Home to Roost
| Home to Roost | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Eric Chappell |
| Starring |
John Thaw Reece Dinsdale |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 29 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Vernon Lawrence |
| Running time | 30 minutes (including adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Yorkshire Television |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 19 April 1985 – 19 January 1990 |
Home to Roost is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television from 19 April 1985 to 19 January 1990. Written by Eric Chappell, it stars John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew.
The premise is that Henry Willows is forty-something, has been divorced from his wife for seven years, and is perfectly happy living alone in London. That is, until his oldest 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.
The show's theme tune was Lionel Bart's "Consider Yourself" ("at home, consider yourself one of the family...") from Oliver!. It was arranged in a jazz style by Peter Knight.
The series was later repeated on Channel 4, and ITV3. All 29 episodes have now been released on DVD by Network DVD.
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