Father, Dear Father [SEP] original network
Father, Dear Father
Father, Dear Father was a British television sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV from 1968 to 1973 starring Patrick Cargill. It was subsequently made into a spin-off film of the same title released in 1973.
An Australian sequel series, also titled Father, Dear Father, (but usually referenced as Father, Dear Father in Australia to distinguish it from the UK original), followed in 1978.
Premise.
The original series focused on divorced British novelist Patrick Glover (Patrick Cargill
with the Seven Network; like the original, they were produced and directed by William G. Stewart. Gordon Franks' original title music was also re-used. Mortimer and Cooke wrote the first episode, "Once More With Feeling"; the rest of the episodes were written by writers such as Richard Waring and Donald Churchill.
DVD release.
All seven series of "Father, Dear Father" (including the feature film) have been released on DVD By Network, A 7-disc box-set of the complete