Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em was a BBC sitcom . It ran for three series, totalling twenty-three episodes.
| ON THE AIR | 15th February 1973 – 25 December 1978 | |
| ORIGINAL CHANNEL | BBC 1 | |
| PRODUCTION COMPANY | BBC TV | |
| NUMBER OF EPISODES | 23 | |
| PRODUCTION LOCATIONS | ||
| MISSING BELIEVED WIPED | n/a – all episodes survive | |
| ARCHIVE HOLDER | BBC Archives archive.services@bbc.co.uk | |
| THEME TUNE | ||
| HELD IN THE BRITSET ARCHIVES | Episode #1.1 – Getting a Job (15 February 1973) Episode #1.2 – George’s House (22 February 1973) Episode #1.3 – Love Thy Neighbour (1 March 1973) Episode #1.4 – Have a Break, Take a Husband (8 March 1973) Episode #1.5 – The Hospital Visit (15 March 1973) Episode #1.6 – The Psychiatrist (22 March 1973) Episode #1.7 – The Employment Exchange (29 March 1973) Episode #2.1 – Cliffhanger (22 November 1973) Episode #2.2 – The RAF Reunion (29 November 1973) Episode #2.3 – The Public Relations Course (6 December 1973) Episode #2.4 – Frank and Marvin (13 December 1973) Episode #2.5 – Father’s Clinic (20 December 1973) Episode #2.6 – 20 December 1973 (27 December 1973) Episode #2.7 – Jessica’s First Christmas (25 December 1974) Episode #2.8 – Learning to Drive (25 December 1975) Episode #3.1 – Moving House (11 November 1978) Episode #3.2 – Wendy House (18 November 1978) Episode #3.3 – Scottish Dancing (25 November 1978) Episode #3.4 – Men as Women (2 December 1978) Episode #3.5 – King of the Road (9 December 1978) Episode #3.6 – Australia House (16 December 1978) Episode #3.6 – Learning to Fly (25 December 1978) Series complete in archive | |
Some Mother’s Do Ave ‘Em was a 1970s sitcom starring Michael Crawford as the hapless and rather nieve Frank Spencer.
Spencer, often dressed in his long coat and berret, was a man whose heart was in the right place but his brain was certainly not. He often tried hard to please, perhaps a little too hard, but would often drive those around him around the twist. Things never went to plan, accidents would happen, things would break, Frank would end up propelling himself through a roof of a church – that kind of thing,
Somehow, Frank was married to Betty who would have to deal with his child-like mentality and him loosing every job he had, usually on the first day.
CAST
- Jessica Spencer – Jessica Forte (5 episode)
- Mr. Lewis – Glynn Edwards (3 episodes)
- Dr. Smedley – Anthony Woodruff (3 episodes)
- Dr. Mender – Derek Farr (2 episodes)
- Miss Butler – Diana King (2 episodes)
- Man – David Rose (2 episodes)
- Father O’Hara – Cyril Luckham (2 episodes)
- Dr. Boyde – John D. Collins (2 episodes)
- Dr. Hutchings – Roger Kemp (2 episodes)
- Postman – Bunny May (2 episodes)
- Mrs. Lewis – Jean Boht (2 episodes)
- Sally – Taiwo Ajai-Lycett (2 episodes)
- Mr. Lawrence – Edward Hardwicke (1 episode)
- Hooper – Edward Hardwicke
- Actor – Edward Hardwicke
- Miss Partridge – Hazel Bainbridge
- Mrs. Perkins – Hazel Bainbridge
- Mrs Cooper – Hazel Bainbridge
- Faraday – Norman Chappell
- Cyril – Norman Chappell
- Student – Christopher Biggins
- Bank Manager – Geoffrey Chater
- Mr. Whittle – Geoffrey Chater
- Nurse Taylor – Julia Breck
- Mrs. Ford – Julia Breck
- Woman -Diane Holland
- Receptionist – Diane Holland
- Gasman – Roland MacLeod
- Man at Van – Roland MacLeod
- Workman at Manhole – Ralph Watson
- Mr. Griffin – Ralph Watson
- Dancer – Lola Morice
- Manageress of ‘Motherhood’ Shop – Lola Morice
- White – Richard Pescud
- Henry – Vernon Dobtcheff
- Judy – Elisabeth Sladen
- Watson – James Cossins
- Kenny – Cyril Shaps
- Bradshaw – George A. Cooper
- G.I. – Stuart Fell
- Mr. Fletcher – Barry Linehan
- Hospital Porter – Eric Francis
- Jessica Spencer – Emma Ware
- Wheeler – George Sewell
- Mr. Harris – Richard Wilson
- Mr. Roland Quincy – Roland Curram
- Bedford – Neil McCarthy
- Webster – Bernard Hepton
- Lockwood – Sydney Tafler
- Jackson – Norman Mitchell
- Miss Gibbons – Zulema Dene
- G.I. – Marc Boyle
- Nurse Moore – Alison Coleridge
- Jack Downer – Michael Golden
- Alison – Lajla Lund
- Jackson – Bryan Pringle
- Rude Boy – Alrich Riley
- Mr. Warner – Norman Jones
- Detective Sergeant Lang – Bernard Gallagher
- Mr. Wilson – John Malcolm
- Roy – Christopher Timothy
- Osborne – Geoffrey Whitehead
- Joan – Elissa Derwent
- George – Peter Green
- Mrs. Dobson – Dorothy Frere
- Mrs. White – Elizabeth Begley
- G.I. – Allan Chuntz
- Judy – Cynthia Lund
- Lang – Mark Griffith
- Train Guard – John Caesar
- Frank’s Aunt – Elaine Garreau
- Hudson – Brian Hayes
- Rude Boy – Christopher Leonard
- Mr. MacDougall – Andrew Downie
- Miss Thomas – Deddie Davies
- Roberts – Robin Halstead
- Charles – Seymour Green
- Clergyman – Geoffrey Adams
- Katherine – Carolyn Hudson
- Mrs. Jones – Pamela Binns
- Pianist – David Rowley
- Rugby Player – Peter Leabourne
- Miss Burton – Miss Burton
- Mr. Hunt – Derek Newark
- Air Commodore Drew – Desmond Llewelyn
- George – Jack Watson
- Sir John Gifford – Richard Caldicot
- Brown – John Scott Martin
- Mrs. Griffin – Kate Brown
- Dr. Powell – David King
- First Policeman – Geoffrey Evans
- King Herod – Bartlett Mullins
- Finney – Campbell Singer
- Mr. Cooper – Eric Dodson
- J.P. Hawkins – John Harvey
- Mr. Marsh – Eric Mason
- Student – Jill Damas
- Jordan – Brian Osborne
- Skipper – Charles Lamb
- Group Captain Firth – Norman Shelley
- Second Policeman – Ken Haward
- Jackson – James Wardroper
- Jack – Jay Neill
- First Shepherd – Alan Bowerman
- TV Interviewer – David Jacobs
- Clerk of Court – Ellis Dale
- Receptionist – Linda James
- Conductor – Carl Andrews
- Nurse Shaw – Daphne Oxenford
- Hamilton – Tony Hazel
- Policeman – Peter Wickham
- Boatman – Christopher Holmes
- Harris – John Pollendine
- Second Shepherd – Ian Milton
- Cameraman – Michael Angrave
- Man at Railway Station – Renu Setna
- Sister – Sheila Keith
- Father O’Hara – Patrick McAlinney
- Mr. Singh – Babar Bhatti
- Mr. Hollis – Johnny Allan
- Window Cleaner – Derek Ware
- Lucy – Cynthia Powell
- Roberts – Roger Dene
- First Wise Man – Tony Bateman
- Linda – Wendy Gilmore
- Mr. Rumford – David Ryall
- Demolition Man – Norman Hartley
- Alexander – Alexander Moss
- Horace – Leonard Gregory
- Nurse Davis – Rosemary Da Costa
- Second Wise Man – Peter Mackriel
- Neville – Richard Latham
- Group Captain Lacey – Peter Hughes
- Sir George – Peter Schofield
- Dancer – Judy Gridley
- Dr. Roberts – James Bulloch
- Airman in Billet – Richard Eden
- Miss Murphy – Marjorie Hogan
- Clapper Boy – David Woodcock
- Nurse – Sheila Ferris
- Mrs. Welch – Gretchen Franklin
- Airman in Billet – Mark Allington
- Hayes – Peter Jeffrey
- Mr. Stewart – Graham Ashley
- Dancer – Jane White
- Airman in Billet – Michael Reeves
- Policeman – Roy Sampson
- Ellis – Brian Hawksley
- Dancer – Christopher Malloy
- Airman in Billet – Chris Sullivan
- Ambulance Man – Roger Elliott
- Dancer – Johnny Shack
- Policeman – Richard Seager
- Pilot Officer Baker – David Quilter
- Dancer – Mark White
- Flight Sergeant – Blain Fairman
- Wing Commander Day – Michael Gwynn
- Orderly – Kenneth Watson
- Carter – Robert Sansom
- Brown – Ben Aris
- Hayward – Richard Blomfield
- Squadron Leader – Richard McNeff
- Fowler – Fulton Mackay
- Man in Library – John Tatham (1 episode – uncredited)
- Man in Courtroom – John Tatham
- Student – Kelly Varney
- Patient – Kelly Varney
- Parent at Toy Fair – Helen Bernat
- Expectant Mother – Helen Bernat
- Student – David Kitchen
- Student – Stephanie Marrian
- Student – Lee Patrick
- Student – Eddie Sommer
- Student – Giles Melville
- Student – Gay Desser
- Student – Kevin Savage
- Student – Ridgewell Hawkes
- Student – Roy Brent
- Couple Outside ‘Motherhood’ – Sue Bishop
- Assistant in Cafeteria – Irene Peters
- Assistant at ‘Motherhood’ Shop – Shirley English
- Nurse – Della Finch
- Worker in Employment Exchange – Donald Groves
- Woman in Library – Barbara Bermel
- Computer (voice) – John Witty
- Police Operator’s Voice – Constance Carling
- Man at Reunion – Arthur Parry
- Office Extra – Beryl Nesbitt
- Man in Library – Stenson Falke
- Cashier – Rosina Stewart
- Man at Reunion – Frederick Wolfe
- Old Man in Library – Ned Hood
- Astonished Passenger #1 – Roger Sansom
- Worker in Employment Exchange – Katherine Rosenwink
- Policeman – Emmett Hennessy
- Workman – Raymond Miller
- Worker in employment exchange – John Silo
- Man in Library – Jim Delany
- Picnicker on Cliff Edge – Eddie Noades
- Workman at Manhole – Kevin Moran
- Assistant in Cafeteria – Patricia Gordino
- Worker in Employment Exchange – Elaine Williams
- Worker in Employment Exchange – Reid Anderson
- Man at Reunion – Richard Sheekey
- Student – Lee Patrick
- Expectant Father – Martin Clark
- Man at Reunion – David Bache
- Mother – Vanessa Dodd
- Expectant Father – John Cash
- Woman in Library – Nancy Adams
- Man at Reunion – Joe Santo
- Doctor – Martin Terry
- Worker in Employment Exchange – Elizabeth Broom
- Worker in Employment Exchange – Gordon Black
- Expectant Father – Ricky Newby
- Expectant Mother – Bernice Spivack
- Patient – Amanda Carlson
- Patient – Maureen Purkiss
- Patient – Gay Desser
- Nurse – Lorna Leech
- Man at Reunion – Patrick Wright
- Worker in Employment Exchange – Gordon Black
- Worker in Employment Exchange – Juliet Phillips
- Worker in Employment Exchange – David Aman
- Office Extra – Donald Stratford
- Office Extra – Candice Brandl
- Office Extra – Sue Berkshire
- Themselves – Swanage & Wareham R.F.C.
- Expectant Mother – Josephine O’Sullivan
- Expectant Mother – Claire Campbell
- Couple Outside ‘Motherhood’ – Tony Woolley
- Barman – Nick Thompson Hill
- Woman in Library – Zelda Tatham
- Picnicker on Cliff Edge – Joan Noades
- Joseph – Reg Thomason
- Third Wise Man – Bruce Callender
- Innkeeper – Ricky Laney
- Man in Street – Paddy Ryan
- Child at Toy Fair – Mark Farmer
- Child at Toy Fair – Joseph Clark
- Child at Toy Fair – Mark Herman
- Child at Toy Fair – Rosemary Leonard
- Child at Toy Fair – Andrew Porter
- Child at Toy Fair – Dave Weare
- Child at Toy Fair – Emma Tandy
- Parent at Toy Fair – Jill Goldston
- Parent at Toy Fair – Vivien Clifford
- Parent at Toy Fair – Jules Walter
- Parent at Toy Fair – Ken Tracey
- Parent at Toy Fair – Juliette St. David
- Parent at Toy Fair – Eileen Winterton
- Parent at Toy Fair – Janet Seager
- Parent at Toy Fair – Marianne Leigh
- Mr. Denham – Milton Johns
- Mr. Wright – Glyn Houston
- Jack – Royston Tickner
- Bill – Michael Redfern
- Workman – Harry Fielder
- Workman – John Cannon
- Photographer’s Model – Lee Richards
- Telephone Engineer – Steve Ismay
- Man in Courtroom – Mike Mungarvan
- Policeman in Court – Jerry Judge
- Driver – James Muir
- Policeman – Peter Hannon
- TV Engineer – Andrew Lane
- Nurse – Celestine Carroll
- Nurse – Carol Shaw
- Judy – Geraldine Davies
- Horace – Phillip Clayton-Gore
- Station Porter – Timothy King
SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM [INTRO]
VIDEO CLIPS
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em [Intro]
Episode 1.1 – Getting A Job
15th February 1973
BBC Television
SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM [OUTRO]
VIDEO CLIPS
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em [Outro]
Episode 1.1 – Getting A Job
15th February 1973
BBC Television
SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM [INTRO]
VIDEO CLIPS
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em [Intro]
Episode 3.7 – Learning To Fly
25th December 1978
BBC Television
SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM [OUTRO]
VIDEO CLIPS
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em [Outro]
Episode 3.7 – Learning To Fly
25th December 1978
BBC Television
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