Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em

TV Series
1973–1978
30m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

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Slapstick Comedy

Accident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby.Accident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby.Accident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

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Nominated for 5 BAFTA Awards
- 5 nominations total

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Trivia
Michael Crawford performed all his own stunts. When performing stunts, he usually wore gloves, so if he suddenly appears wearing them, a stunt is usually about to follow. For this reason, there sometimes appear to be continuity errors (no gloves/gloves/no gloves).

Goofs
Christmas '75 - Learning to Drive (special episode). When Frank is driving the white mini in the country lane, trying to overtake the lady on the bike, there is nothing behind the mini, but then a split second later he is being followed by a silver Renault. As he tries to overtake the cyclist, Frank is followed by a brown Triumph, then a second later a yellow Ford Anglia is following him. Frank also appears to drive along the same stretch of road several times, as he keeps passing the same parked cars.

Connections
Edited into To Be Perfectly Frank (1977)

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Featured review

9/10

A cure for misery.

Frank Spencer means well, but everything he touches just seems to go wrong, from kitchen appliances to holidays, to roller skating, he just manages to mess things up, he is however supported by his wonderful, beautiful wife, Betty.

It doesn't matter how many times I watch it, or what episode I put on, my mood is always elevated, this is comedy of the highest order.

I love the chemistry between Crawford and Dotrice, you definitely see a sense of admiration, of camaraderie between the pair. It helps answer the show's biggest question, why on Earth did Betty put up with him.

So many wonderful episodes, but my personal favourite, has to be the holiday, the moving furniture and screams of Mr Bedford are agonisingly funny.

What has always amazed me, is the fact that Michael Crawford did all of his own stunts, and there are many, some of them are incredible, they'd never get away with it these days, the health and safety people would have forty fits.

Magical comedy.

9/10.