My Old Man (1974)

Directed by

Paddy Russell, Edward Hardwicke, Clive Dunn

Genre

sitcom

Country

England

Length

2 seasons, 13 episodes

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired train driver moves in with his daughter, her husband, and their teenage son. The comedy comes from the clash between his old-fashioned ways and his son-in-law's more refined habits.

lightheartedgentledatedmildly amusinggenerationaldomesticeasygoingnostalgic

What happens

My Old Man is a sitcom starring Clive Dunn as retired and embittered engine driver Sam Cobbett. ITV broadcast 13 episodes in two series during 1974 and 1975. Set in London, Sam Cobbett is the last tenant to leave an old house on a council-condemned road. He goes to live with his daughter, her posh husband (Arthur), and their young teenage son (Ron), in a flat nearby. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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