My Almost Famous Family
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2009
- 11 episodes (1 series)
CBBC musical comedy series. Singing, dancing and doing the chores - it's all in a day's work for the Swann family. Stars Rakie Ayola, Andrew Clover, Angus Harrison, Matthew Jacobs Morgan, Naomi Battrick and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - We've Only Just Begun
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 12th September 2009
- Time
- 10am
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Rakie Ayola | Shalondra Swann |
| Andrew Clover | Gary Swann |
| Angus Harrison | Hadley |
| Matthew Jacobs Morgan (as Matt Morgan) | Isaac |
| Naomi Battrick | Toyah |
| Dominique Moore | Aretha |
| Rachel Brady | Martha |
| Alice Henley | Annabelle |
| Emily Joyce | Jill |
| Andrew Viner | Writer |
| Hilary Frankland | Script Editor |
| Beryl Richards | Director |
| Paul McKenzie | Producer |
| Steven Andrew | Executive Producer |
| Xavier Russell | Editor |
| Anna Higginson | Production Designer |
| Richie Webb | Composer |
| Tom Nichols | Composer |
Press
This chirpy, if slightly hackneyed, new comedy for children centres upon the Swann family: half African-American, half English, all musical, and with big ambitions for their six-piece group, suggestively titled We're in Perfect Harmony. Discord, needless to say, awaits them in the wings, as they bag a gig as the house band on a popular television chat show and start becoming almost famous, which, as any modestly successful pop musician will tell you, isn't as easy as it looks.
Pete Naughton, The Telegraph, 12th September 2009Saturday morning family comedy with a musical twist. This all-singing, all dancing comedy featuring the Swann step-family is a Partridge Family or Brady Bunch for the 21st Century.
What's On TV, 12th September 2009