
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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Air Date: 1985-04-19
Divorced office worker Henry Willows is content in his uneventful life, one of his few domestic contacts being Enid, ...
Air Date: 1985-04-26
Henry and Matthew's differences in age and taste are constant and comic irritants in their daily confrontations, but ...
Air Date: 1985-05-03
When Matthew brings a girlfriend home, the cleaning lady finds incriminating evidence in his bedroom.
Air Date: 1985-05-10
When Henry's next door neighbour's son returns from college, comparisons between Matthew and the student are inevitab...
Air Date: 1985-05-17
Wine is chilling, candlesticks are on the table and Henry has shaved. Who is coming to dinner? Matthew attempts to fi...
Air Date: 1985-05-24
As most young people are, Matthew is desperate for money, but his father refuses to invest in his future unless he fi...
Air Date: 1985-05-31
It's Henry's wedding anniversary, but after seven years of separation there is nothing to celebrate, so he goes to th...