Next Of Kin. Copyright: BBC
Next Of Kin

Next Of Kin

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1995 - 1997
  • 22 episodes (3 series)

Andrew and Maggie Prentice become guardians to their 3 grandchildren when their son and his wife are killed in a car crash. Stars Penelope Keith, William Gaunt, Ann Gosling, Matthew Clarke, Jamie Lucraft and more.

Next Of Kin. Copyright: BBC

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1995 - 1997
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
22 (3 series)
Stars
Penelope Keith, William Gaunt, Ann Gosling, Matthew Clarke, Jamie Lucraft, Tracie Bennett, Mark Powley, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton
Writers
Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie
Director
Gareth Gwenlan
Producer
Gareth Gwenlan
Company

Returning from an expedition to France in search of a retirement home, Andrew and Maggie Prentice are shocked to learn of the death of their estranged son Graham and his wife, 'Bootface'. Even more shocking - particularly to Maggie - is that there are no other apparent guardians for their three now-orphaned grandchildren.

Suddenly the grandparents who failed to bond with their own son, and sent him to boarding school at the earliest available opportunity, are landed with school runs, homework, and childhood tantrums!

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 15th May 1995 at 8:30pm on BBC One