Pam Valentine
Director
That's My Boy (1981)
Season 1
That's My Boy is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1981 to 1986. It stars Mollie Sugden as Ida Willis, who takes a job as a housekeeper for her son, whom she gave up for adoption years earlier.
Released Oct. 23, 1981
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.mother, tmdb.adoption, tmdb.son, tmdb.couple, imdb.british-sitcom, imdb.adoption, imdb.laugh-track + 4 more, tmdb.husband-wife-relationship, tmdb.mother-son-relationship, tmdb.domestic-comedy, tmdb.sitcom
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Production Companies: Yorkshire Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Live As a Family
Housekeeper Ida Willis is the terror of the domestic employment agency and her clients alike. She is sent to work for Dr. Robert Price and his wife Angie. Ida tells Angie about her son Shane, who she gave up for adoption as a newborn baby. When they swap baby photos of Robert and Shane, they discover that they are one in the same!
Oct. 23, 1981, midnight
S1E2 - Settling In
Ida is enjoying working for Shane and Angie. That is, until she meets Shane's 'other mummy' Mrs Price! Will they ever see eye to eye?
Oct. 30, 1981, midnight
S1E3 - Is It Catching?
Ida agrees to look after her brother's grandchild, unaware of what she's letting herself in for.
Nov. 6, 1981, midnight
S1E4 - Happy Birthdays, Robert
Robert's mummies can't agree when he was born. Ida insists he was born in June while Mrs Price is certain that his birthday is when she adopted him. He ends up taking both mummies to dinner and trouble ensues. Can Ida and Mrs Price become friends?
Nov. 6, 1981, midnight
S1E5 - Driven Apart
Robert is starting to regret having agreed to teach Angie how to drive. Mrs Price thinks it's funny that Angie has hit another car, until she realises whose car she's hit.
Nov. 20, 1981, midnight
S1E6 - Think Thin
Robert thinks that he, Angie, and Ida need to lose weight, so he devises a diet for them all to follow. Ida's not happy as this means she can't even have her usual G&T. When Ida discovers that Robert has been eating secretly at the hospital, she puts a stop to the diet for good!
Nov. 27, 1981, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1110 min.
Released: Oct. 23, 1981
Last Air Date: April 4, 1986, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 10+
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