The Brothers McGregor
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1985 - 1988
- 26 episodes (4 series)
Liverpool-set sitcom about black and white half-brothers Wesley and Cyril who run an extremely dodgy second-hand car business. Stars Paul Barber, Philip Whitchurch, Jean Heywood, Jackie Downey, Allan Surtees and Terry Cundall
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1985 - 1988
- Channel
- ITV
- Episodes
- 26 (4 series)
- Creators
- Julian Roach and John Stevenson
- Stars
- Paul Barber, Philip Whitchurch, Jean Heywood, Jackie Downey, Allan Surtees and Terry Cundall
- Writers
- Julian Roach and John Stevenson
- Director
- Bernard Thompson
- Producers
- Bernard Thompson and Bill Podmore
- Company
Two half brothers - one black, one white - have very different dreams in life. Wesley wants to be a politician while Cyril - engaged to Glenys Pike for six years - believes he will be the next Frank Sinatra.
Until their dreams come true, however, they must continue to run a dilapidated second hand car lot in Liverpool. To top up their incomes, both also work at the local Blue Cockatoo club - and Wesley writes letters to eminent persons about the Confederation of Black Industrialists, of which he is chair.
Additional details
- Production setting
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 4th September 1985 at 8:30pm on ITV1