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Home to Roost

1985 – 1990 · ITV1
4 seasons · 28 episodes
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Comedy

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Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew. The premise is that Henry Willows is forty-something, who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy living alone in London. That is, until his youngest child, Matthew arrives to live with him, after being thrown out by his mother. The plots generally revolved around Henry's annoyance at having his solitude disturbed, and the age gap clash. Henry employed two cleaners throughout the show's life; first Enid Thompson, and, in the third season, Fiona Fennell.

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Reece Dinsdale
Matthew Willows
John Thaw
Henry Willows
Elizabeth Bennett
Mrs. Thompson
Joan Blackham
Fiona Fennell
Rebecca Lacey
Julie Willows
John Bird
FG Fielding
Clare Clifford
Harriet
Frank Mills
Job Centre Assistant
Created by Eric Chappell

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Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
First aired
Apr 19, 1985
Original language
EN
Country
GB

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