2point4 Children ''2point4 Children'' is a BBC Television sitcom that was created and written by Andrew Marshall. It follows the lives of the Porters, a seemingly average, working-class London family whose world is frequently turned upside-down by bad luck and ...

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which was broadcast on

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. Created and written by Andrew Marshall, the series follows the Porters, a

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family who live in

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, west

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. It stars Belinda Lang, Gary Olsen,

Julia Hills Julia Hills (born 3 April 1957) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Rona in all eight series of the BBC sitcom ''2point4 Children''. She also portrayed various roles in Channel 4's first late night satirical sketch show ''Who ...

Clare Woodgate Georgina Elaine Cates (born Clare Elaine Woodgate; 14 January 1975) is an English film and television actress. Life and career Born Clare Elaine Woodgate in Colchester, Essex, Cates attended Colchester County High School for Girls and broke i ...

(before being replaced by

Clare Buckfield Clare Buckfield (born 10 April 1976) is an English actress, best known for playing the role of Jenny Porter in the BBC sitcom ''2point4 Children'' for most of the nineties and Natasha Stevens in the CBBC series ''Grange Hill''. Biography From ...

), and John Pickard. Andrew Marshall wrote all episodes, with the exception of three, which were written by Paul Alexander, Simon Braithwaite and

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. The show was originally directed and produced by

Richard Boden Richard Boden (born 4 January 1953, Birmingham) is a British television director and producer best known for his work on situation comedies including Allo 'Allo'', ''Blackadder Goes Forth'', ''2point4 Children ''2point4 Children'' is a BBC ...

, but the later series were directed by Nick Wood, Dewi Humphries and produced by Andrew Marshall.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (1991)

Series 2 (1992)

Series 3 (1993)

Series 4 (1994)

Series 5 (1995)

Series 6 (1996)

Series 7 (1998)

Series 8 (1999)

Home media

BBC Enterprises released a video in 1993, comprising the first three episodes of the series, which are known as: ''Leader of the Pack'', ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'', and ''When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Go Shopping''. The first three seasons were released individually on Region 2 DVDs by Eureka Video in 2005. A box set of the first three seasons was subsequently made available in 2008, again through Eureka Video.

References

Notes

External links

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