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Name: Cowboys
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1980-09-03
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Roy Kinnear, David Kelly, Colin Welland, James Wardroper, Janine Duvitski

Cowboys (1980) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 5 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.

Cowboys is a British sitcom that aired on the ITV network during the early 1980s. The show was created by Peter Learmouth whom would go on to create Granada television sitcom Surgical Spirit and starred Lancastrian Character-actor Roy Kinnear as Joe Jones "whose small building firm hardly seems to do anything right at all" with co-stars David Kelly as 'Wobbly' Ron, "Oscar-Winning Writer" Colin Welland as Geyser and James Wardroper with Debbie Linden and Janine Duvitski. The show is based on the British colloquial use of "cowboy" to describe a workman of doubtful professionalism e.g. a "cowboy builder".

TV series
1980
30 min / ep
★ 7.5/10 TMDB
2 seasons
Comedy

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CreatorPeter Learmouth

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