My Family
| My Family | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Fred Barron |
| Directed by | Baz Taylor Jay Sandrich Dewi Humphreys Nic Phillips Ed Bye |
| Starring |
Robert Lindsay Zoë Wanamaker Kris Marshall Daniela Denby-Ashe Gabriel Thomson Siobhan Hayes Keiron Self Rhodri Meilir Tayler Marshall |
| Opening theme | "My Family" |
| Composer(s) | Graham Jarvis |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 120 + 1 short (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Donald Taffner Jr. Geoffrey Perkins (2000–01) Fred Barron (2000–08) Sophie Clarke-Jervoise (2002–04) Ian Brown (2003–04) James Hendrie (2003–04) Tom Leopold (2006) Michael Jacob (2006–09) Tom Anderson (2007–11) |
| Producer(s) | John Bartlett |
| Location(s) | Chiswick, London, England |
| Running time | 111x 28 minutes 3x 50 minutes 4x 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Rude Boy Productions DLT Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | (SDTV) 576i |
| Original release | 19 September 2000 – 2 September 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
My Family is a British sitcom created and initially co-written by Fred Barron, which was produced by DLT Entertainment and Rude Boy Productions, and broadcast by BBC One for eleven series between 2000 and 2011, with Christmas specials broadcast from 2002 onwards. My Family was voted 24th in the BBC's "Britain's Best Sitcom" in 2004 and was the most watched sitcom in the United Kingdom in 2008. As of 2011, it is one of only twelve British sitcoms to pass the 100 episode mark.
Set in Chiswick in west London, it stars Robert Lindsay as Ben Harper, Zoë Wanamaker as his wife Susan, and Kris Marshall, Daniela Denby-Ashe, and Gabriel Thomson as their children Nick, Janey and Michael. Since the show’s debut, several characters have left and others have been introduced. The character of Janey left in 2002, then returned in 2004 and remained until the end. Kris Marshall's character, Nick, left in 2005 and returned for occasional brief guest appearances, though he was frequently mentioned by other characters. The character of Abi, as played by Siobhan Hayes, was introduced in 2002 and left in 2008. The characters of Roger and Alfie were introduced in 2003 and 2005, played by Keiron Self and Rhodri Meilir.
In 1999, Fred Barron was considering producing a British sitcom the same way sitcoms were produced in the U.S. My Family was to feature a group of writers rather than the standard one or two, something that had been attempted in the UK with shows including Goodnight Sweetheart and On the Buses, but was nevertheless atypical. My Family was consciously designed to have wide appeal, with characters viewers could build a relationship with in the same way as previous BBC sitcom 2point4 Children which focuses around a similar family unit.
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