7.2 /10 1 Votes7.2
Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 26 Final episode date 27 June 1973 Number of seasons 4 | 7.3/10 No. of series 4 First episode date 27 April 1971 Number of episodes 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Wendy CraigRobin DaviesDavid ParfittValerie LushGeorge SelwayRichard ColemanMiriam MannRichard Thorp Cast Similar And Mother Makes Five, Not in Front of the Children, Miss Jones and Son, Rings on Their Fingers, Marriage Lines |
...And Mother Makes Three is a British sitcom shown on ITV from 1971 to 1973. Starring Wendy Craig, it was written by Peter Buchanan, Peter Robinson, Richard Waring and Carla Lane. ...And Mother Makes Three was made for the ITV network by Thames Television.
Contents
Cast

Plot

Newly-widowed mother Sally Harrison is trying to hold down a job as an assistant to Mr Campbell, a veterinarian. Her children are Simon and Peter, and her aunt Flo tries to help. She has an occasional love interest in the form of widower David Redway, an antique bookseller who has a daughter, Jane.
Series One (1971)

- "Simon's Holiday" (27 April 1971)
- "Birthday Bike" (4 May 1971)
- "A Bird in the Hand" (11 May 1971)
- "Get Mobile" (18 May 1971)
- "School for Love" (25 May 1971)
- "Pound of Flesh" (1 June 1971)
- "Mr Mum" (8 June 1971)
Series Two (1971–72)
- "A Hard Day Out" (2 December 1971)
- "The Matchmakers" (9 December 1971)
- "Growing Pains" (16 December 1971)
- "But How Can I Tell Them?" (23 December 1971)
- "Once A Year Day" (30 December 1971)
- "All Play and No Work" (6 January 1972)
Short Special (1971)
Series Three (1972)
- "Gather Ye Mushrooms While Ye May" (14 September 1972)
- "Father Figure" (21 September 1972)
- "Girl Talk" (28 September 1972)
- "Thank Heaven for Little Girls?" (5 October 1972)
- "A Family Affair" (12 October 1972)
- "Two Hearts That Beat As One" (19 October 1972)
Series Four (1973)
- "Wedding Talk" (16 May 1973)
- "Homes, Sweet Homes" (23 May 1973)
- "A Home and A Job" (30 May 1973)
- "The Eve of the Day" (6 June 1973)
- "And Father Makes Five" (13 June 1973)
- "Starting Trouble" (20 June 1973)
- "The Honeymoon's Over" (27 June 1973)
DVD releases
All four series have been released on DVD in the United Kingdom (Region 2) by Network. A 4-disc set of the complete series has also been released.
...And Mother Makes Five
In the fourth series of ...And Mother Makes Three Sally Harrison marries David Redway, leading to a sequel called ...And Mother Makes Five.