Penelope Keith
Next of Kin (1985)
Season 1
Andrew and Maggie Prentice have taken early retirement and plan to move to France, however when tragedy strikes they are left to care for their three grandchildren: Georgia, Jake and Michael and are going nowhere fast.
Released May 15, 1995
Episode 30 min
None+
Keywords: tmdb.grandchildren, tmdb.retirement, tmdb.middle-class, tmdb.family, tmdb.death, tmdb.sitcom, imdb.laugh-track
Network: BBC One
S1E1 - Accidental Death
Maggie and Andrew are looking forward to an early retirement in France, but due to the death of their son and daughter-in-law, their grandchildren arrive, totally disrupting their plans as they take on their family duties as next of kin.
May 15, 1995, midnight
S1E2 - Harry
Philip has to take a visit to casualty, while Jake's hamster dies, and Georgia falls for the builder, whose interest lies with the cleaner.
May 22, 1995, midnight
S1E3 - Enjoyment
Andrew takes the kids out to entertain them,
only to get himself arrested. Andrew tells Maggie to relax and enjoy having their grandchildren around, while Georgia is devastated to find Tom kissing Liz.
May 29, 1995, midnight
S1E4 - Expansion
The drastic changes to the family's living conditions has put a financial strain on Maggie and Andrew, plus the lack of living space exacerbates the problem, so Tom decides to transform the garage into a bedroom prompting Andrew to make a tearful goodbye to his garage wine collection.
June 5, 1995, midnight
S1E5 - The New Term
Maggie's looking forward to some time to herself now the children are going back to school, but chicken-poxes intervenes.
June 12, 1995, midnight
S1E6 - Adoption
Maggie and Andrew decide to legally adopt their three grandchildren; however this news doesn't go down too well. Plus, Liz has doubts after her first date with Tom.
June 19, 1985, midnight
S1E7 - The Nativity Play
Maggie gets a job at a friend's restaurant and the family all gather together to watch Jake in his school nativity.
Dec. 21, 1995, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 660 min.
Released: May 15, 1995
Last Air Date: Jan. 9, 2002, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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