Me Mammy
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Me Mammy | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Hugh Leonard |
Starring | Milo O'Shea Anna Manahan Yootha Joyce Ray McAnally David Kelly |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 21 |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | BBC1 |
Original run | 14 June 1968 – 11 June 1971 |
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Me Mammy was a British sitcom starring Milo O'Shea that aired from 1968 to 1971. It was written by Hugh Leonard.
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[edit] Background
Me Mammy first aired as pilot within the seventh series of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse. The pilot and first series were made in black-and-white. Despite playing his mother, Anna Manahan was only two years older than her on-screen son played by Milo O'Shea. Many of the episodes are missing presumed wiped. Only the first episodes of the first series and the third series survive [1].
[edit] Cast
- Milo O'Shea - Benjamin "Bunjy" Kennefick
- Anna Manahan - Mrs Kennefick
- Yootha Joyce - Miss Argyll
- Ray McAnally - Father Patrick
- David Kelly - Cousin Enda
[edit] Plot
Bunjy Kenefick is an Irish mother's boy living in London. He is a top executive of a company and lives a bachelor lifestyle. However, his old-fashioned Catholic mother often puts a stop his plans, many of them involving his girlfriend Miss Argyll. Other characters include Father Patrick and Cousin Enda.
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Pilot (1968)
- Pilot (14 Jun 68) (part of Comedy Playhouse)
[edit] Series One (1969)
- The Day We Blessed the Bench (15 Sep 69)
- The Day Verilia Went to Pieces (22 Sep 69)
- The Night Me Mammy Snuffed It (29 Sep 69)
- The Day the Saints Went Marching Out (13 Oct 69)
- The First Time I Saw Paris (20 Oct 69)
- The Day Concepta Got England (27 Oct 69)
[edit] Series Two (1970)
- The Night Miss Argyll Got Canonised (7 Aug 70)
- Me Mammy's Tomb (14 Aug 70)
- The Night We Saw Old Nick (21 Aug 70)
- The Last of the Red-Hot Mammies (28 Aug 70)
- The Night Edna Entered a Convent (4 Sep 70)
- The Night I Left the Church (11 Sep 70)
- The Morning After Finnegan's Wake (18 Sep 70)
[edit] Series Three (1971)
- Episode One (23 Apr 71)
- Episode Two (30 Apr 71)
- Episode Three (7 May 71)
- Episode Four (14 May 71)
- Episode Five (21 May 71)
- Episode Six (28 May 71)
- Episode Seven (11 Jun 71)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Me Mammy BBC, 1969-71", Missing-Episodes.com, 2005.
[edit] References
- Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003