John Stevenson
Director
The Brothers McGregor (1985)
Season 1
Liverpool-set sitcom about black and white half-brothers Wesley and Cyril who run an extremely dodgy second-hand car business. The series is a spin-off of ITV soap opera Coronation Street, featuring two characters that originally appeared in the soap for one episode in May 1982. Unable to get Carl Chase and Tony Osoba back to play the roles, Philip Whitchurch and Paul Barber were cast instead.
Released Sept. 4, 1985
Episode 30 min
None+
Production Companies: Granada Manchester
Network: ITV Granada
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The Getaway Car
Cyril attempts to sell a dodgy car with an out of hours test drive to a youngster. A colleague covers for him but he returns to his place of work prematurely.
Sept. 4, 1985, midnight
S1E2 - The Royal Letter
Uncle Crosby, one of Dolly's ex-boyfriends arrives, on the run from the police and looking for a place to hide.
Sept. 11, 1985, midnight
S1E3 - Cyril's Marital Status
Glenys breaks off her engagement to Cyril following the revelation that he has been divorced from is wife for 18 months.
Sept. 18, 1985, midnight
S1E4 - The Vicar Buys a Car
Wesley is far from happy when he discovers that Cyril has bought a hearse.
Sept. 25, 1985, midnight
S1E5 - The Talent Contest
Wesley gets a booking for Cyril to sing at a nightclub in Stoke.
Oct. 2, 1985, midnight
S1E6 - The Impressive Address
Wesley finds new business premises.
Oct. 9, 1985, midnight
S1E7 - Nye Jenkins
Cyril meets Nye Jenkins going about his business with his sandwich board as usual proclaiming the end of the world is nigh and makes a joke about Nye having already booked his summer holidays. Wesley decides the car pitch needs a new image.
Oct. 16, 1985, midnight
Network: ITV Granada
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 780 min.
Released: Sept. 4, 1985
Last Air Date: Aug. 24, 1988, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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