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The Brothers McGregor

The Brothers McGregor

★ 5.7/10•1985•30m•12•Comedy
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Black and white half-brothers Wesley and Cyril McGregor run an extremely dodgy secondhand car business out of Liverpool. A comedic spin-off from ITV's soap opera Coronation Street, the producers were unable to get Tony Osoba and Carl Chase to reprise the roles, so Paul Barber and Philip Whitchurch were cast instead. For two characters who appeared in a single May 1982 episode, The Brothers McGregor was very popular, running for four series.

Bernard Thompson · Director

John Stevenson · Writer

Julian Roach · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 4, 1985

Episodes

E130m

The Getaway Car

Cyril attempts to sell a dodgy car with an out of hours test drive to a youngster. A colleague covers for him but he returns to his place of work prematurely.

Sep 4, 1985

E230m

The Royal Letter

Uncle Crosby, one of Dolly's ex-boyfriends arrives, on the run from the police and looking for a place to hide.

Sep 11, 1985

E330m

Cyril's Marital Status

Glenys breaks off her engagement to Cyril following the revelation that he has been divorced from is wife for 18 months.

Sep 18, 1985

E430m

The Vicar Buys a Car

Wesley is far from happy when he discovers that Cyril has bought a hearse.

Sep 25, 1985

E530m

The Talent Contest

Wesley gets a booking for Cyril to sing at a nightclub in Stoke.

Oct 2, 1985

E630m

The Impressive Address

Wesley finds new business premises.

Oct 9, 1985

E730m

Nye Jenkins

Cyril meets Nye Jenkins going about his business with his sandwich board as usual proclaiming the end of the world is nigh and makes a joke about Nye having already booked his summer holidays. Wesley decides the car pitch needs a new image.

Oct 16, 1985

Actors

Paul Barber

Paul Barber

Wesley McGregor

Philip Whitchurch

Philip Whitchurch

Cyril McGregor

Jean Heywood

Jean Heywood

Dolly McGregor

Jackie Downey

Jackie Downey

Glenys Pike

Allan Surtees

Allan Surtees

Colwyn Stanley

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