''My Husband and I'' is a

British sitcom A British sitcom or a Britcom is a situational comedy programme produced for British television. Most British sitcoms are recorded on studio sets, while some have an element of location filming. A handful are made almost exclusively on location ...

starring

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and William Moore that aired on

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from 9 January 1987 to 20 May 1988. It was written and created by Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton.

Background

Following the end of '' That's My Boy'', the writers Pam Valentine and Michael Ashton wrote a new sitcom for Mollie Sugden titled ''My Husband and I'', which co-starred William Moore, Sugden's real-life husband. Like ''That's My Boy'', it was also made by

Yorkshire Television ITV Yorkshire, previously known as Yorkshire Television and commonly referred to as just YTV, is the British television service provided by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV (TV network), ITV network. Until 19 ...

Cast

- Nora Powers * William Moore - George Powers *

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- Bambi Bamber *

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- Tracy Cosgrove * John Horsley - Mr Munday *

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- Pearl * Roberta Tovey - Samantha *Natasha Gray - Anita *Jane Ashton - Henrietta

Plot

Nora Powers is the head of personnel at Ashvale Advertising. However, when Nora's retired husband George joins Ashvale Advertising as chief commissionaire, she soon gets very embarrassed.

Episodes

Series 1 (1987)

Christmas Special (1987)

Series 2 (1988)

DVD releases

A single episode of ''My Husband and I'' has been released by the Network imprint on a

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entitled ''Classic ITV Christmas Comedy''.

References

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, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003 *

External links

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