At Home with the Braithwaites

At Home with the Braithwaites
DVD cover for Series 3.
Genre	Comedy-drama
Created by	Sally Wainwright
Written by	Sally Wainwright
Starring	Sarah Churm Peter Davison Keeley Fawcett Amanda Redman Sarah Smart
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Production company(s)	Yorkshire Television
Distributor	ITV Studios
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9
Original release	20 January 2000 (2000-01-20) – 9 April 2003 (2003-04-09)

At Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright (except for the final four episodes). The storyline follows a suburban family from Leeds, whose life is turned upside down when the mother of the family wins 38 million pounds on the lottery. It was broadcast on ITV and produced by Yorkshire Television for 26 episodes, from 20 January 2000 to 9 April 2003.

At the beginning of the first series, each member of the Braithwaite family has an issue. Alison (mother) has to decide what to do with the winnings, and when to tell her family. David (father) is having an affair with Elaine, his secretary at work. Virginia (eldest daughter) is on the verge of dropping out of university. Sarah (middle daughter) has a crush on her drama teacher. Charlotte (youngest daughter) suspects that her mother may be the mystery lottery winner.

Alison is the matriarch of the family. She is upstanding, unselfish. She cares for her family, however, through her deception, she often hurts them. After winning the lottery, she adopts a new Dynasty resembling look, however, her taste "leaves a lot to be desired" as one character puts it. She has extramarital affairs with her brother-in-law and even her gardener who is 20 years her junior.

David is the father of the family. He is not as close to his children as Alison, and has a stormy relationship with eldest daughter Virginia, however, she is the only one he ever confides in. He has been having an affair for some time with his PA. He loathes his younger brother Graham who has an affair with Alison.

Virginia is the eldest daughter, she is wanton, feckless and usually entirely selfish. She is closest to her mother and has the confidences of both her parents. She is an open lesbian and has an ongoing relationship with Tamsin and an on and off affair with Megan. She works as a mechanic on-and-off and studies at the University of York. She is described by sister Sarah as being her 'chain-smoking, screwed up dyke of a sister'.