That's My Boy (1981)

Name: That's My Boy
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Mollie Sugden, Christopher Blake, Jennifer Lonsdale, Deddie Davies

Comedy

That's My Boy is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1981 to 1986. It stars Mollie Sugden as Ida Willis, who takes a job as a housekeeper for her son, whom she gave up for adoption years earlier.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (317 votes)
Episode average: 7.2 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 5
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1981)

7.33 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 7.6 25 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Live as Family	7.2	34
2	Settling In	7.3	29
3	Is It Catching?	7.5	25
4	Happy Birthdays, Robert	7.6	25
5	Driven Apart	6.8	24
6	Think Thin	7.6	23

Season 2 (1983)

7.36 avg 9 episodes 7.8 → 7.2 24 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Only When It Hurts	7.8	28
2	Wakey Wakey	7.2	22
3	A Holiday Romance	7.3	22
4	A Brush with the Law	8.0	24
5	Down Under	7.1	20
6	To Catch a Thief	7.1	21
7	Go Jump in the Fountain	7.5	22
8	Invitation to the Wedding	7.0	21
9	Cold Turkey	7.2	19

Season 3 (1984)

6.93 avg 8 episodes 6.7 → 7.5 24 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Where There's a Will	6.7	20
2	Baby Blues	7.2	22
3	The Big Night Out	7.2	21
4	Light and Shade	6.1	20
5	Unfair Dismissal	7.1	22
6	Dirty Linen	7.1	19
7	Ring If You Need Me	6.5	19
8	Little Donkey	7.5	18

Season 4 (1985)

7.04 avg 7 episodes 7.2 → 7.1 25 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Moving Out	7.2	21
2	Moving In	6.8	19
3	What Seems to Be the Trouble?	7.3	19
4	Friendship View Marriage	7.2	18
5	Hello Young Mothers	7.2	20
6	The Phantom of the Farmyard	6.5	20
7	Surprise, Surprise	7.1	20

Season 5 (1986)

7.23 avg 7 episodes 6.7 → 7.1 24 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Digging In	6.7	19
2	Drugs on the Market	7.5	19
3	Jezebel	7.3	17
4	Something to Love	7.5	17
5	The Bypass	7.2	16
6	Happy Anniversary	7.3	17
7	Two Lonely People	7.1	15