Men About The House
- TV documentary
- BBC Four
- 2010
- 1 episode
A documentary looking at five decades of the father in British sitcoms.
Another production also has this name.
Key details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Broadcast
- 2010
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Episodes
- 1
- Directors
- Graeme Hart
- Producers
- Graeme Hart and Stephen Stewart
- Company
Father may be the head of the family, a potent symbol of authority, but he has always been the butt of some of our biggest laughs in British sitcom.
Over the last five decades some of our most iconic comedy dads have been bewildered by a changing world and struggled with the work/life balance. These dads have coped with every curveball their writers threw at them and in the process changed the course of British comedy.
The sitcoms featured include Steptoe & Son; The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin; Butterflies and Gavin & Stacey.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Wednesday 30th June 2010 at 9pm on BBC Four
- Episode length
- 1 hour
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 9th August 2011 at 11:00pm on BBC4
- Monday 5th July 2010 at 11:20pm on BBC4
- Sunday 4th July 2010 at 1:30am on BBC4