Dad - BBC1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Dad. Image shows from L to R: Brian Hook (George Cole), Alan Hook (Kevin McNally). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1997 - 1999

Channel

BBC One

Episodes

13 (2 series)

Stars

George Cole, Kevin McNally, Julia Hills and Toby Ross-Bryant

Writer

Andrew Marshall

Directors

Nick Wood, Marcus Mortimer and Juliet May

Producers

Marcus Mortimer and Andrew Marshall

Company

When Alan Hook's father, Brian, has a bout of illness, the two are brought together after many years of growing further apart. Unfortunately for Alan, he finds his well-intentioned father to be even more annoying now than he did when he was a teenager; and Vincent, Alan's son, finds himself just as distanced from Alan as Alan does from Brian.

Additional details

Production

Studio

Camera set-up

Multi-camera

Picture

Colour

Soundtrack

The theme tune for Series 1 was Tijuana Taxi by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass.

Broadcast details

First broadcast

Thursday 25th September 1997 at 8:30pm on BBC One