The Gaffer (TV series) The Gaffer (TV series) The Gaffer is an ITV situation comedy series of the early 1980s, that starred Bill Maynard and was written by businessman Graham White. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television Following the end of the situation comedy ("Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!"), Maynard's next character couldn't have been more different from the bumbling Selwyn Froggitt. Fred Moffatt is a survivor – just. Bearded, wearing a battered hat and a crumpled suit, his Rover P6 a rusting wreck, he runs a struggling engineering firm and is constantly trying to avoid his creditors, the tax
The Electrician (song) The Electrician (song) "The Electrician" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Scott Walker . The song was first recorded and released by Walker's pop group The Walker Brothers as their fourteenth UK single and last official released while the group were still active in 1978. The single did not chart. The song describes the work of a CIA torturer. Midge Ure is said to have been influenced by "The Electrician" when composing "Vienna" for Ultravox. "The Electrician" was featured as the opening track for the 2008 crime film "Bronson" directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The song was covered by