. Unfortunately, even as a sitcom 'Dogfood Dan & The Carmarthen Cowboy' failed to make the grade.
It was axed very quickly due to a poor critical response and has never been repeated. Thankfully, David got back on the tracks in 1989 when he devised 'A Bit Of A Do'.
It started life as a play for Yorkshire Television in July 1982, with David Daker as 'Dogfood Dan Milton' and Gareth Thomas as 'Aubrey Owen The Carmarthen Cowboy', two long distance lorry drivers who carry dog food and who unbeknownst to each other are having affairs with each others wives.
The play was, not to put too fine a point on it, pretty dire, but Nobbs felt there to be some life in it and decided to devise a six part sitcom out ot it. The BBC picked it up and in the lead roles this time around were Malcolm Storry and Peter Blake. Unfortunately, even as a sitcom 'Dogfood Dan & The Carmarthen Cowboy' failed to make the grade.
It was axed very quickly due to a poor critical response and has never been repeated. Thankfully, David got back on the tracks in 1989 when he devised 'A Bit Of A Do'.
Questions answered
mrg1-14 April 2007
I just watched it...! :o) The other company name on the truck was "Pet-O-Grub". As you'd know, the story was written by the sublime David Nobbs, as was that other classic series "A Bit of a Do". If you buy the UK release, 4 disk version of "A Bit of a Do" on DVD you'll find Dogfood Dan and the gang as a special feature on disk 3. I'm a big fan of David Nobbs and own The rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin series, plus A bit of a do and I have read all of his books, but until today I'd never seen Dogfood Dan... The end, where the foursome all meet in the hotel lobby, is an icon of social awkwardness, Nobbs at his very best, and I would have loved to watch just another half an hour to see how everyone got out of such a sticky situation.
where is dog food Dan and the Carmarthen cowboy
m-sterling2 November 2005
can anybody tell me where i can get a copy of the series i missed the last episode and for years wondered what happened. please don,t tell me i just would love to see it all again.i loved this show and think about it from time to time i see the actors on different shows from time to time and always laugh. i would just love to find out what happened to the four main people in the show in the last episode. i think that they do not make enough programmes that are as good as the old ones. i always thought that the series was so true to life in general and if only life was as funny as " whats for tea, smashing love " . lets hope someone can help me find a copy of this great series,PLEASE help me find it to bring a closure to mind mind, THANKS !
Acutely funny and poignant series
annabeljames6824 August 2009
Dogfood Dan and the Camarthen Cowboy was a great series! It had such poignancy as well as acutely funny moments. How the lives of these four people were interlinked, all of them desperate for some kind of excitement to get away from the mundane and pretending to be the people they really would like to be, leading the lives they yearned for. Yes, the play was okay, but not a patch on the series itself and its sad to think that the play made it to DVD when (to date) the series has not. It is a credit to the fine writing of David Nobbs that we all still think of this series with such fondness and would like to see it again. The excellent Peter Blake was one of the stars and shone as he always did in anything he appeared in. As truck driver Aubrey Owen he was the archetypal 'cheeky guy' he made his name with but as alter ego 'Aneurin' he showed a different, more serious, softer side to his nature and you did wonder what might have been if he'd only he'd been given the chances. Malcolm Storry as Dogfood Dan Milton was an excellent foil for the cowboy, his own ideas of grandeur being more modest, only wishing to drive 'wide/abnormal loads' and be king of the motorways.
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