"Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" (1973) TV series 1973-1978

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

26 January 1974 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Frank Spencer is more than just a complete klutz. Everything he touches falls apart, and he can't keep a job more than a day...

Plot Keywords:

Wife | Job | Pregnancy | Clumsiness | City

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Michael Crawford	...	Frank Spencer (22 episodes, 1973-1978)
Michele Dotrice	...	Betty Spencer (22 episodes, 1973-1978)

Runtime:

30 min (22 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG (some episodes) | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The bridge that Frank Spencer famously roller skated down in one episode is at Edmonton Green in north London and is due for demolition in November 2004 as part of the redevelopment of the area. The rink he was skating at before going through the wall was at Pickett's Lock, nearby.

Goofs:

Continuity: Christmas '75 - Learning to Drive (special episode). When Frank is taking his driving test in the Hillman Imp, he is driving slowly down a narrow and winding road. He is being followed by the green van, flashing its lights at him, and as the van turns off Frank hears a train hoot, then drives round the barriers at a level crossing. The terrain suddenly changes from a narrow road in the hills, to a wide road on flat land. Then while Frank is driving to the sea, he passes the same parked brown Vauxhall Victor twice.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Office: Christmas Special: Part 2 (#3.2)" (2003)

The most amusing English/world-wide TV series of all time!

I knew for the first time about Michael Crawford and this TV series in 1985, when it was broadcasted in TV-3 -the Catalan channel-. I ever before had been laughing with so pleasure!. All situations are so funny and Michael´s acting is so superb!. I remember him destroying million pounds machines, bedrooms, shops, bars, dozen of dishes of a restaurant, henhouses, showing his skills making cradles, henhouses, repairing the lid of the rubbish plastic container, dancing, teaching an abandoned dog that he adopted, learning about sexuality going to lessons together with women of odd hairdos, feeding his daughter, be caught on a glued chair with an old lady sitting on, saying 'Don´t touch me...I´m a married man!', talking always about his mother...

Situations are so hilarious that even Betty and the other great actors who participated in the series hardly can contain their laughs. I recommend also Michael´s refreshing film of the sixties 'The Knack'.