...And Mother Makes Three Explained

Genre:	Sitcom
Runtime:	30 minutes
Creator:	Richard Waring
Language:	English
Country:	United Kingdom
Company:	Thames Television
Network:	ITV
Num Series:	4
Num Episodes:	26

...And Mother Makes Three is a British sitcom shown on ITV from 27 April 1971 to 27 June 1973. Starring Wendy Craig, it was written by Peter Buchanan, Peter Robinson, Richard Waring and Carla Lane. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television.

Cast

• Wendy Craig – Sally Harrison
• Robin Davies – Simon Harrison
• David Parfitt – Peter Harrison
• Valerie Lush – Auntie Flo
• George Selway – Mr Campbell
• Richard Coleman – David Redway (series 3 and 4)
• Julie Dawn Cole  – Arabella (series 1 and 2)
• Miriam Mann – Jane Redway (series 3 and 4)
• Richard Thorp – Stanley Marsh (Best Man) (series 4, episodes 4 and 5)

Plot

Newly widowed mother Sally Harrison is trying to hold down a job as an assistant to Mr Campbell, a veterinarian. Her children are Simon and Peter, and her aunt Flo lives with them and tries to help. In Series 3 Mr Campbell moves to Scotland and the vet premises is taken over by divorcee David Redway, an antique bookseller who has a daughter, Jane. David and Sally fall in love.

Episodes

Series One (1971)

1. "Simon's Holiday" (27 April 1971)
2. "Birthday Bike" (4 May 1971)
3. "A Bird in the Hand" (11 May 1971)
4. "Get Mobile" (18 May 1971)
5. "School for Love" (25 May 1971)
6. "Pound of Flesh" (1 June 1971)
7. "Mr Mum" (8 June 1971)

Series Two (1971–72)

1. "A Hard Day Out" (2 December 1971)
2. "The Matchmakers" (9 December 1971)
3. "Growing Pains" (16 December 1971)
4. "But How Can I Tell Them?" (23 December 1971)
5. "Once A Year Day" (30 December 1971)
6. "All Play and No Work" (6 January 1972)

Short Special (1971)

• Part of Mike and Bernie Winters' All-Star Christmas Comedy Carnival (25 December 1971)

Series Three (1972)

1. "Gather Ye Mushrooms While Ye May" (14 September 1972)
2. "Father Figure" (21 September 1972)
3. "Girl Talk" (28 September 1972)
4. "Thank Heaven for Little Girls?" (5 October 1972)
5. "A Family Affair" (12 October 1972)
6. "Two Hearts That Beat As Two" (19 October 1972)

Series Four (1973)

1. "Wedding Talk" (16 May 1973)
2. "Homes, Sweet Homes" (23 May 1973)
3. "A Home and A Job" (30 May 1973)
4. "The Eve of the Day" (6 June 1973)
5. "And Father Makes Five" (13 June 1973)
6. "Starting Trouble" (20 June 1973)
7. "The Honeymoon's Over" (27 June 1973)

DVD releases

All four series have been released on DVD in the United Kingdom (Region 2) by Network DVD. A 4-disc set of the complete series has also been released.

DVD	Release date
The Complete Series 1	31 March 2008
The Complete Series 2	24 September 2008
The Complete Series 3	22 June 2009
The Complete Series 4	19 July 2010
The Complete Series 1 to 4 Box Set	8 November 2010

...And Mother Makes Five

In the fourth series of ...And Mother Makes Three Sally Harrison marries David Redway, leading to a sequel called ...And Mother Makes Five.

Further reading

• Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide, 2003

External links

• ...And Mother Makes Three at Nostalgia Central

Locations

The house in the opening credits is in Trowlock Avenue Teddington. Has been remodelled, you can recognise the location.