Paula Wilcox (Man About the House) stars in this comedy series depicting the complicated life of Elizabeth Jones, a young woman bringing up her baby alone at a time when single mothers faced widespread disapproval and prejudice. Written by Richard Waring (And Mother Makes Three) and produced and directed by Peter Frazer-Jones (Man About the House, Robin's Nest), Miss Jones and Son was the first British sitcom to depict a single mother.In this second series, Elizabeth and former neighbour Geoffrey say their sad farewells, with new tenant David Laurence a thirty-something widower taking on the empty flat. Elizabeth takes an instant liking to her new neighbour, but the necessities of making ends meet threaten to sabotage the budding relationship; the moneymaking schemes that Elizabeth and her equally cash-strapped friend Rose try to implement include setting up a crche in Liz's flat, leaving David noticeably unimpressed...
After Henry follows the comfortable middle-class lives of three women; except that for one of them life isn't all that comfortable... Sarah has been left well provided for by her late husband but unfortunately she has also been left with a demanding mother and a prickly adolescent daughter who craves independence just as long as mother is there to clear up the mess... Episodes Comprise: 1. The Older Man 2. Phonecalls 3. The Teapot 4. Security 5. Romantic Complications 6. The Birthday
The complete third series of one of Thames TV's most successful sitcoms about the ups and downs of mixed flat-sharing. Episodes comprise: 1. Cuckoo In The Nest 2. Come Into My Parlour 3. I Won't Dance Don't Ask Me 4. Of Mice And Women 5. We Shall Not Be Moved 6. Three Of A Kind
George and Mildred was a spin-off from Johnny Mortimer and Brian Cookes successful 1970s sitcom Man About the House, and ran from 1976 to 1980. This release features the first six episodes. Starring the late, great Yootha Joyce as Mildred Roper, a sex-starved cockney housewife with pretensions to the middle classes, and Brian Murphy as George, her hopeless and incorrigible husband, this series sees them make the upward move to posh Middlesex suburbia, despite George being on supplementary benefit--mortgage conditions were evidently easier in 70s sitcomland. Their neighbours are snooty estate agent Jeffrey Fourmile, his wife Ann and son Tristram. Jeffrey is perturbed that the Ropers arrival will lower the tone of the neighbourhood ("Tristram will get nits!") as they stink up the street with their three-wheel car and cheap wartime furniture. Much mildly amusing comedy at the expense of the working/middle class divide ensues, with no double-entendre left unturned and some period gags to match the Ropers interior decor. Situations involving a local MP, Mildreds even snobbier sister and an unsightly caravan brought out the best in Joyce and Murphys excellent characters, while Nicholas Owen as Tristram was among the least annoying of child sitcom stars. --David Stubbs
The final series of Thames highly popular sitcom ...And Mother Makes Three saw widow Sally Harrison (Wendy Craig, Butterflies) and widower David Redway finally getting spliced after a protracted on-off romance. This sequel series hilariously charts Sally's ongoing tribulations, with the scatterbrained mum and her rambunctious teenaged sons Simon and Peter now sharing a home with antiquarian bookseller David and his daughter Jane. Co-starring Richard Coleman, Robin Davies (Catweazle) and future Oscar-winning producer David Parfitt (Shakespeare in Love), and featuring a number of episodes written by BAFTA winner Wendy Craig, ...And Mother Makes Five is produced and directed by sitcom veteran Peter Frazer-Jones.
George and Mildred are the ultimate odd couple the popular landlord and landlady from Man About The House who became a household name with Thames Television in the 1970's and 80's. Mildred is vain snobbish and domineering; George is shy timid frigid and henpecked. Together they make a great partnership! Episodes comprise: 1. Jumle Pie 2. All Around The Clock 3. The Travelling Man 4. The Unkindest Cut Of All 5. The Right Way To Travel 6. The Dorothy Letters 7.
William and Hester Field have been very happily married for twenty years. Their children have flown the nest and Hester thinks there are a few things left to do between now and the pension book. With a renewed zest for life and a fresh dynamism in their relationship she insists that the couple take up a number of new pastimes and challenges - even if William sometimes lacks his wife's enthusiasm and seemingly boundless energy. Starring Anton Rodgers (May to September) as accountant William and Julia McKenzie (Cranford) as accomplished cook Hester Fresh Fields' wry gentle humour made it a firm favourite with viewers spawning an equally popular sequel - French Fields - and earning McKenzie a BAFTA nomination for Best Light Entertainment Performance. The series which aired between 1984 and 1986 was produced and directed by sitcom veteran Peter Frazer-Jones (George and Mildred After Henry). This release contains the complete second series originally screened in 1984.
BAFTA winner Wendy Craig (Butterflies), stars with Richard Coleman, Robin Davies (Catweazle) and Oscar winner David Parfitt (Shakespeare in Love) in this highly popular sequel to Thames' hit sitcom And Mother Makes Three. Scripted by Wendy Craig and produced and directed by sitcom veteran Peter Frazer-Jones, the series charts the ongoing tribulations of Sally Harrison - the well-meaning, deeply loving but scatterbrained mother of two rambunctious teenaged sons, now sharing her life with second husband, antiquarian bookseller David Redway, and stepdaughter Jane. When the Redway family faces a spell of austerity, Sally rallies to the call with a vengeance. Yet, no matter how hard she works, it seems her efforts are always taken for granted. After taking some tips on the art of playing hard to get, she finds her bewildered brood finally start to sit up and take notice... but can calamity-prone Sally keep up the act?
BAFTA winner Wendy Craig stars with Richard Coleman Robin Davies and Oscar winner David Parfitt in this hit Thames sitcom – sequel to the highly popular And Mother Makes Three.
Remarkably, the Johnny Mortimer-scripted series Never the Twain ran to over 50 episodes between 1981 and 1984 on ITV. It starred Donald Sinden as Simon Peel, a stuffy, upper-middle class antiques dealer who lives next door to Oliver Smallbridge (Windsor Davies of It Aint Half Hot, Mum fame), a working-class lad made good, also in the antiques trade. As the first series establishes, theirs is a prickly relationship, not just because theyre rivals in trade but also rivals for the affections of the middle-aged, comely Veronica. They are aghast when they discover their respective son and daughter plan to marry, coming on like the Capulets and Montagues of Middle England. Never the Twain is a pleasantly predictable antique of the sitcom variety, redeemed by Sinden and Davies gruff, blustery and persistent antagonism. It depicts a cosy, never-never world of "dirty weekends", huge suburban houses, borderline homophobic mirth and reliable puns on "genes" and "jeans"--the sort of series in which characters greet surprising news by spraying a mouthful of tea halfway across the room. Some will find it barely endurable, others a welcome reminder of a bygone televisual era before alternative comedy became the ubiquitous norm. This DVD contains an episode guide and picture gallery. --David Stubbs
Now a qualified chef Robin from ""Man About the House"" (1973) sets up home with his girlfriend and a business with his girlfriend's father.
BAFTA winner Wendy Craig stars with Richard Coleman, Robin Davies and Oscar winner David Parfitt in this highly popular sequel to Thames' hit sitcom And Mother Makes Three. Co-written by Wendy Craig and produced by sitcom veteran Peter Frazer-Jones, the series charts the ongoing tribulations of Sally Harrison - a well-meaning, deeply loving but scatterbrained mother of two rambunctious young sons, now sharing her life with second husband David Redway, an antiquarian bookseller, and stepdaugh...
Chrissy and Jo share a bedsit flat at 6 Myddleton Terrace in the Earls Court district of London. The morning after a farewell party for a third (female) flatmate and in sore need of the extra financial contribution they prepare to start looking for her replacement. Unbeknownst to them asleep in the bath after drinking too much of an appalling concoction they called punch is Robin Tripp the friend of a friend of a friend of a friend and a catering student to boot. Since he can co
And Mother Makes Three stars Wendy Craigs as a slightly dotty young widow trying to hold down a job while bringing up two rather challenging sons. Quite innocently and with the best will in the world widow Sally Harrison has a great facility for putting her foot in it - in fact both feet right up to her neck. Somehow she always manages to win through in the end but not before dealing with an array of problems involving Auntie the children and her long-suffering boss the vet...
The complete fourth series of one of Thames TV's most successful sitcoms about the ups and downs of mixed flat-sharing. Episodes comprise: 1. The Last Picture Show 2. Right Said George 3. A Little Knowledge 4. Love And Let Love 5. How Does Your Garden Grow? 6. Come Fly With Me
And Mother Makes Three stars Wendy Craigs as a slightly dotty young widow trying to hold down a job while bringing up two rather challenging sons. Quite innocently and with the best will in the world widow Sally Harrison has a great facility for putting her foot in it - in fact both feet right up to her neck. Somehow she always manages to win through in the end but not before dealing with an array of problems involving Auntie the children and her long-suffering boss the vet... Episodes Comprise: 1. A Hard Day Out 2. The Matchmakers 3. Growing Pains 4. But How Can I Tell Them? 5. Once A Year Day 6. All Work And No Play
Rising Damp - A genuine British comedy classic the popularity of 'Rising Damp' remains unparalleled some 25 years after the first transmission. 'Rising Damp' detailed the day-to-day events at Rigsby's dingy boarding-house in Eric Chappell's hilarious sitcom. The landlord from hell Rupert Rigsby prowled around his dilapidated eyrie poking his nose into his lodgers' affairs. In this feature length movie Rigsby (Leonard Rossiter) is still intending to make Miss Jones (Frances De La Tour) his wife but she's far more interested in the intellectual and athletic Philip (Don Warrington)... George And Mildred - George and Mildred are the ultimate odd couple the popular landlord and landlady from Man About The House who became a household name with Thames Television in the 1970's and 80's. Mildred is vain snobbish and domineering; George is shy timid frigid and henpecked. Together they make a great partnership! In this feature length movie Mildred is still trying to steer him towards romance; George still doesn't know what she's driving at... Bless This House - The movie of the successful TV series in which two arguing families discover that their respective offsprings have been having a secret affair and plan to marry...
And Mother Makes Three stars Wendy Craigs as a slightly dotty young widow trying to hold down a job while bringing up two rather challenging sons. Quite innocently and with the best will in the world widow Sally Harrison has a great facility for putting her foot in it - in fact both feet right up to her neck. Somehow she always manages to win through in the end but not before dealing with an array of problems involving Auntie the children and her long-suffering boss the vet...
Robin is a qualified chef and together with his girlfriend Vicky he wants to open up a bistro but without the finances to do it he must turn to his disapproving father to help out. Together with his father and Vicky and a one-armed Irishman with a criminal record to do the washing up they open up Robin's Nest. Every episode from all six series!
Episodes Comprise: 1. Should Auld Aquaintance 2. Person Friday Required 3. Lost Weekend 4. Too Many Waiters Spoil The Bistro 5. September Song 6. Sorry Partner 7. Albert's Ball 8. Christmas At Robin's Nest
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