
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1975 - 1979
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 27 (4 series)
- Starring
- Robin Bailey, John Comer, Liz Smith, Stephen Rea, Keith Drinkel, Anita Carey, Liz Goulding, Bert Palmer and others
- Writer
- Peter Tinniswood
- Director
- Bernard Thompson
- Producer
- Bernard Thompson
Sitcom depicting the Brandon family, an extended Northern clan struggling with the miseries and stresses of family life.
There's relentless pessimist Uncle Mort, his sharp-tongued sister Annie (who is constantly arguing with husband Les), their laid-back son Carter, and his not-so-laid-back fiancée Pat.
The clan's completed by old Uncle Stavely who carries his friend's ashes around his neck in a box and only enters the constant bickering with cries of "I 'eard that! Pardon?"
- Production company
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 27th August 1975 on BBC One at 9:25pm
- Last new broadcast
- Tuesday 26th June 1979 on BBC One at 9:25pm
- Length of episodes
- 30 minutes
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