Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973)

Directed by

Sydney Lotterby

Genre

sitcom

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 19 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A clumsy man named Frank Spencer tries and fails to hold down a job, often causing chaos around him. The show follows his misadventures and the reactions of his long-suffering family.

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What happens

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC1, created and written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice. It was first broadcast in 1973 and ran for two series, including two Christmas specials in 1974 and 1975. After a three-year absence, the programme returned for a third series in 1978 and again in 2016 for a one-off special. The series regularly garnered 25 million viewers and was broadcast in 60 countries. The series follows the maladroit Frank Spencer through his various attempts to get and keep a job, which frequently end in disaster. The sitcom was noted for its stunt work, performed by Crawford himself, and it featured several well-known and much-lampooned catchphrases that have become part of British popular culture. In the 2004 series Britain's Best Sitcom, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em placed 22nd in the list of all British sitcoms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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