My Old Man
- TV sitcom
- ITV1 / BBC Two
- 1973 - 1975
- 14 episodes (2 series)
Sam Cobbett, an Army veteran, is moved out of his condemned home in Ironmonger Row and relocated in his daughter and son-in-law's new flat. Stars Clive Dunn, Priscilla Morgan, Edward Hardwicke, Peter Mayock, Jon Laurimore and George Tovey
My Old Man trivia
During Series 1, the character Willy was named as 'Willie' in the credits - however in both the pilot and throughout Series 2, he was credited as Willy.
Priscilla Morgan (Doris) and Clive Dunn (Sam) were real-life family: but rather than father and daughter, they were husband and wife - she 14 years his junior.
Originating as a BBC Two pilot starring Ronnie Barker (broadcast in April 1973 as part of the 7 Of 1 series), creator and writer Gerald Frow felt he had a winning format so took the show to Yorkshire Television when the BBC declined to commission a series.