Home to Roost
6.7
Season 4
30 min
S4 · E1 · Dec 1, 1989
Bridge of Sighs Episode 1
30 min
S4 · E2 · Dec 8, 1989
Front Runner Episode 2
30 min
S4 · E3 · Dec 15, 1989
The Boyfriend Episode 3
30 min
S4 · E4 · Dec 22, 1989
Thought for the Day Episode 4
30 min
S4 · E5 · Jan 5, 1990
Return to Clagthorpe Episode 5
30 min
S4 · E6 · Jan 12, 1990
High Noon Episode 6
30 min
S4 · E7 · Jan 19, 1990
Leaving Episode 7
7 episodes in Season 4
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Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew. The premise is that Henry Willows is forty-something, who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy living alone in London. That is, until his youngest child, Matthew arrives to live with him, after being thrown out by his mother. The plots generally revolved around Henry's annoyance at having his solitude disturbed, and the age gap clash. Henry employed two cleaners throughout the show's life; first Enid Thompson, and, in the third season, Fiona Fennell.
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Cast
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Reece Dinsdale
Matthew Willows
Known for
Threads
Coronation Street
John Thaw
Henry Willows
Known for
Chaplin
Inspector Morse
Elizabeth Bennett
Mrs. Thompson
Known for
Baby Boom
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
Joan Blackham
Fiona Fennell
Known for
Battle for Sevastopol
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Rebecca Lacey
Julie Willows
Known for
Casualty
Nightborn
John Bird
FG Fielding
Known for
To Play the King
Jabberwocky
Clare Clifford
Harriet
Known for
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Wish You Were Here
Frank Mills
Job Centre Assistant
Known for
Coronation Street
Stuart: A Life Backwards
Sheila Hancock
Sue
Known for
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
A Discovery of Witches
Charles Kay
Mr Padbury
Known for
Amadeus
Edge of Darkness
Erika Hoffman
April
Known for
To Play the King
The Final Cut
John Rowe
Sally's Dad
Known for
The Final Cut
Eric Chappell Creator · David Reynolds Director Graham Wetherell Director
Total runtime 14h 0m · Episode length 30 min · Country United Kingdom
Show info
Premiered
April 19, 1985
Final episode
January 19, 1990
Status
Ended
Network
ITV1
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Scripted
Episode length
30 min
Total runtime
14h 0m
Original language
English
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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