Original title
That's My Boy
Released
10/23/1981
Origin country
GB
Genre
Comedy
Production companies
Yorkshire Television
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
37
That's My Boy is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1981 to 1986. It stars Mollie Sugden as Ida Willis, who takes a job as a housekeeper for her son, whom she gave up for adoption years earlier.
It' Sunday, and Ida's feeling very house-proud; Robert's 'other' mother is coming for tea. Already wondering how the visit will go, Ida finds things deteriorating when she breaks a tooth on a sausage roll and has to pay a visit to the dentist.
Ida agrees to take part in a wakeathon to raise money for a worthy cause. She decides she needs a long sleep before it starts. She has trouble sleeping and takes some sleeping pills. Then the police knock at her door to tell her there may be a bomb in the building and they all must leave the building. Mrs Price turns up and they both fall asleep in the police officers arms.
A chance encounter on a flight to Jersey leads to a very exciting fortnight for Ida!
Ida's stars are not favourable today. When she sets out to change Angie's blouse and buy her a floaty scarf at the local shop, she scarcely realises just how unlucky her day will turn out to be.
Ida's name has somehow found its way onto the computer at the employment agency. She is quick to let them know that she is not available for work, but then she takes a phone call...
Just as Ida and Angie are settling down to watch an old film on television, the set breaks down. Worse is to follow...
Angie thinks that Robert is getting stuck in a rut and insists that he go out for 'an evening with the boys'. Neither he nor Ida is prepared for the consequences!
Wilfred get a whack with a loaf when he lets himself into the house while everyone else is out shopping. He brings good news; Maureen is going to marry a drummer!
Having looked forward to a nice quiet Christmas with Robert and Angie, Ida learns that Robert has invited his boss for Christmas dinner, which causes Ida to argue with Wildred, her brother, over Turkey for the dinner, and to discover an innovative use for a hair dryer!
Ida gets rather more than she bargained for when she goes to buy fish and chips.
When Angie's cousin has a baby, both she and Robert are slightly disgusted to be made its god parents.
Ida's more than peeved with Robert when his boss invites his 'other mother', Mrs. Price, to a big shindig instead of her.
Ida receives a postcard from Mrs. Price signed 'Cecilia' and decides something must be wrong because she never calls her by her first name!
When several of the neighbours cut Ida dead in the foyer of the block of flats, things are not quite what they seem.
A crumpled note, which Ida finds in the pocket of Robert's jacket, provokes a crisis.
Ida's foolish eough to take Wilfred's advice when he gives her an inside tip on a dead cert to win a horse race.
Robert's musical plans are thrown into disarray when he discovers one of the nurses is already singing 'Little Donkey' at the hospital Christmas concert. Wilfred helpfully suggests an alternative act - mind reading!
Robert has landed a new job in Yorkshire. Can he pluck up the courage to tell his 'other mother' the news?
The unconventional family makes the move up north to Yorkshire and that's when things really start to go wrong even before they have left London...
Robert starts to worry about being on the receiving end of Mrs. Parfitt's attentions. Meanwhile, Ida becomes suspicious of Wilfred's relationship with Mrs. Price.
Ida indulges in a chat with the local gossipmongers and discovers that Elton John is moving into the neighbourhood.
Ida stands in as receptionist at the surgery. Mrs. Price calls to say she'll be coming to visit because she is lonely in London... she might even move in. Will a story about a phantom rooster deter her plan?
Ida's brother Wilfred has disappeared, and she is distraught. When he is found, he presents a whole new set of problems for Ida and Robert
Robert is horrified when he sees the contents of Ida's medicine chest.
Robert's talk to the Young Wives Group in the village is almost ruined by one of their number to whom Ida takes grave exception.
Ida is thrilled when it seems that romance has entered Miss Parfitt's life.
A new bypass threatens to bring chaos to the village, and Ida and Robert are determined to take action at the council offices.
Storm damage to Wilfred's cottage has the most unexpected consequences...
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