Father, Dear Father
- TV sitcom
- ITV
- 1968 - 1973
- 45 episodes (7 series)
Crime novelist Patrick Glover struggles to juggle an ex-wife, a Nanny, his ageing mother, two young daughters - and the occasional romantic interlude. Stars Patrick Cargill, Natasha Pyne, Ann Holloway, Noel Dyson, Ursula Howells and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1968 - 1973
- Channels
- ITV
- Episodes
- 45 (7 series), plus 4 short specials
- Stars
- Patrick Cargill, Natasha Pyne, Ann Holloway, Noel Dyson, Ursula Howells, Joyce Carey, Sally Bazely, Dawn Addams and more
- Writers
- Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke
- Director
- William G Stewart
- Producer
- William G Stewart
- Companies
Popular fiction writer, Patrick Glover, is renowned for his womanising. But with two daughters, a nanny, ex-wife, and on-off relationship with his publisher Georgie to look after - not to mention new novels to pen - he rarely gets the time any more.
Ever eager to maintain a principled figure in his daughters' eyes and to save Nanny from embarrassment, Patrick finds himself more often than not at the receiving end of a terribly awkward series of misunderstandings.
Controlling two teenage daughters really is more than he can handle, and when he puts his foot down there is usually something beneath it - faithful dog H.G. Wells if he's unlucky!
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Tuesday 5th November 1968 at 8:30pm on ITV
- Last new broadcast
- Tuesday 6th February 1973 at 7pm on ITV
- Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 10th August 2019 at 1:30am on Forces TV - Series 1, Episode 6
- Saturday 10th August 2019 at 1:00am on Forces TV - Series 1, Episode 5
- Friday 9th August 2019 at 6:30pm on Forces TV - Series 1, Episode 6
Recording details
- Teddington Studios