Fred Barron
Director
My Family (2000)
Season 5
Ben Harper is a moderately successful family man and dentist. He is also undergoing a mid-life crisis and trying to cope with the bizarre reality of raising teenage children. His wife Susan seems quite happy, enjoys her job as a London tour guide, however at home her ability to find her way around a cookbook or pantry is less successful. Their three children Nick, Janey, and Michael are as different as chalk and cheese. Nick (19) is on his gap year, but doesn't get much further than the sofa or job centre, Janey is as sharp as a tack and 16 going on 25, while Michael is a very bright, computer-nerdish 12 year old who is just discovering girls.
Released Sept. 19, 2000
Episode 30 min
15+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.london-england, tmdb.black-humor, tmdb.family, tmdb.dentist, imdb.dentist, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.husband-wife-relationship + 16 more, imdb.father-son-relationship, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.boy-wears-eyeglasses, imdb.stupidity, imdb.sitcom, imdb.british-comedy, imdb.mishaps, imdb.grumpy-father, imdb.laugh-track, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.silly, imdb.silliness, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.first-person-title, tmdb.sitcom
Watch Providers: Tubi TV, The CW, BritBox, BritBox Amazon Channel, Pluto TV + 5 more, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Plex, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Plex Channel
Production Companies: Rude Boy Productions, DLT Entertainment
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S5E1 - The Mummy Returns
More problems for Ben - Janey comes back home, Susan lies to the police, Michael becomes born-again and Abi confuses nature with naturism.
March 19, 2004, midnight
S5E2 - You Don't Know Jack
Michael gets a cool new friend called Jack, who seems a bit too interested in Susan, much to the amusement of Ben. Meanwhile, Janey gives Abi some fashion advice.
March 26, 2004, midnight
S5E3 - What's Up, Docklands?
Ben and Susan decide to help out some friends by flat-sitting their brand new Docklands apartment, and expectedly, things do not go according to plan.
April 2, 2004, midnight
S5E4 - Luck Be a Lady Tonight
In order to awaken Abi's interest, Susan suggests Roger should make her jealous and despite Ben's protests, tries to find a date for him.
April 16, 2004, midnight
S5E5 - First Past the Post
With a mixture of civic pride and sense of community, Susan decides to run for the council. As a result of this and Michael's new pet, Ben is tempted to run for the hills.
April 23, 2004, midnight
S5E6 - My Will Be Done
Due to the death of Susan's friend, mortality is suddenly on everyone's mind, which results in Ben writing his will, Nick working at an undertakers, and Susan using the Internet to predict Ben's death.
April 30, 2004, midnight
S5E7 - My Fair Charlady
Susan employs a cleaner, who turns out to be such a treasure that she takes over the cooking as well - much to the family's delight, and to Susan's chagrin.
May 7, 2004, midnight
S5E8 - The Mouth Trap
One of Ben's patients, while under anaesthetic, admits to killing his wife. Susan, currently overdosing on murder mysteries, decides to turn sleuth in an effort to expose the killer but then gets involved in a cover-up of her own.
May 14, 2004, midnight
S5E9 - While You Weren't Sleeping
When Ben and Susan have some problems in the bedroom that start to drive them apart, Abi thinks she may be at fault, but she has her own problems to deal with.
May 21, 2004, midnight
S5E10 - Dentist to the Stars
One of Britain's best-loved heart-throbs visits Ben's surgery and although the mere mention of his name sends Susan weak at the knees, Ben is singularly, at first, unimpressed.
May 28, 2004, midnight
S5E11 - A Wife Less Ordinary
Susan is bored with her lot and decides to run her life as a single girl again by swapping places with Janey for a week, who takes the opportunity to try running the home with a husband who is less than perfect.
June 4, 2004, midnight
S5E12 - The Book of Love
Susan attends a neighbour's book club. Michael runs a booking agency exclusively for Roger, while Ben books a seat on the sofa but gets a new assistant too close to home.
June 11, 2004, midnight
S5E13 - Going Dental
Susan forsakes Ben's dental conference to write her novel, while Ben seeks a new partnership in Harley Street and ends up with more partners than he'd bargained for.
June 18, 2004, midnight
BBC One
30 min/ep
3300 min
Sept. 19, 2000
Sept. 2, 2011, midnight
Ended
TV-PG
15+
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