Happy Families (1985–1985)

TV ShowEndedBBC OneDrama, Comedy1 season, 6 episodes
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Plot

Happy Families was a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC in 1985 and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. It starred Jennifer Saunders as Granny Fuddle, Dawn French as the Cook and Adrian Edmondson as her imbecilic grandson Guy. The plot centred around Guy's attempts to find his four sisters - also played by Saunders, for a family reunion.

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Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1985Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01EdithOctober 17, 1985—A six-part comedy series written by Ben Elton. A family shrouded in the mist of time... a dying grandmother sends a complete idiot on an unb
  2. S01E02CassieOctober 24, 1985—Guy, with his small suitcase and matching brain, travels to Hollywood on the continuing quest to find his lost sisters and return them to ma
  3. S01E03MadeleineOctober 31, 1985—Beautiful, imbecilic Madelaine Fuddle lives in an artistic community in France; ugly imbecilic Guy Fuddle attempts to persuade her to return
  4. S01E04JoyceNovember 7, 1985—It must be a really terrible thing to be a nun locked up in a closed order with a seriously annoying novice like Joyce. However, Novice Joyc
  5. S01E05RoxanneNovember 14, 1985—Guy Fuddle has now managed to persuade three out of four of his sisters to return home to crazy granny. However, this time he is going to ha
  6. S01E06ReunionNovember 21, 1985—Well, this is the denouement... The four granddaughters return home and face their mad, old Granny which, quite apart from anything else, is

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Cast

Stephen FryStephen FryDoctor De QuincyJennifer SaundersJennifer SaundersGranny FuddleAdrian EdmondsonAdrian EdmondsonGuy FuddleDawn FrenchDawn FrenchCookHelen LedererHelen LedererFlossie

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