Lurch (The Addams Family) Lurch is a 6 ft 9 in (2.05 m) tall, shambling, gloomy butler who somewhat resembles a cross between Frankenstein's monster (as played by Boris Karloff) and a zombie. In the original "Addams Family" television series, Lurch has a deep and resonant voice unlike that of Herman Munster, a character on the show's main competitor, "The Munsters". Although fully capable of normal speech, Lurch often communicates via simple inarticulate moans, which, much like the dialogue of Cousin Itt, his employers have no trouble understanding. Like any butler, Lurch tries to help around the house, but occasionally his great size and
Nice Work (TV series) Television Society award for best drama series. Nice Work (TV series) Nice Work is a British television adaptation of the Booker prize-shortlisted novel of the same name by David Lodge. It was broadcast in 1989 on BBC Two and starred Warren Clarke and Haydn Gwynne. The series considered of the following cast: The screenplay was directed by Christopher Menaul. The first TV episode was broadcast on BBC Two on 4 October 1989. Subsequent episodes were broadcast on 11 October, 18 October, and 25 October. A DVD edition, on 2 Region 2 discs, was released by the BBC on 24 Nov