Father, Dear Father#Australian version
{{Short description|British TV sitcom (1968–1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
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| genre = Sitcom
| creator =
| developer =
| writer = Brian Cooke
Johnnie Mortimer
| director = William G. Stewart
| creative_director =
| presenter =
| starring = Patrick Cargill
Natasha Pyne
Ann Holloway
Noel Dyson
Sally Bazely
Dawn Addams
| judges =
| voices =
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = Gordon Franks
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 7
| num_episodes = 45
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| executive_producer =
| producer = William G. Stewart
| editor =
| location =
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = Thames Television
| channel = ITV
| first_aired = {{Start date|1968|11|05|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1973|02|06|df=y}}
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Father, Dear Father is a British television sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV from 1968 to 1973 starring Patrick Cargill. It was subsequently made into a spin-off film of the same title released in 1973.
An Australian sequel series of the same name (though usually referred to as Father, Dear Father in Australia to distinguish it from the UK original) followed in 1978. The same year a West German adaptation Oh, This Father starring Willy Millowitsch began, lasting until 1981.
Premise
The original series focused on divorced British novelist Patrick Glover (Patrick Cargill) and his daughters, Karen (Ann Holloway) and Anna (Natasha Pyne), a couple of lively girls in their teens. The family lives in Hampstead, London. Another member of the household is the girls' Nanny (Noel Dyson). As well as having to deal with his progeny, Patrick also faces frequent hassles with his ex-wife Barbara (Ursula Howells) and her current husband Bill Mossman (played by Patrick Holt, and later Tony Britton). There is also his brother Philip (Donald Sinden), his mother (Joyce Carey), his agent Georgie Thompson (Sally Bazely Series 1 and 2 and later Dawn Addams Series 4-7), his publisher Ian Smyth (Michael Segal in series 3) and his pet St. Bernard dog 'H. G. Wells'. At the end of the sixth series Anna marries Tim Tanner (Jeremy Child), who then became a regular in the last series.
Cast
- Patrick Cargill - Patrick Glover
- Natasha Pyne - Anna Glover
- Ann Holloway - Karen Glover
- Noel Dyson - Nanny
- Dawn Addams - Georgie Thompson
- Ursula Howells - Barbara
- Joyce Carey - Patrick’s mother
- Sally Bazely - Georgie Thompson
- Jeremy Child - Timothy Tanner
- Tony Britton - Bill Mossman
- Michael Segal - Ian Smythe
- Patrick Holt - Bill Mossman
- James Appleby - Milkman
- Donald Sinden - Philip Glover
Episodes
Series 1 and 2 are in black & white. Series 3 to 7 are in colour.
=Series 1 (1968)=
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| EpisodeNumber=1
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=The Proposal
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|11|5|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=2
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=Pussies Galore
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|11|12|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=3
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=The Return of the Mummy
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|11|19|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=4
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=Publish and Be Damned
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|11|26|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=5
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=It Won't Be a Stylish Marriage
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|12|3|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=6
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=I Should Have Danced All Night
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|12|10|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=7
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title=Lost Weekend
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|12|17|df=y}}
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=Series 2 (1969)=
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| EpisodeNumber=8
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=Unhappy Birthday
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|5|27|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=9
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=We Can't Afford a Carriage
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|6|3|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=10
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=Show Me the Way to Go Home
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|6|10|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=11
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=Thinner Than Water
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|6|17|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=12
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|6|24|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=13
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=Divorce English Style
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1969|7|1|df=y}}
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=Series 3 (1970)=
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| EpisodeNumber=14
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=This Is Your Wife
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|5|12|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=15
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=One Dog and His Man
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|5|19|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=16
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=It's Never Too Late
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|5|26|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=17
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=Nobody's Indispensable
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|6|2|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=18
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=The Suitable Suitor
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|6|9|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=19
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=A Man About the House
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1970|6|16|df=y}}
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=Series 4 (1971)=
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|title=20
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| EpisodeNumber=20
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=Last Of The Red-Hot Mommas
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|6|15|df=y}}
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| LineColor=191970
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=21
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=An Affair To Forget
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|6|22|df=y}}
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| LineColor=191970
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=22
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=Housey-Housey
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|6|29|df=y}}
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| LineColor=191970
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=23
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=The Reluctant Runaway
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|7|6|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=24
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=Come Back Little Sheba
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|7|13|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=25
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=A Domestic Comedy
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|7|20|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=26
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title=The Naked Truth
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|7|27|df=y}}
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=Series 5 (1971)=
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| EpisodeNumber=27
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=Proposed and Seconded
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|9|13|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=28
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=The Life of the Party
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|9|20|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=29
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=Nothing But the Tooth
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|9|27|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=30
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=An Explosive Situation
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|4|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=31
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=A Book for the Bishop
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|11|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=32
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=A Case for Inspector Glover
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1971|10|18|df=y}}
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=Series 6 (1972)=
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| EpisodeNumber=33
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=The Cardboard Casanova
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|6|13|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=34
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=Brother, Dear Brother
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|6|20|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=35
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=The Opposite Six
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|6|27|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=36
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=Unaccustomed As I Am
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|7|4|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=37
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=Feud, Glorious Feud
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|7|11|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=38
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=The Engagement
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|7|18|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=39
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title=Father of the Bride
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1972|7|25|df=y}}
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=Series 7 (1973)=
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| EpisodeNumber=40
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=Flat Spin
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|1|2|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=41
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=Home And Away
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|1|9|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=42
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=It's In The Book
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|1|16|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=43
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=The Right Hand Man
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|1|23|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=44
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=Pop Around The Clock
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|1|30|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=45
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=In All Directions
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1973|2|6|df=y}}
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Australian version
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| country = Australia
| language = English
| num_episodes = 14
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| runtime = 30 mins
| channel = ATN Channel 7
| first_aired = {{Start date|1978|04|02|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1980|06|28|df=y}}
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A few years after Karen and Anna have married and left home, Patrick decides to go to Australia to do some research for a book he is writing and takes Nanny along (both Cargill and Dyson reprised the roles). He intends to stay with his brother Jeffrey (Ron Frazer), but Jeffrey unexpectedly has to travel to London for 6 months in connection with his work. Jeffrey comments that he is worried about leaving his daughters, Liz (Sally Conabere) and Sue (Sigrid Thornton), to fend for themselves while he is away and asks if Patrick and Nanny can look after them, and Patrick begrudgingly agrees. Liz and Sue had been looking forward to being free of adult supervision while their father was away, so they're initially unimpressed with the idea. 'H.G.Wells' was replaced by two new St.Bernards, a dog named G.K. (after G.K. Chesterton) and a bitch named 'A.C.' (after Agatha Christie). Wallas Eaton appears in two episodes of the second series as Patrick's Australian publisher, Sam Winterton.
Two 7-episode series were made by Lyle McCabe Productions in association with the Seven Network; like the original, they were produced and directed by William G. Stewart. Gordon Franks' original title music was also re-used. Mortimer and Cooke wrote the first episode, "Once More With Feeling"; the rest of the episodes were written by writers such as Richard Waring and Donald Churchill.Albert Moran, Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series, AFTRS 1993 p 174
=Series 1 (1978)=
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| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=Once More with Feeling
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|6|25|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=2
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=A Home from Home
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|7|2|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=3
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=The Floating Housekeeper
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|7|9|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=4
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=Novel Exercise
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|7|16|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=5
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=A Word of Appreciation
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|7|23|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=6
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=Finding Your Feet
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|7|30|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=7
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title=The Lost Sheep
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1978|8|6|df=y}}
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=Series 2 (1980)=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=8
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=A Novel Experience
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|5|17|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=9
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=Straight form the Horse's Mouth
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|5|24|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=10
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=Father, Dear Father's Day
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|5|31|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=11
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|6|7|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=12
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=The Wisdom of Patrick
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|6|14|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=13
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=I Talk to the Trees
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|6|21|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=14
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title=Thruppling Thursday
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1980|6|28|df=y}}
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DVD release
All seven series of Father, Dear Father (including the feature film) have been released on DVD by Network, A 7-disc box-set of the complete series has also been released. Both series of the Australian Father, Dear Father series have been released in a 2 disc set by Umbrella Entertainment in Australia.
| class="wikitable" | |
| DVD | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Complete Series 1 | 15 January 2007 |
| The Complete Series 2 | 13 August 2007 |
| The Complete Series 3 | 22 October 2007 |
| The Complete Series 4 | 1 September 2008 |
| The Complete Series 5 | 8 June 2009 |
| The Complete Series 6 | 23 August 2010 |
| The Complete Series 7 The Complete Series 1 to 7 + Movie Box Set | 8 November 2010 |
See also
References
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External links
- {{British Comedy Guide|tv|father_dear_father}}
- {{IMDb title|0062560}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19991104215147/http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/5144/f_dear_f.html Father, Dear Father] - credits and episodes guide
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