Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em74%

TV 1973-02-15 30m Comedy
★ 7.6 / 10 · 49 votes
Ratings
Combined
74.4 %
3 sources
IMDb
7.6 /10
4,615 votes
Trakt
72 %
88 votes
TMDB
75 %
49 votes

Meet Frank Spencer, an eager young man trying to find his way in the world. He's enthusiastic, well-meaning... and disaster-prone.

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Status
Ended
Runtime
30m
Seasons
3
Episodes
19
Studio
BBC
Network
BBC One
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Links
IMDb, TVDB, Wikidata
Created by
Raymond Allen
Cast
Michael Crawford Michael Crawford Frank Spencer Michele Dotrice Michele Dotrice Betty Spencer Jessica Forte Jessica Forte Jessica Spencer John D. Collins John D. Collins Julia Breck Julia Breck Ralph Watson Ralph Watson Geoffrey Whitehead Geoffrey Whitehead Linda Hayden Linda Hayden Cyril Shaps Cyril Shaps Desmond Llewelyn Desmond Llewelyn Vernon Dobtcheff Vernon Dobtcheff Sydney Tafler Sydney Tafler
Series 1 1973 · 7 eps
  1. 1 Getting a Job Frank is newly married and is living with his mother-in-law who is frustrated by him constantly breaking things. His latest attempt to ""help"" involves losing the door to the coa… Feb 15, 1973 30m
  2. 2 George's House Frank and Betty have moved out of Betty's mother's house and are now staying with Betty's brother, George. George is a very futuristic designer who has filled his house with weird… Feb 22, 1973 30m
  3. 3 Love Thy Neighbour After being sacked from his job with the water board for getting stuck down a sewer!, Frank attends a public-relations course. On his first evening, Frank joins the other students… Mar 1, 1973 30m
  4. 4 Have A Break, Take A Husband Frank and Betty are going on a second honeymoon. Frank is in the station toilet and (as you'd expect) manages to miss the train. He ends up running for it and grabbing hold of the… Mar 8, 1973 30m
  5. 5 The Hospital Visit Betty is ill in hospital and Frank intends visiting her. He stops off at the greengrocer's to buy her some fruit. After much confusion with money, the shop assistant gives Frank t… Mar 15, 1973 30m
  6. 6 The Psychiatrist Frank has once again lost his job as a fireman after continually missing the fire-engine. He is depressed about this and convinced that he is a failure so Betty suggests that he g… Mar 22, 1973 30m
  7. 7 The Employment Exchange When the new employment exchange manager Bradshaw insists that everyone can be helped, veteran Hooper gladly passes on the hopeless case of Frank Spencer. Both his serial disaster… Mar 29, 1973 30m
Series 2 1973 · 6 eps
  1. 1 Cliffhanger Disaster-prone Frank manages to find a job as salesman for farm products, and with the job goes a car...and when they go for a picnic on a seaside cliff-top... Nov 22, 1973 30m
  2. 2 The RAF Reunion Today, Frank attends his RAF reunion & the hidden story of his short but eventful spell in the service unfolds in flashback - of how the massed forces of the RAF were mobilized to… Nov 29, 1973 30m
  3. 3 The Public Relations Course Frank loses another job, this time he was working in the sewers. Betty encourages him to go back to work at the prison but he doesn't think they will take him back after he was f… Dec 6, 1973 30m
  4. 4 Frank and Marvin Betty reveals that she's pregnant. Frank goes off to a holiday camp for an interview as a ""bluecoat."" Frank runs through his act as a ventriloquist, using a dummy called Marvin … Dec 13, 1973 30m
  5. 5 Fathers' Clinic When Frank goes to the Fathers' Clinic, his usual bad luck causes absolute mayhem!! Dec 20, 1973 30m
  6. 6 The Baby Arrives It's the moment that Frank has been waiting for as Betty gives birth to his daughter... but the usual bedlam remains... Dec 27, 1973 30m
Series 3 1978 · 6 eps
  1. 1 Moving House Frank is thrilled when his grandfather offers to pay for flying lessons so that he can help on his vast Australian sheep farm. He sees himself as a flying cowboy of the sheep rang… Nov 11, 1978 30m
  2. 2 Wendy House Frank is followed home by a stray dog. He talks Betty into letting him keep it. Mr Harris, from the insurance company, comes to assess the damage done to the Spencers' furniture d… Nov 18, 1978 30m
  3. 3 Scottish Dancing Frank and Betty now belong to a local Scottish dancing group. One of them has to stay at home to babysit Jessica, so they take it in turns to attend. Mr. Quincy, the lodger from n… Nov 25, 1978 30m
  4. 4 Men as Women Frank, working on a demolition gang, nearly gets flattened by a falling chimney. A letter arrives from Frank's grandfather, saying that he's coming over from Australia. He wants F… Dec 2, 1978 30m
  5. 5 King of the Road Frank has a new job as a motorbike dispatch rider. He has to take a motorbike test. The examiner tells him to drive around the block and stop when he gets the signal. Frank takes … Dec 9, 1978 30m
  6. 6 Australia House Frank is takeing elocution lessons so that he'll be able to communicate with all of the ""upper crust types"" he thinks he'll meet when he starts taking flying lessons. Frank has… Dec 16, 1978 30m
Specials 1974 · 8 eps
  1. 1 Jessica's First Christmas (Christmas Special 1974) Frank is experiencing his first Christmas as a father, and he is determined that it will be an eventful one for Jessica. Fortunately, his pride and joy is not always present to se… Dec 25, 1974 52m
  2. 2 Learning to Drive (Christmas Special 1975) Frank has managed to land himself a job as a pixie in the enchanted grotto of a large store's toy fair. After being sacked, Frank decides to try for his driving license to increas… Dec 25, 1975 45m
  3. 3 Learning to Fly (Christmas Special 1978) Frank begins his flying lessons at the local school but things take a bit of a bad turn when Frank manages to cause his instructor to pass out in mid flight. Dec 25, 1978 46m
  4. 4 Sport Relief 2016 Frank Spencer returns in a one-off special that sees him race across London to get to his daughter's debut cycle race, bumping into various celebrities along the way. Mar 18, 2016 13m
  5. 5 Secrets & Scandals of Some Mother Do 'Ave 'Em At its peak, around half the UK population was watching the antics of hapless Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford) and his family. This documentary reveals the behind-the-scenes stori… Aug 5, 2022 45m
  6. 7 Sport Relief Special 2016 - Behind the Scenes Watch the making of the Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em special for Sport Relief, with cast and crew in awe of Michael Crawford, insistent that he still perform his own stunts in his sev… Mar 18, 2016 13m
  7. 8 Noel's House Party [1998] After twenty years since the end of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Michael Crawford makes a special Frank Spencer appearance, as well as singing as himself amidst Frank Spencer-type de… Nov 14, 1998 7m
  8. 9 Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice Remember... Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice discuss their time on Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em for the first time in 50 years. Aug 1, 2023 25m
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