The Loner

Les Dawson was the perfect choice for this brave venture, which proved rather too bold for those more familiar with conventional TV humor of the time such as On the Buses or Doctor in the House. Akin to absurdist work such as Waiting for Godot; The Loner, though generally set in familiar, contemporary Northern settings and featuring a superficially familiar character to the one's Dawson played in Sez Les or the Les Dawson Show is an attempt at much more cerebral work. It is interesting that Charlie Drake, perhaps less revered for his comedic talent, did manage to coax an audience for The Worker, which did explore similar territory, while The Loner seems to have fallen flat on it's face. Not so much ahead of it's time, more not the kind of joke that the audience was expecting.