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Me & My Girl

Me & My Girl

★ 5.7/10•1984•30m•PG•Comedy
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While running the advertising agency Eyecatchers, Simon Harrap explores his relationships with his daughter Samantha, his business partner Derek Yates, and a string of romantic liaisons. His mother-in-law, Nell, often interferes in his attempts to raise Samantha on his own, but usually haa her granddaughter's best interests at heart.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateAug 31, 1984

Episodes

E130m

I Love You, Samantha

Widower Simon Harrap runs Eyecatchers, an advertising agency, with business partner Derek Yates and, helped by daffy Scots housekeeper Maddie, is raising his 13-year-old daughter Samantha. His mother-in-law Nell is critical of his womanising after he returns from Monte Carlo with the leggy Gillian and tells him he should consider remarrying for Samantha's sake. Whilst not going quite that far, Simon does turn down a further evening with Gillian to be home in time to sample the sausage rolls his daughter has made him.

Aug 31, 1984

E230m

Design for Loving

Ever anxious to get Simon married off, Nell, armed with a list of his old girlfriends, reacquaints him with Kim Tracy, whom he saw shortly after his wife Ruth died. Kim comes to Simon's flat but explains that she's betrothed to another.

Sep 7, 1984

E330m

The Ideal Husband

Simon tries in vain to dissuade Derek from seeing Glenda, a woman with a reputation, behind his wife's back. The next day, Simon arrives to find Derek sans trousers and with no memory of the night before. All is revealed, however, when Mr Sharma, to whose Indian restaurant Derek went with Glenda, arrives

Sep 14, 1984

E430m

The Home Help

With time on her hands, Nell decides she would like to help out at Eyecatchers but only succeeds in getting on Simon's and Derk's nerves so, when Maddie goes on holiday, Simon is delighted that Nell spends her days at home, looking after Samantha.

Sep 21, 1984

E530m

Jobs for the Girls

Slimy ad manager Keating persuades Samantha that she could be the Whoppa Bar Sunshine girl if she sings for him but Simon discovers that he has made this promise to others, purely to steal their ideas and ensures that Keating is barred by other agencies.

Sep 28, 1984

E630m

A Clean Slate

Simon discovers that Samantha has been missing Wednesday afternoons from school, telling the teacher that she's seeing a psychiatrist. In fact, she is going to matinées of Hamlet, because she has a crush on the lead actor and is mortified when she finds out that he is getting married.

Oct 5, 1984

Actors

Richard O'Sullivan

Richard O'Sullivan

Simon Harrap

Joanne Ridley

Joanne Ridley

Samantha Harrap

Tim Brooke-Taylor

Tim Brooke-Taylor

Derek Yates

Joanne Campbell

Liz

Sandra Clark

Sandra Clark

Isobel McClusky

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