Me and My Girl (TV series)

Me and My Girl

Series One Titles
Genre Sitcom
Created by Keith Leonard
John Kane
Starring Richard O'Sullivan
Joanne Ridley
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Leni Harper
Theme music composer Peter Skellern
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of series 6
No. of episodes 52
Production
Running time 25 minutes per normal episode.
Release
Original network ITV
Original release 31 August 1984 (1984-08-31) – 4 November 1988 (1988-11-04)

Me and My Girl was a 1980s British television situation comedy starring Richard O'Sullivan, which centred on the challenges faced by a widower raising his adolescent daughter. It was broadcast on ITV between 1984 and 1988.

Plot

Created by Keith Leonard and John Kane, the show was made by London Weekend Television for ITV from 1984 to 1988. It starred Richard O'Sullivan as Simon Harrap and Joanne Ridley as Samantha. Simon runs an advertising agency called Eyecatchers and the series centres on his relationship with his daughter, his business partner Derek Yates played by Tim Brooke-Taylor and a string of romantic liaisons. Simon's mother-in-law Nell would frequently interfere in his attempts to raise Samantha alone, but usually had her granddaughter's best interests at heart.

Other writers included; Bernard McKenna who also served as Script Editor, Colin Bostock-Smith, Mike Walling, and Ian Whitham.

The theme song was written and performed by Peter Skellern.

Main cast

Episode list

All episodes listed with their original ITV broadcast date.

Series 1
  1. "I Love You Samantha" (31 August 1984)
  2. "Design for Loving" (7 September 1984)
  3. "The Ideal Husband" (14 September 1984)
  4. "The Home Help" (21 September 1984)
  5. "Jobs for the Girls" (28 September 1984)[1]
  6. "A Clean Slate" (5 October 1984)
Series 2
  1. "Love and Kittens" (18 January 1985)
  2. "Let's Talk Turkey" (25 January 1985)
  3. "Sticky Fingers" (1 February 1985)
  4. "The Kids Are Alright" (8 February 1985)
  5. "Leaving On a Jet Plane" (15 February 1985)
  6. "Swings and Roundabouts" (22 February 1985)
  7. "You Take the High Road" (1 March 1985)
Series 3
  1. "On Approval" (6 October 1985)
  2. "Wild About Harry" (13 October 1985)
  3. "Dangerous Corner" (18 October 1985)
  4. "Goodbye Forever" (25 October 1985)
  5. "A Woman of Taste" (1 November 1985)
  6. "Put Yourself in My Place" (8 November 1985)
  7. "Sam Who?" (15 November 1985)
  8. "One Wild and Foolish Moment" (22 November 1985)
  9. "Forty Years On" (29 November 1985)
  10. "Picture of Harmony" (6 December 1985)
  11. "An Inspector Calls" (13 December 1985)
  12. "Nothing Like a Quiet Sunday" (20 December 1985)
  13. "Faraway Places" (27 December 1985)
Series 4
  1. "Love's Young Dream" (10 January 1987)
  2. "Marriage in Haste" (17 January 1987)
  3. "The Rhinoceros and the Pussycat" (24 January 1987)
  4. "Poor Uncle Derek" (31 January 1987)
  5. "The Lost Weekend" (7 February 1987)
  6. "Kissing Cousins" (14 February 1987)
  7. "French Leave" (21 February 1987)
  8. "A Single Night of Love" (28 February 1987)
  9. "Lost and Found" (7 March 1987)
  10. "A Star is Gorn" (14 March 1987)
  11. "Pulling Power" (21 March 1987)
  12. "An Offer You Can't Refuse" (28 March 1987)
  13. "Waiting for Adrian" (4 April 1987)
Series 5
  1. "Like An Old Time Movie" (8 January 1988)
  2. "Thinking About Fluffy" (15 January 1988)
  3. "Question Time" (22 January 1988)
  4. "A Couple of Rough Nights" (29 January 1988)
  5. "Play Your Cards Right" (5 February 1988)
  6. "Love Thy Neighbour" (12 February 1988)
Series 6
  1. "I Wonder Who's Kissing Him Now?" (23 September 1988)
  2. "My Second Best Friend" (30 September 1988)
  3. "The Story of Foxy-Features and Melon-Head" (7 October 1988)
  4. "Mundane Monday" (14 October 1988)
  5. "Only the Lonely" (21 October 1988)
  6. "When You're Smiling" (28 October 1988)
  7. "A Bit of Overtime" (4 November 1988)

Filming

As was common at the time most of the programme was shot in studio sets. Most of the action revolves around the locations of the Harrap family home and Eyecatchers offices. These scenes were filmed at The London Studios which were owned by London Weekend Television at the time. Outdoor scenes were filmed in London. The Harrap's family home was located in Little Venice, London and there are scenes filmed by the canal and the junction of Blomfield Road and Westbourne Terrace Road. The Eyecatchers office is in Covent Garden and there are scenes filmed in this area.

The opening sequence was filmed at Three Cliffs Bay, Gower.

DVD release

Network still has aspirations to release all six series of the show on DVD in the future.

DVD Release date
The Complete Series 1 TBA
The Complete Series 2 TBA
The Complete Series 3 TBA
The Complete Series 4 TBA
The Complete Series 5 TBA
The Complete Series 6 TBA
The Complete Series 1 to 6 Box Set TBA

References and notes

  1. ↑ Episode included sub-plot about Samantha wanting her ears pierced was included because Joanne Ridley had asked the producers if she could have her ears pierced. A few minutes before the final scene was shot, Ridley had her ears pierced specially by the make-up artists.

External links

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