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My Family
Ben Harper is a moderately successful family man and dentist. He is also undergoing a mid-life crisis and trying to cope with the bizarre reality of raising teenage children. His wife Susan seems quite happy, enjoys her job as a London tour guide, however at home her ability to find her way around a cookbook or pantry is less successful. Their three children Nick, Janey, and Michael are as different as chalk and cheese. Nick (19) is on his gap year, but doesn't get much further than the sofa or job centre, Janey is as sharp as a tack and 16 going on 25, while Michael is a very bright, computer-nerdish 12 year old who is just discovering girls.
- Created by:
- Fred Barron
- Cast:
- Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker, Gabriel Thomson, Daniela Denby-Ashe
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- BBC One
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Seasons
Season 4
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Fitting Punishment
2003-03-21 · 30mSusan is looking forward to the birth of her first grandchild, but not to being a grandmother. Meanwhile, Nick wants to move back in and a new arrival at Ben's surgery has quite an impact.
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E02
Episode 2
They Shoot Harpers, Don't They?
2003-03-28 · 30mSusan decides that she and Ben should take dance lessons, but they soon find it takes more than two to tango. Meanwhile, Michael decides to concentrate on his studies, but can he stop thinking about girls?
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E03
Episode 3
The Great Escape
2003-04-04 · 30mNormally, nobody in the Harper family would willingly set foot in Nick's flat, but when Susan's mother comes to stay, it suddenly seems more attractive.
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E04
Episode 4
Return of the Prodigal Prat
2003-04-11 · 30mWhen the local newspaper accidentally lists Ben in the obituaries, he takes it as an opportunity to do absolutely nothing. Meanwhile, Susan wants to convert Nick's old room to a nursery, but Nick isn't having any of it.
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E05
Episode 5
Owed to Susan
2003-04-18 · 30mAfter the Harpers' marriage is threatened by Susan's discovery that the love poem Ben wrote to woo her was not an original, he goes to great lengths to make it up to her.
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E06
Episode 6
Deliverance
2003-04-25 · 30mJaney's baby is due and Susan insists on traveling to Manchester for the birth; it's a journey that throws up several blasts from the past.
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E07
Episode 7
Blind Justice
2003-05-02 · 30mSusan gets hysterical blindness after seeing Michael in bed with a girl. Meanwhile, Ben is on dreaded jury duty and is hassled by an annoying busybody fellow juror, and Nick becomes a wrapping artist.
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E08
Episode 8
Friday the 31st
2003-05-09 · 30mSusan decides to enter enthusiastically into the spirit of trick or treat for the neighbourhood children, which Ben tries to ignore until the spirits get to him.
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E09
Episode 9
Sitting Targets
2003-05-16 · 30mSusan decides that Ben should spend more time with Michael in case he turns into another Nick, and Janey leaves the grandparents to babysit Kenzo.
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E10
Episode 10
Loco Parentis
2003-05-23 · 30mBen and Susan have to go back to school for parenting classes as a result of Michael playing truant.
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E11
Episode 11
Canary Cage
2003-05-30 · 30mThe Harpers get a free holiday to Lanzarote, and even though Ben loses his luggage, he is happy enough to use his brand new digital camera as much as possible.
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E12
Episode 12
May the Best Man Win
2003-06-06 · 30mAbi's father asks Ben to be his best man; this turns out to have been a bad move, as he hands over the running of the bachelor night to Nick.
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E13
Episode 13
It's a Window Filled Life
2003-06-13 · 30mAfter coming into contact with an infectious disease from Peru, the whole Harper household is placed under quarantine by Susan. How long will it be till they all drive each other mad?
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Robert Lindsay
Ben Harper
Zoë Wanamaker
Susan Harper
Gabriel Thomson
Michael Harper
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Janey Harper
Keiron Self
Roger Bailey
Tayler Marshall
Kenzo Harper
