British Comedy Guide
Grandpa's Great Escape. Image shows from L to R: Barry (David Walliams), Miss Dandy (Jennifer Saunders), Grandpa (Tom Courtenay). Copyright: King Bert Productions
Grandpa's Great Escape

Grandpa's Great Escape

  • TV comedy drama
  • BBC One
  • 2018
  • 1 episode

Family comedy drama about a boy and his grandfather, escaping from a nasty old people's home. Stars Tom Courtenay, David Walliams, Kit Connor, Samantha Spiro, Jennifer Saunders and more.

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Grandpa's Great Escape. Image shows from L to R: Barry (David Walliams), Miss Dandy (Jennifer Saunders), Grandpa (Tom Courtenay). Copyright: King Bert Productions

Key details

Genre
Comedy Drama
Broadcast
2018
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
1
Stars
Tom Courtenay, David Walliams, Kit Connor, Samantha Spiro, Jennifer Saunders, Harish Patel, Michele Dotrice, Alice Nokes and more
Writers
David Walliams and Kevin Cecil
Director
Elliot Hegarty
Producers
Charlie Leech, Jo Sargent, Alex Moody and Clare Kerr
Company

Grandpa's Great Escape tells the tale of Grandpa, a World War II flying ace, who now sadly suffers from Alzheimer's disease and when his family can no longer look after him he is moved to an old people's home called Twilight Towers, run by Miss Dandy.

It soon becomes clear Miss Dandy is running Twilight Towers for her own ulterior motives and it is up to Grandpa and his grandson Jack to make a daring escape. Failure could have the most dire consequences but success will give Grandpa a final chance to relive his past and once again take to the sky in his beloved Spitfire.

Additional details

Part of

David Walliams Comedies

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 1st January 2018 at 6:55pm on BBC One
Episode length
65 minutes
Most recent repeats
  • Sunday 5th September 2021 at 1:55pm on CBBC
  • Thursday 19th August 2021 at 9:15am on CBBC
  • Sunday 20th June 2021 at 1:35pm on CBBC

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