My Old Man (TV series)

My Old Man

Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Gerald Frow
Written by	Gerald Frow
Directed by	Paddy Russell
Starring	Clive Dunn Priscilla Morgan Edward Hardwicke
Theme music composer	Chris Sandford
Country of origin	England
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	John Duncan (series 1) Paddy Russell (series 2)
Editor(s)	Tudor Lloyd
Camera setup	Charles B. Wilson
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Yorkshire Television
Distributor	Network Distributing (DVD-Video)
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	PAL (576i)
Audio format	Monaural
First shown in	8 April 1973 (1973-04-08)
Original release	3 May 1974 (1974-05-03) – 23 April 1975 (1975-04-23)
Chronology
Preceded by	Seven of One (1973)

My Old Man is a popular but short-lived English sitcom starring Clive Dunn as retired and embittered engine driver Sam Cobbett.^[1] ITV broadcast 13 episodes in two series during 1974 and 1975.

Set in London, Sam Cobbett is the last tenant to leave an old house on a council-condemned road. He goes to live with his daughter, her posh husband (Arthur), and their young teenage son (Ron), in a flat nearby.

Cast

Clive Dunn as Sam Cobbett
Priscilla Morgan as Doris
Edward Hardwicke as Arthur
Keith Chegwin as Ron
George Tovey as Willie
Jon Laurimore as Andrew
Peter Mayock as Cyril

Production history

The pilot was one of a series of seven one-offs in a BBC Two comedy anthology series called Seven of One (1973). The pilot starred Ronnie Barker with Graham Armitage and Ann Beach, and was produced by Sydney Lotterby and Harold Snoad.

When the BBC failed to develop Gerald Frow's script into a series, Yorkshire Television stepped in, took over and cast Clive Dunn in the lead part, whilst Ronnie Barker focused on his successful roles in Porridge and Open All Hours.

The location of the main series remained unchanged from the pilot.

Series overview

Series		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release date
Series		Episodes	Series premiere	Series finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	7	3 May 1974 (1974-05-03)	21 June 1974 (1974-06-21)	N/A	2 August 2010 (2010-08-02)	N/A
	2	6	19 March 1975 (1975-03-19)	23 April 1975 (1975-04-23)	N/A	23 January 2012 (2012-01-23)	N/A

Notes

↑ Eye on TV: The First 21 Years of Independent Television. London: Independent Television Publications. 1976. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-900727-61-0. OCLC 4035324.

External links

My Old Man at the BFI Film & TV Database
My Old Man at British Comedy Guide
My Old Man on IMDb
My Old Man at Television Heaven

Works by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais
Sitcoms	The Likely Lads (1964–66) Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–74) Porridge (1974–77) Thick as Thieves (1974) Going Straight (1978) Tracey Takes On... (1996–99) Parents of the Band (2008–09)
Other series	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) Lovejoy (1986–94) Full Stretch (1993) Archangel (2005) The Rotters' Club (2005)
Films	The Jokers (1967) Otley (1968) To Catch a Spy (1971) Villain (1971) The Likely Lads (1976) Porridge (1979) The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) Never Say Never Again (1983) Water (1985) The Commitments (1991) Excess Baggage (1997) Still Crazy (1998) Honest (2000) Goal! (2005) Flushed Away (2006) Across the Universe (2007) The Bank Job (2008) Killing Bono (2011)
Theatre work	Billy (1974)
As script editors	Astronauts (1981–82)
Other film work	Bullshot (1983) Vice Versa (1988)
Clement alone	Anyone for Denis? (director, 1982)
La Frenais alone	Percy's Progress (film, 1971) My Old Man (with others, 1974–75) The Other 'Arf (with others, 1980–84) Spender (with others, 1991–93)

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