Series 1, Episode 1 - The Arrival
Frank Riley's life turns upside down when his son, Brian, walks back in to his life. Not only is he looking for a job and a place to stay, he also seems to be bringing his God-fearing attitude to bear on Frank's less than saintly lifestyle.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 6th January 1975
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 25 minutes
Cast & crew
Press
The Life of Riley, Granada's new comedy series, is cheap and cheerful, neat and effective. The formula is the upside-down one of live-it-up-father and a stay-at-home son. H. V. Kershaw, who wrote it, must be a follower, as what thinking man is not, of the Berman-Newhart school of telephoning Two scenes were telephone turns by Bill Maynard, and good ones. When his son arrives all unpolluted in Piccadilly (Manchester, not London), a little Welsh baa-lamb, Maynard makes every endeavour to return him to the land of his grandfathers.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 7th January 1975
