6 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United Kingdom No. of episodes 22 + 2 shorts Original network BBC1 Final episode date 25 December 1971 Genre Sitcom | 6.1/10 IMDb No. of series 2 Running time 30 minutes First episode date 17 September 1970 Number of episodes 22 Networks BBC, BBC One | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Ian Carmichael
Gerald Flood
Colin Gordon
Pauline Yates
Jack May
Rona Anderson
Sonia Graham
Diana King Cast Pauline Yates, Ian Carmichael, Rona Anderson, Diana King, Jack May Similar Marriage Lines, Rings on Their Fingers, Not in Front of the Children, Miss Jones and Son, And Mother Makes Five | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bachelor Father is a British sitcom starring Ian Carmichael that aired for two series from 1970 to 1971. It was written by Richard Waring.
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Background
Bachelor Father is loosely based on the life of Peter Lloyd Jeffock. Jeffock was a bachelor who had fostered twelve children. He later wrote an autobiography called Only Uncle. Richard Waring, who wrote Bachelor Father, based some of the plots on incidents told in Only Uncle. Waring said that he would have kept more to Only Uncle, but many of the true stories were so far-fetched, he thought the public wouldn't believe them.
Cast
Plot
Peter Lamb is a rich man who has always wanted a family, but failed to sustain any relationships. In the first episode, he decides to foster children. He then fosters a variety of diverse children
Survival status
22 episodes in total were produced; because of the BBC's wiping policy in the 1970s, only one episode still exists in its original colour form, the first one: "Family Feeling". The other existing episodes below, indicated with an asterisk, survive as 16mm black and white telerecordings.
Series One (1970)
- Family Feeling (17 September 70)*
- All In The Family (24 September 70)*
- First of the Many (1 October 70)
- The Normal Front (8 October 70)
- Birthday Boys (15 October 70)*
- The Peter Pan Syndrome (22 October 70)
- A Little Learning (29 October 70)
- A Spot of Natural Expression (5 November 70)
- A Man's Man About The House (12 November 70)
- A Kind of Love-In (19 November 70)
- Time To Go Home (26 November 70)
- Love They Neighbour (3 December 70)
- Feminine Company (10 December 70)
Special (1970)
Series Two (1971)
- Pet Ideas (16 September 71)*
- House Guest (23 September 71)*
- Partners In Crime (30 September 71)*
- Economy Class (7 October 71)*
- Not In Front Of The Children (14 October 71)*
- Name This Child (21 October 71)*
- Gently Does It (28 October 71)*
- Woman About The House (4 November 71)*
- Peter Lamb - This Is Your Anniversary (11 November 71)*