Keep It In The Family (1980)
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1980 - 1983
- 31 episodes (5 series)
Cartoonist Dudley lives in an upstairs flat with his wife, while his daughters live in the flat below. Stars Robert Gillespie, Pauline Yates, Glyn Houston, Stacy Dorning, Jenny Quayle and more.
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The top 10 British sitcoms of the 80s
After the dourness of the 1970s, the following decade was much more colourful and self-confident, and this reflected in the increasingly audacious premises of the best situation comedies of the era. There were still perennial British interests of class and social status, with observations on suburban life providing plenty of opportunity for writers.
Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 29th December 2018But despite his lunacy, we take Dudley for granted, and that's a testament to the skills of Robert Gillespie. In the 1970s, he memorably played a small supporting role in just one episode of both The Good Life and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, and more than held his own against the like of Bolam, Bewes and Briers. So he certainly deserved a lead role, but the scripts of Keep it in the Family aren't really up to much. Sitcom cliches that were clapped out even by 1980 are shamelessly reused.
John Williams, Tachyon TV, 26th June 2011