The Cockfields. Image shows from L to R: Ray (Gregor Fisher), Simon (Joe Wilkinson), Esther (Susannah Fielding), David (Ben Rufus Green), Sue (Sue Johnston)

Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
2019 - 2021
Channel
Gold
Episodes
10 (2 series)
Stars
Joe Wilkinson, Susannah Fielding, Sue Johnston, Gregor Fisher, Ben Rufus Green, Michele Dotrice, Greg McHugh, Nigel Havers and more
Writers
David Earl and Joe Wilkinson
Directors
Steve Bendelack and Simon Hynd
Producers
John Rushton, Lucy Lumsden, Lucy Ansbro, Pete Thornton, David Earl, Joe Wilkinson and Robyn Forsythe
Company

Sitcom focusing on a man who takes his girlfriend to meet his family at their home on the Isle of Wight for the very first time. There they'll spend a long weekend as guests of his ever-doting mother Sue and controlling stepdad Ray.

Simon has been persuaded to mark the occasion of his 40th birthday back at the Cockfield family home and there's a fair amount of Isle of Wight "fun" in store for the couple, alongside interruptions from Simon's Alan Titchmarsh-obsessed stepbrother David and the Cockfields' oddball handyman neighbour Andre.

If that wasn't enough, Simon's father Larry and his new girlfriend Melissa are causing tensions to rise. Can Simon survive a long (very long) birthday weekend with his biological and extended family without losing his cool, or his girlfriend?

Additional details

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 12th November 2019 at 10pm on Gold
Most recent repeats

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