Production
Terry Scott and June Whitfield began their television partnership in Scott On in 1968. On 7 May 1974, a Comedy Playhouse pilot called "Happy Ever After" aired on BBC1 with Scott and Whitfield playing Terry and June Fletcher, a middle-class couple whose grown-up children have just left home. This was commissioned into a series, and five series and three Christmas specials were broadcast, ending on 20 December 1978. John T. Chapman, one of the original writers, said that the programme had run out of ideas and should end. BBC Comedy, however, were unwilling to end a popular show, and so brought in new writers. Legal complications meant that the name and setting had to change, and Terry and June was born. The characteristics of Terry and June remained largely similar. However, the character of Aunt Lucy, a popular ingredient of Happy Ever After, disappeared, as did her mynah bird.
The character of Melinda Spry, Terry and June's neighbour, was originally played by Joan Benham in the 1981 episode "The Lawnmower". Benham died on 13 June 1981, and Terry and June was her last television appearance. She was replaced by Diana King.
The BBC planned a feature-length film, entitled Terry and June - The Movie, but it was never made.
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