No Place Like Home (TV series)

No Place Like Home (TV series)
No Place Like Home
Genre Sitcom
Created by Jon Watkins
Starring William Gaunt
Patricia Garwood
Martin Clunes (series 1-3)
Andrew Charleson (from series 4 thereafter)
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of episodes 43
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel BBC One
Original run 13 December 1983 (1983-12-13) – 27 October 1987 (1987-10-27)

No Place Like Home is a BBC situation comedy written by Jon Watkins and stars William Gaunt and Patricia Garwood as Arthur and Beryl Crabtree, a middle-aged couple who plan for a quiet life once their children have left home. Sadly, it is not to be.

No Place Like Home was broadcast for 5 series between 1983 and 1987, with an early appearance by a then-young Martin Clunes.

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Plot

Arthur and Beryl Crabtree had raised four children and looked forward to the day when their time, once again would be their own. A second honeymoon was planned as the last of their offspring finally left home. However, their hopes were soon dashed as one by one the fledglings returned to the nest, disillusioned with life in the outside world. For the children there was simply no place like home.

Eldest of the kids was Lorraine (Beverly Adams) who had married Traffic Warden Raymond Codd (Daniel Hill) but quickly cast him aside in the final series. Raymond is replaced by a similar character Roger Duff (Roger Martin) in Lorraine's affections. There was also Nigel, a medical student, Paul and Tracey (and their assorted girlfriends & boyfriends,) while the Crabtrees' domestic bliss was also disturbed by their nosy neighbours, the Bottings, particularly the shrieking, animal-loving Vera.

Arthur and Vera's husband Trevor, often escaped to the greenhouse when things became unbearable, seeking solace in a glass of home-made sherry.

Cast

  • William Gaunt..... Arthur Crabtree (series 1 to 5)
  • Patricia Garwood..... Beryl Crabtree (series 1 to 5)
  • Martin Clunes..... Nigel Crabtree (series 1 to 3)
  • Andrew Charleson..... Nigel Crabtree (series 4 to 5)
  • Stephen Watson..... Paul Crabtree (series 1 to 3)
  • Dee Sadler..... Tracy Crabtree (series 1 to 5)
  • Beverly Adams..... Lorraine Codd (series 1 to 5)
  • Daniel Hill..... Raymond Codd (series 1 to 4)
  • Marcia Warren..... Vera Botting (series 1 to 3)
  • Ann Penfold..... Vera Botting (series 5 only)
  • Michael Sharvell-Martin..... Trevor Botting (series 1 to 5)
  • Roger Martin..... Roger Duff (series 5 only)

DVD releases

The first two series of No Place Like Home have been released in 2006 so far, the last three series have yet to be released.

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