Home to Roost (1985)

Name: Home to Roost
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Reece Dinsdale, John Thaw

Comedy

Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew. The premise is that Henry Willows is forty-something, who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy living alone in London. That is, until his youngest 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.

IMDb rating: 6.7 (379 votes)
Seasons: 4
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1985)

6.24 avg 7 episodes 6.7 → 6.0 26 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A New Life	6.7	21
2	Bad Apples	6.1	17
3	All You Need Is Love	6.3	17
4	Suspect	6.3	18
5	Dating Henry	6.4	17
6	Small Change	5.9	18
7	The Way We Were	6.0	16

Season 2 (1986)

6.63 avg 7 episodes 6.9 → 6.1 25 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Plastic Dreamworld	6.9	19
2	Open House	6.9	15
3	Acting Out	6.7	18
4	The Test	6.8	15
5	Protest	5.8	17
6	Any Questions?	7.2	16
7	Julie	6.1	18

Season 3 (1987)

6.41 avg 8 episodes 6.4 → 5.6 39 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Human Interest	6.4	17
2	Success Story	6.9	16
3	High Spirits	7.0	14
4	The Real Thing	6.8	11
5	Crime Watch	6.6	15
6	Getting On	6.9	11
7	Paper Chase	5.1	13
8	Family Ties	5.6	23

Season 4 (1989)

6.14 avg 7 episodes 5.8 → 6.6 24 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bridge of Sighs	5.8	15
2	Front Runner	6.1	15
3	The Boyfriend	6.3	13
4	Thought for the Day	5.4	12
5	Return to Clagthorpe	6.2	17
6	High Noon	6.6	14
7	Leaving	6.6	18

Home to Roost (1985)

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