That's My Boy

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.

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Comedy
Created By

Pam ValentineMichael Ashton

First Aired on

Oct 23, 1981

5 seaons till Apr 04, 1986

Popularity: 9.7047
6 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

Yorkshire Television (GB)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Two Lonely People

Seasons & episodes

Total 5 seasons, 37 episodes

Season 1

Aired

6 Episodes
  • Episode 1Live As a Family30 min

    Housekeeper Ida Willis is the terror of the domestic employment agency and her clients alike. She is sent to work for Dr. Robert Price and his wife Angie. Ida tells Angie about her son Shane, who she gave up for adoption as a newborn baby. When they swap baby photos of Robert and Shane, they discover that they are one in the same!

  • Episode 2Settling In30 min

    Ida is enjoying working for Shane and Angie. That is, until she meets Shane's 'other mummy' Mrs Price! Will they ever see eye to eye?

  • Episode 3Is It Catching?30 min

    Ida agrees to look after her brother's grandchild, unaware of what she's letting herself in for.

  • Episode 4Happy Birthdays, Robert30 min

    Robert's mummies can't agree when he was born. Ida insists he was born in June while Mrs Price is certain that his birthday is when she adopted him. He ends up taking both mummies to dinner and trouble ensues. Can Ida and Mrs Price become friends?

  • Episode 5Driven Apart30 min

    Robert is starting to regret having agreed to teach Angie how to drive. Mrs Price thinks it's funny that Angie has hit another car, until she realises whose car she's hit.

Crew & Team

Pam Valentine

Writer

Michael Ashton

Writer