Don't Wait Up. Image shows from L to R: Tom Latimer (Nigel Havers), Angela Latimer (Dinah Sheridan), Toby Latimer (Tony Britton). Copyright: BBC
Don't Wait Up

Don't Wait Up

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1983 - 1990
  • 39 episodes (6 series)

Father and son doctors, Toby and Tom Latimer, find themselves divorcing their wives and at a crossroads in their life. Stars Tony Britton, Nigel Havers, Dinah Sheridan, Richard Heffer, Simon Williams and more.

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Don't Wait Up - Complete Series One & Two DVD

Nigel Havers plays Dr. Tom Latimer, and Tony Britton his father Toby. Tom, a GP with the National Health Service, has split from his wife Helen who is finding various ways of taking him for all he's got.

Meanwhile Tom's father Toby, a conservative Harley Street consultant, announces that he...

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Don't Wait Up - Series 1 & 2 DVD

Can father and son learn to tolerate one another's idiosyncrasies in this sophisticated and popular comedy series?

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