It Takes a Worried Man: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Philip Roath is a middle-aged and divorced office worker who is highly intelligent, but suffering a midlife crisis, and completely bored with his job. He is never seen doing any actual work, just conversing with his colleagues about his boredom and frustrations with life. His boss suspects that Philip does little work, but is powerless to prove it or to do anything about it. Philip is also seen in psychoanalysis sessions with his analyst, Simon, who has worse emotional issues than Philip does.

Series details

• Title: It Takes a Worried Man
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1981-10-27
• Final broadcast date listed: 1983-11-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 79973
• IMDb ID: tt0125624
• TVDB ID: 273668

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1981-10-27; final listed air date 1981-12-01; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1983-01-13; final listed air date 1983-02-24; episode order: 7.
• Season 3: premiered 1983-10-16; final listed air date 1983-11-20; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from It Takes a Worried Man on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.