| Four Fathers | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Bill Gallagher |
| Directed by | Dermot Boyd |
| Starring | Tony Doyle Tom Bell Neil Dudgeon Stuart McQuarrie Ruth Gemmell Eva Pope Jacquetta May Kate Lonergan Emma Williams |
| Composer | Alan Clark |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Sally Head |
| Producers | Martyn Auty Carol Wilks |
| Production locations | Sheffield, England, UK |
| Cinematography | Kevin Rowley |
| Editor | Richard Milward |
| Running time | 50 minutes (eps. 1–2) 100 minutes (ep. 3) |
| Production company | Sally Head Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 9 December – 21 December 1999 |
Four Fathers is a British television drama miniseries, comprising two fifty-minute episodes and one one-hundred minute episode, that first broadcast on ITV between 9 and 21 December 1999. The drama serial focused on a quartet of four very different fathers living in a northern town who all have life changing experiences in store. [1] Two episodes were broadcast each week during Thursdays and third and final feature length episode was broadcast on Tuesday.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | British air date | UK viewers (million) [2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | Dermot Boyd | Bill Gallagher | 9 December 1999 | 6.88 | |
Father-to-be Spud Starkie struggles to keep his nephew on the rails, while Harry Clancy is knocked for six by the arrival of a face from the past, and tensions mount in the household of divorced couple Vince and Nicola Yallop. [3] | ||||||
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Dermot Boyd | Bill Gallagher | 16 December 1999 | 6.31 | |
Dawn is devastated by the revelation that Spud is the father of Kathy's unborn child. [4] | ||||||
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Dermot Boyd | Bill Gallagher | 21 December 1999 | 6.33 | |
Spud is furious when he discovers the identity of Kathy's unborn child; as Harry's daughters meet for the first time, he makes a shocking discovery. [5] | ||||||
Tony Doyle was won for Best Drama Actor and Phelps for Best Actor at the 2000 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards sharing with TV series Ballykissangel . [6]