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  1. The History of Mr. Polly: With Andrew Sachs, Anita Carey, John Clive, Ann Beach. Having lost his job as a shop assistant, Alfred Polly buys a bicycle and travels around meeting people.

    • (104)
    • 1980-03-02
    • Comedy, Drama
    • 30
  2. May 7, 2007 · The History of Mr Polly: Directed by Gillies MacKinnon. With Lee Evans, Anne-Marie Duff, Julie Graham, Richard Coyle. In the early 1900s Alfred Polly, still hankering after his dream girl Christabel, marries Miriam Larkins and they open a shop, but, as the years go by, the marriage becomes stale and Polly feels trapped.

    • (214)
    • Drama
    • Gillies MacKinnon
    • 2007-05-07
  3. Plot summary. The protagonist of The History of Mr. Polly is an antihero inspired by H. G. Wells's early experiences in the drapery trade: Alfred Polly, born circa 1870, a timid and directionless young man living in Edwardian England, who despite his own bumbling achieves contented serenity with little help from those around him. Mr. Polly's ...

    • H. G. Wells
    • 1910
  4. Aug 15, 2015 · History Of Mr Polly, The (BBC-1 1980 with Andrew Sachs and Peter Bourke) UK / BBC One / 5×30 minute episodes / Broadcast 3-30 March 1980 Sundays @ 6.00pm. Writer: James Andrew Hall / Novel: H.G. Wells / Script Editor: Alistair Bell / Production Design: Susan Spence / Music: Stephen Deutsch / Producer: Barry Letts / Director: Lovett Bickford.

  5. Sep 7, 2019 · S1 E1 - The History of Mr Polly. 7 September 2019. 1 h 32 min. NR. When Alfred Polly fails to find fulfilment as a shopkeeper and makes a failed attempt at suicide, he leaves his wife and sets out on the open road to see where freedom leads....Contains some scenes of violence. This video is currently unavailable.

  6. The History of Mr. Polly: With Emrys Jones, Mary Mackenzie, Daphne Anderson, Richard Caldicot.

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  8. Polly has done a disappearing act and found work and contentment at a country inn run by a pleasant stout party. Unhappily, his future is threatened by the fat lady's fearsome ex-convict nephew, who has told Polly to clear out or else.