Underplayed Gems

Growing Pains (1992)

Growing Pains poster
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 20 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A middle-aged couple decides to become foster parents, which stirs up tensions and comic situations with their own three children. The show follows the family as they adjust to the changes and challenges that come with the decision.

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What happens

Growing Pains is a British television series aired by the BBC on BBC1. The show ran for two series, from 16 May 1992 to 14 July 1993, and was unrelated to the 80s American sitcom of the same name. Growing Pains is a family comedy drama about a middle-aged couple, Tom and Pat Hollingsworth, who decide to become foster parents. The show relates the consequences this decision has on their lives and the tensions it causes between them and their own three children. The TV series was a continuation of the 1989–1990 radio series by the same name, which was written by, and partly based on the real-life experiences of Steve Wetton. Growing Pains is the debut acting role of actress Lily Collins, two and a half years old when she appeared on the show. The lead roles of Pat and Tom Hollingsworth were played by Ray Brooks and Sharon Duce in both the radio show and the television series. The television cast of the Hollingsworth family included Tat Whalley as Mark Hollingsworth, Peter Lloyd as Simon Hollingsworth, and Rosie Marcel as Lisa Hollingsworth. Liz Crowther, Lill Roughley and Trevor Peacock also appeared regularly on the show. The show's musical theme was composed by Nigel Hess. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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