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My Hero. Image shows from L to R: Janet Dawkins (Emily Joyce), George Sunday (Ardal O'Hanlon). Copyright: Big Bear Films
My Hero

My Hero

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2000 - 2006
  • 52 episodes (6 series)

Super hero Thermoman struggles to understand the Earth way of life, but attempts to keep a family in suburbia all the same. Stars Ardal O'Hanlon, James Dreyfus, Emily Joyce, Geraldine McNulty, Hugh Dennis and more.

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Series 4, Episode 2 - The Living Dead

Approached in the street by a salesman selling Life Assurance, George walks under a bus and kills himself in order to cash in his new lucrative policy.

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Approached in the street by a salesman selling Life Assurance, George walks under a bus and kills himself in order to cash in his new lucrative policy. Even though George is perfectly fine after his encounter with a bus (being a superhero he is of course indestructible), Janet has to explain to everyone that her husband is dead. Ella is delighted, because her daughter is now free to marry the far more suitable Dr Piers Crispin. It is not long, however, before George is
feeling trapped by his non-existence and he and Janet hatch a plot to bring George back to life at his own funeral.

Broadcast details

Date
Friday 15th August 2003
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

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