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Holding the Fort

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Genre
  
Original language(s)
  
English

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of series
  
3

Created by
  
Maurice GranLaurence Marks

Starring
  
Peter DavisonPatricia HodgeMatthew KellyChristopher Godwin

Holding the Fort is an ITV situation comedy starring Peter Davison, Patricia Hodge and Matthew Kelly. It was an early product of the writing team of Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. Three series were recorded, a total of twenty episodes, first aired between 1980 and 1982, concurrent with Davison also starring in Doctor Who. It was made for the ITV network by LWT

The situation was a role-reversal comedy, in which the premise was that Russell Milburn (Davison) becomes a "house-husband" to raise his baby daughter while his wife, Penny (Hodge) a captain in the Women's Royal Army Corps, goes out to work. Russell's friend Fitzroy, or "Fitz" (Kelly), adds to the comic tension by encouraging Russell's enthusiasm for football, pacifism and beer.

References

Holding the Fort Wikipedia


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