Billy Liar

This is a unique kind of British sitcom. It shows the cast from time to time as the title character, William Fisher is imagining them. Including himself from time to time.

The title of the show only tells half the story. Billy lies alot to cover up his actions. Courts several women at once, making dates with each of them for the same time. Has conflicts with his perpetually irritated father and his perpetually irritates employer at the local mortuary.

There's a full collection of standout performances. George A Cooper, Mary Warden and Colin Jeavons as well as Jeff Rawle as Billy.

It's not a typical family sitcom of this era like Father, Dear Father or Bless This House because of those strange forays into surrealism. Some times it's a western, a French film, a Godfather parody and it all happens quick enough that you wonder if you just saw it.

Worth searching out.