My Husband and I (1987 TV series)

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My Husband and I
My Husband and I film frame (1987).png
Opening titles
Genre Sitcom
Created byPam Valentine
Michael Ashton
Starring Mollie Sugden
William Moore
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes15
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company Yorkshire Television
Original release
Network ITV
Release9 January 1987 (1987-01-09) 
20 May 1988 (1988-05-20)

My Husband and I is a British sitcom starring Mollie Sugden and William Moore that aired on ITV from 9 January 1987 to 20 May 1988. It was written and created by Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton.

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Background

Following the end of That's My Boy , the writers Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton wrote a new sitcom for Mollie Sugden titled My Husband and I, which coasstarred William Moore, Sugden's realaslife husband.

Like That's My Boy, it was also made by Yorkshire Television.

Cast

Plot

Nora Powers is the head of personnel at Ashvale Advertising. However, when Nora's retired husband George joins Ashvale Advertising as chief commissionaire, she soon gets very embarrassed.

Episodes

Series 1 (1987)

No. Title Original airdate
1"Wait Till I Get You Home"9 January 1987 (1987-01-09)
2"The Poor Man at his Gate"16 January 1987 (1987-01-16)
3"A Matter of Discipline"23 January 1987 (1987-01-23)
4"Nobody Wants November"30 January 1987 (1987-01-30)
5"First Impressions"6 February 1987 (1987-02-06)
6"A Woman Obsessed"13 February 1987 (1987-02-13)
7"I Got It Free From the Tea Lady"20 February 1987 (1987-02-20)

Christmas Special (1987)

No. Title Original airdate
8"No Place Like Home"18 December 1987 (1987-12-18)

Series 2 (1988)

No. Title Original airdate
9"Of Grave Concern"8 April 1988 (1988-04-08)
10"The Office Person"15 April 1988 (1988-04-15)
11"A Star is Born"22 April 1988 (1988-04-22)
12"The Take Over Bid"29 April 1988 (1988-04-29)
13"On the Carpet"6 May 1988 (1988-05-06)
14"Why Not Borrow George?"13 May 1988 (1988-05-13)
15"Food for Thought"20 May 1988 (1988-05-20)

DVD releases

A single episode of My Husband and I has been released by the Network imprint on a DVD entitled Classic ITV Christmas Comedy.

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