That's My Boy

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That's My Boy
Genre Sitcom
Starring Mollie Sugden
Christopher Blake
Jennifer Lonsdale
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 37
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel ITV
Original run 23 October 1981 – 4 April 1986
External links
IMDb profile

That's My Boy is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1981 to 1986. Starring Mollie Sugden, it was written by Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton, who later wrote My Husband and I, which also starred Mollie Sugden. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television.

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[edit] Cast

[edit] Plot

Ida Willis, an interfering housekeeper, is employed by a doctor, Robert Price, and his wife, Angie, and moves into their London flat. However, she soon discovers that Robert is the son she gave up for adoption when he was a baby, and she proceeds to call him Shane, the name she gave him when he was born. Other characters include Robert's adoptive mother, the widowed and social-climbing Mrs. Price with whom Ida does not get on. In the fourth series, they move to the Yorkshire village of Little Birchmarch, where Ida befriends Robert's mousy receptionist, Miss Parfitt, and receives visits from her brother Wilfred.

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Series One (1981)

  1. "Live as a Family" (23 October 1981)
  2. "Settling In" (30 October 1981)
  3. "Happy Birthdays, Robert" (6 November 1981)
  4. "Is It Catching?" (13 November 1981)
  5. "Driven Apart" (20 November 1981)
  6. "Think Thin" (27 November 1981)

[edit] Series Two (1983)

  1. "Only When It Hurts" (7 January 1983)
  2. "Wakey Wakey" (14 January 1983)
  3. "A Holiday Romance" (21 January 1983)
  4. "A Brush with the Law" (28 January 1983)
  5. "Down Under" (4 February 1983)
  6. "To Catch a Thief" (11 February 1983)
  7. "Go Jump In The Fountain" (18 February 1983)
  8. "Invitation to the Wedding" (25 February 1983)

[edit] Christmas Special (1983)

[edit] Series Three (1984)

  1. "Where There's a Will" (27 April 1984)
  2. "Baby Blues" (4 May 1984)
  3. "The Big Night Out" (11 May 1984)
  4. "Light and Shade" (18 May 1984)
  5. "Unfair Dismissal" (25 May 1984)
  6. "Dirty Linen" (1 June 1984)
  7. "Ring If You Need Me" (8 June 1984)

[edit] Christmas Special (1984)

[edit] Series Four (1985)

  1. "Moving Out" (18 January 1985)
  2. "Moving In" (25 January 1985)
  3. "What Seems to be the Trouble?" (1 February 1985)
  4. "Friendship View Marriage" (8 February 1985)
  5. "Hello Young Mothers" (15 February 1985)
  6. "The Phantom of the Farmyard" (22 February 1985)
  7. "Surprise, Surprise" (1 March 1985)

[edit] Series Five (1986)

  1. "Digging In" (21 February 1986)
  2. "Drugs on the Market" (28 February 1986)
  3. "Jezebel" (7 March 1986)
  4. "Something To Love" (14 March 1986)
  5. "The Bypass" (21 March 1986)
  6. "Happy Anniversary" (28 March 1986)
  7. "Two Lonely People" (4 April 1986)

[edit] DVD releases

A single episode of That's My Boy has been released by Network DVD as part of a DVD called "Classic ITV Christmas Comedy".

[edit] References