My Hero. Image shows from L to R: Janet Dawkins (Emily Joyce), George Sunday (Ardal O'Hanlon). Copyright: Big Bear Films
My Hero

My Hero

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2000 - 2006
  • 52 episodes (6 series)

Super hero Thermoman struggles to understand the Earth way of life, but attempts to keep a family in suburbia all the same. Stars Ardal O'Hanlon, James Dreyfus, Emily Joyce, Geraldine McNulty, Hugh Dennis and more.

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Series 4, Episode 1 - A Sporting Chance

Being a peace-loving Ultronian, George knows nothing about sport or the psychology of sport that drives men and women to thrash opponents to within an inch of their lives. So when Piers asks George to join his Sunday League cricket team to make up numbers George hasn't a clue what he's being asked to do.

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After a crash course on the rules of cricket from Janet, George takes the field and proceeds to decimate his own team with his over-zealous fielding. Piers is scathing about George's performance, but is forced to eat humble pie when George eclipses Piers by scoring a near-impossible 24 runs off the last 4 balls. George has discovered the ecstasy that is winning! Success goes to his head and he becomes horribly competitive, until Janet forces him to choose between grinding opponents' faces into the dirt or staying married to her.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 8th August 2003
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

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Wednesday 3rd August 2022 8:20am Gold
Wednesday 3rd August 2022 12:05pm Gold
Wednesday 1st February 2023 8:40am Gold
Wednesday 1st February 2023 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 7th March 2024 8:40am Gold
Thursday 7th March 2024 12:40pm Gold

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