Only Child
- TV sitcom
- BBC Scotland
- 2024
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Greg McHugh stars as an only child who travels back to his family home in Scotland to look after his aging and wilful dad, played by Gregor Fisher. Also features Amy Lennox, Paul Rattray, Stuart Bowman, Clare Barrett, Robin Laing and Jennifer Saunders
Press clippings
Only Child review
Gregor Fisher shines in BBC's heartfelt comedy about father-son bonding.
Billy Foley, The Irish News, 30th November 2024Only Child review
Ony Child might not sound up your street but you would do well to stick around longer than you plan too.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th November 2024I was orphaned and adopted at three reveals Gregor Fisher
Gregor Fisher has opened up about being orphaned and adopted at three after his mother died - and that he didn't find his siblings for decades.
Only Child star Gregor was born in a village near Stirling in 1953 and his mother Kit McKenzie had two other children, but she had a heart problem and died when the actor was three.
Caron McKinlay, The Sun, 22nd November 2024Only Child review
This bittersweet comedy is absolutely packed with laughs.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 22nd November 2024Only Child review
With an emotional heart and a truly impressive gags-per-minute rate, the BBC deserve to have a hit on their hands with this rarest of beasts - a delightful and funny new comedy.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 21st November 2024Only Child review
Truly enjoyable flashes among the sitcom contrivances.
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 21st November 2024When Gary met Rab: Comedy icons face generation gap in sitcom
Only Child, a new six-part sitcom that brings together two of Scotland's biggest comedy talents: Greg McHugh (Gary: Tank Commander and Gregor Fisher (Rab C Nesbitt).
Calum Watson, BBC, 20th November 2024Gregor Fisher & Greg McHugh to star in BBC One sitcom Only Child
Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh are reuniting to play father and son in a new BBC One sitcom, Only Child, in which McHugh is a budding author, returning to his family home in North-East Scotland to look after his recently widowed, ageing and wilful dad, (Fisher), as he slips into ever more eccentric and erratic behaviour.
British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2024