Teach You a Lesson
2026 · Action & adventure · Drama
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TV series / 1980
Time of My Life
Episode directors
Martin Shardlow
Ken Archer has worked for the same company for 33 years. Then, one day, he's told that he is about to be made redundant. To make a bad day even worse, Ken's wife Joan tells him that she is leaving him for a man 20 years younger. Things continue to go from bad to worse as Kern is subsequently mugged, taken hostage, arrested and committed to an asylum.
The story
Ken Archer has worked for the same company for 33 years. Then, one day, he's told that he is about to be made redundant. To make a bad day even worse, Ken's wife Joan tells him that she is leaving him for a man 20 years younger. Things continue to go from bad to worse as Kern is subsequently mugged, taken hostage, arrested and committed to an asylum.
The seasons
Season 1
Series 1
Season details
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Cast
Amanda BarrieJoan Archer
Mark KingstonKen Archer
Andrew PaulWayne Archer
Avril AngersAlice
Richard DaviesPolice Sergeant
Michael StaintonLandlord
Charles ReaDrunk
Christina JonesBarmaid
Jean KentMrs Wordsworth
Nigel HughesEric Archer
Robert BrownMr Richards
Rosemary WilliamsMiss Wade
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Dudley LongFisherman
George ToveyMugger
Carl AndrewsBus Conductor
Ray GatenbyMan on Bus
Ronnie LethamPolice Constable
Kristopher KumChinese Man
Philip GilbertSocial Security Clerk
Ellis DalePsychiatrist
Hugh WaltersSenior Male Nurse
Peter WalmsleyMale Nurse
David HansonPolice Doctor
Mark BurdisIrish Child
Paul HardwickMr Plummer
Sean ArnoldPlain-Clothes Policeman
Harriet ReynoldsWealthy Customer
Carol HawkinsBank Cashier
Ron Pember1st Robber
Lloyd McGuire2nd Robber
Keith Hodiak3rd Robber
John AtterburyPolice Constable
John RapleyNervous Man
David RosePub Customer
Roy HolderRobber Driver
Sydney ArnoldFred Green
Patrick DurkinPriest
Robert RiettiGiovanni
Anthony MortonRoberto
Victor SpinettiVittorio
Patricia HayesMrs Archer
Leslie DwyerMr Archer
George ChisholmBusker
Peggy Ann CliffordWoman on Phone
Eliza HuntWoman Passer-By
Charles Pemberton
Norman Atkyns
Dandy NicholsMrs Biggs
Cyril LuckhamJudge
Penny LeatherbarrowSarah
John RolfeEdward
David KellyTramp
Andrew JohnsStephen
John QuayleMr Field
Leon TannerPolice Constable
Antony ViccarsJoan's Solicitor
Robert VaheyUsher
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