The Dustbinmen: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Dustbinmen is an ITV comedy series that follows the antics of Cheese and Egg, Heavy Breathing, Smelly Ibbotson, Eric and Winston as binmen who do their rounds aboard 'Thunderbird 3' (Their rubbish truck) and who have always got a disparaging word to say about the people whose rubbish they pick up. Trying to avoid work as much as possible, the lads frequently find themselves at odds with Bloody Delilah, the feared inspector from the Corporation Cleansing Department.

Series details

• Title: The Dustbinmen
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1969-09-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 1970-08-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 23578
• IMDb ID: tt0159868
• TVDB ID: 74138

Cast and credited roles

• Bryan Pringle — Cheese and Egg
• Trevor Bannister — Heavy Breathing
• Graham Haberfield — Winston Platt
• John Barrett — Smellie Ibbotson
• Tim Wylton — Eric
• Brian Wilde — Bloody Delilah
• John Woodvine — Bloody Delilah

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1969-09-23; final listed air date 1969-10-28; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1970-03-24; final listed air date 1970-05-05; episode order: 7.
• Season 3: premiered 1970-07-20; final listed air date 1970-08-31; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Dustbinmen 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.