A Sharp Intake of Breath (Scripted, English)
Genres: Comedy
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1978-02-20
Ended: 1981-02-15
Network: ITV1
Country: GB
Airs on: Sunday
Air time: 19:15
Runtime: 30 minutes
Peter Barnes is a man for whom innumerable problems appear to crop up just in proceeds of everyday "getting things done".From trying to secure a small loan to being a best man, life seems to hand Peter - and by extension, his wife, Sheila - more than his fair share of obstacles and frustrations. The only certainty is that whatever he's trying to do or arrange, it will entail an encounter with a jobsworth whose instinctive response is a perfectly timed sharp intake of breath.