My Husband and I (1987 TV series)

My Husband and I
Opening titles
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Pam Valentine Michael Ashton
Starring	Mollie Sugden William Moore
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	15
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Yorkshire Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	9 January 1987 (1987-01-09) – 20 May 1988 (1988-05-20)

My Husband and I is a British sitcom starring Mollie Sugden and William Moore that aired on ITV from 9 January 1987 to 20 May 1988. It was written and created by Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton.

Background

Following the end of That's My Boy, the writers Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton wrote a new sitcom for Mollie Sugden titled My Husband and I, which co-starred William Moore, Sugden's real life husband.

Like That's My Boy, it was also made by Yorkshire Television.

Cast

• Mollie Sugden as Nora Powers
• William Moore as George Powers
• Deddie Davies as Bambi Bamber
• Carol Hawkins as Tracy Cosgrove
• John Horsley as Mr Munday
• Isabelle Lucas as Pearl
• Roberta Tovey as Samantha
• Natasha Gray as Anita
• Jane Ashton as Henrietta

Plot

Nora Powers is the head of personnel at Ashvale Advertising. However, when Nora's retired husband George joins Ashvale Advertising as chief commissionaire, she soon gets very embarrassed.

Episodes

Series 1 (1987)

No.	Title	Original airdate
1	"Wait Till I Get You Home"	9 January 1987 (1987-01-09)
2	"The Poor Man at his Gate"	16 January 1987 (1987-01-16)
3	"A Matter of Discipline"	23 January 1987 (1987-01-23)
4	"Nobody Wants November"	30 January 1987 (1987-01-30)
5	"First Impressions"	6 February 1987 (1987-02-06)
6	"A Woman Obsessed"	13 February 1987 (1987-02-13)
7	"I Got It Free From the Tea Lady"	20 February 1987 (1987-02-20)

Christmas Special (1987)

No.	Title	Original airdate
8	"No Place Like Home"	18 December 1987 (1987-12-18)

Series 2 (1988)

No.	Title	Original airdate
9	"Of Grave Concern"	8 April 1988 (1988-04-08)
10	"The Office Person"	15 April 1988 (1988-04-15)
11	"A Star is Born"	22 April 1988 (1988-04-22)
12	"The Take Over Bid"	29 April 1988 (1988-04-29)
13	"On the Carpet"	6 May 1988 (1988-05-06)
14	"Why Not Borrow George?"	13 May 1988 (1988-05-13)
15	"Food for Thought"	20 May 1988 (1988-05-20)

DVD releases

A single episode of My Husband and I has been released by the Network imprint on a DVD entitled Classic ITV Christmas Comedy.

References

• Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
• My Husband and I at British Comedy Guide

External links

• My Husband and I at IMDb