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My Family : Season 1
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Air date: 19 Sep '00 - 8 episodesThe first series of BBC family sitcom My Family originally aired between 19 September and 7 November 2000. The first episode of the series, and the pilot episode, was entitled "The Serpent’s Tooth". All eight episodes in the first series are thirty minutes long. The first episode introduces the five main characters that regularly appear in the series: Robert Lindsay, who plays Ben, Zoë Wanamaker, who plays Susan, Kris Marshall, who plays Nick, Daniela Denby-Ashe, who plays Janey, and Gabriel Thomson, who plays Michael. A further regular member of the cast is Bridgette, played by Daisy Donovan, who appears in nearly episode of the series. The series was produced by Rude Boy Productions, a company that produces comedies created by Fred Barron. The series was filmed at Pinewood Studios in London, with a live studio audience.
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List of Episodes (8)
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My Family (2000)
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1. Serpent's Tooth
19 Sep '00Ben is annoyed to learn that both Janey and Susan are patients of another dentist...especially since Janey has a crush on this dentist. Nick uses Ben's laptop to have an 'email romance' with Isabelle - a famous model...Who's lying to who...? Recap: At breakfast time, Nick asks Ben if he can borrow his laptop, which will allow him to start an e-mail relationship with a girl. Ben has forgotten that he is supposed to go out with Susan tonight, and has instead arranged to see a patient. Janey tel
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2. Pain in the Class
26 Sep '00When Michael is bullied by Jason Hodder at school, a meeting between his parents and Ben and Susan doesn't help at all! Janey tries to persuade Susan to let her get a tattoo to no avail. Michael later tells Susan that Janey has punched Jason Hodder. Meanwhile, Nick decides to become an internet billionaire!
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3. Droit de Seigneur Ben
03 Oct '00When Brigitte sets Janey up on a date with the son of Lord Whitten, She is over the moon because ""he's absolutely gorgeous"". Ben returns home to find that Nick has become an artist (!) and Susan has booked him tickets to the opera...to see Don Giovanni to be exact. Until listening to a tape of it, Ben doesn't want to go! When Janey tells Ben and Susan that young Whitten tried to assault her, Ben gets revenge by being less than compassionate when Lord Whitten's son needs dental work the next
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4. The Last Resort
10 Oct '00For Susan's 40th birthday, Ben...or rather Janey...decides that he and Susan should go away for the weekend. They decide to go to a hotel they went to 20 years ago. There, they encounted a rather rampant old couple who ...put nicely...liked to occasionally swap partners! Meanwhile, Michael charges Janey and Nick £10 an hour to stay home alone.
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5. Farewell to Alarms
17 Oct '00When Susan worries about the rising crime rate, she insists that the family get a new alarm system - much to Ben's annoyance. Despite what Mitch, the salesman, says, Ben decides to opt for the cheapest system on offer...He'll regret his choice when the alarm just won't stop ringing!! Meanwhile, Nick decides to become a stripper while Brigitte insists on moving the furniture Ben's surgery around.
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6. Death Takes a Policy
24 Oct '00Ben insults Mrs Dudley, yet another of his disgruntled patients, at his surgery and also chats to Father Connolly about death. When he gets home, he has more death to talk about as Nick's new girlfriend, Emily, tries to sell him life insurance and as Susan tells him that one of her tourists died in Madame Tussauds.
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7. Awkward Phase
30 Oct '00While Susan is clearing out everyone's old clothes for charity (mainly Ben's!), Michael worries about what to do on a date...and gets advice from Nick! Janey defies Susan and buys new jeans that cost £98 and Brigitte decides to 'align Ben's surgery with Mother nature' by playing Whalesong!
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8. Much Ado About Ben
07 Nov '00When Susan finds Viagra, She wonders why Nick has it. Later though, Ben gets ill and has to go to the hospital where he's told he has hypertension...but not before he admits to taking the Viagra even though the hypertension wasn't caused by Viagra! Susan allows her yoga teacher to hold the classes in their house, Nick gives Ben mouth to mouth when he thinks he's having a heart attack and Brigitte is her usual self at the surgery.
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