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.
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
- 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
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- 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