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Hampton Court (TV series)

Hampton Court
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Hampton Court logo
Genre Comedy
Created by Gary Reilly
John Flanagan
Written by Gary Reilly
John Flanagan
Directed by Sally Brady
Starring Danielle Spencer
Roy Billing
Julie McGregor
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Producer(s) Gary Reilly
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) Gary Reilly Productions
Release
Original network Seven Network
Original release 30 May – 22 August 1991
Chronology
Preceded by Hey Dad..! - Season 5
Followed by Hey Dad..! - Season 6

Hampton Court is a 1991 Australian situation comedy series, produced by Gary Reilly Productions for the Seven Network.

The series was a spin-off of Hey Dad...! with the link being the inclusion here of Julie McGregor reprising her role of Betty Wilson. She continued to play that role in Hey Dad while this series was in production.

There are occasional cameo appearances by Hey Dad..! cast members.

Four young tenants share a flat in a building named Hampton Court. Betty, who has left her old flat, moves in next door.

The various tenants struggle with domestic chores, coming up with the rent, and hectic social lives. They team up to keep the baby secret from their meddling landlord, Mr. Colloudos (Roy Billing), a Greek immigrant. Colloudos lives upstairs with his off-screen wife and their pet rottweilers, and enforces a strict no-babies rule in the building.

The tenants are single mother Lisa and her baby; chronic job-hopper Richard who is often behind on his rent; naïve but sassy Sophie; and fun-loving pub musician Trevor.

With the original working title of Hampton House, this series was recorded when Hey Dad..! went into hiatus at the end of its fifth season.

Seven Network executives had suggested the inclusion of Hey Dad..! character Nudge, but due to Christopher Truswell wanting to move on to other projects, he was not involved.

Rachael Beck screen-tested for the role of Lisa. She impressed the creators so much, they decided to cast her as Samantha Kelly on Hampton Court's parent show, Hey Dad..!.

The Hampton Court set was the same one used in another Gary Reilly sitcom, My Two Wives, with a different colour of paint, among other minor changes.

Only a moderate ratings success in its Thursday night timeslot against rival powerhouses The Flying Doctors and E Street, the program was not renewed beyond its initial series of thirteen half-hour episodes.


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