5.3/1013 votesLoading...#1 - Paper Chase
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/1987
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Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 5.8/1015 votesLoading...
#2 - Bridge of Sighs
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 12/1/1989
No description available
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.1/1011 votesLoading...
#3 - Thought for the Day
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 12/22/1989
No description available
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.3/1016 votesLoading...
#4 - The Test
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/26/1986
Henry suffers every father's nightmare—teaching his son to drive. Inevitably, Henry's pristine new car begins to show signs of stress.
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
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#5 - Human Interest
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/24/1987
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Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.4/1017 votesLoading...
#6 - Small Change
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/24/1985
As most young people are, Matthew is desperate for money, but his father refuses to invest in his future unless he finds more suitable employment.
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
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#7 - The Way We Were
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/31/1985
It's Henry's wedding anniversary, but after seven years of separation there is nothing to celebrate, so he goes to the club. While he is out, Matthew welcomes a special guest into his father's home.
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
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#8 - Julie
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1986
Matthew's sister Julie decides to stay, but Henry and Matthew soon find that three's a crowd.
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
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#9 - Bad Apples
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/26/1985
Henry and Matthew's differences in age and taste are constant and comic irritants in their daily confrontations, but they rise to new levels when the subject of education is raised and they must choose a school for Matthew.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Crime Watch
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/21/1987
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Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.7/1021 votesLoading...
#11 - A New Life
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/19/1985
Divorced office worker Henry Willows is content in his uneventful life, one of his few domestic contacts being Enid, who comes in to clean for him. However his ordered existence is shattered when his seventeen year old son Matthew arrives on his door-step, having previously lived with Henry's ex-wife. Matthew claims that he was fed up at his mother's house and was keen to see his father again. A call to the ex-wife uncovers another story. Matthew was thrown out and told to move in with his father. Henry is about to find out why.
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
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#12 - Suspect
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/10/1985
When Henry's next door neighbour's son returns from college, comparisons between Matthew and the student are inevitable. But while the neighbour boy might look to be industrious, considerate, well-mannered and a great sportsman, Matthew knows the truth.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#13 - High Spirits
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 11/7/1987
No description available
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.7/1015 votesLoading...
#14 - Return to Clagthorpe
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 1/5/1990
No description available
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.7/1013 votesLoading...
#15 - High Noon
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/1990
No description available
Director: Graham Wetherell
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.8/1014 votesLoading...
#16 - All You Need Is Love
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/3/1985
When Matthew brings a girlfriend home, the cleaning lady finds incriminating evidence in his bedroom.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#17 - Dating Henry
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/17/1985
Wine is chilling, candlesticks are on the table and Henry has shaved. Who is coming to dinner? Matthew attempts to find out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#18 - Acting Out
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/1986
Henry is stunned to find Matthew wearing makeup, and even more stunned when he finds out Matthew wants to become an actor. Matthew has joined the college drama group to play Othello, with a married woman as his Desdemona. Henry is horrified at the result.
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
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#19 - The Real Thing
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/14/1987
No description available
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.8/1011 votesLoading...
#20 - Getting On
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/28/1987
No description available
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.9/1019 votesLoading...
#21 - Protest
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1986
Henry and Matthew's relationship is strained further when Matthew becomes an animal rights activist.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1015 votesLoading...
#22 - Open House
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/1986
Henry comes home to find the house full of Matthew's friends—more of an orgy than a party, says Henry—but rather than throw them all out, he joins in with hilarious results.
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
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#23 - Front Runner
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 12/8/1989
No description available
Director: David Reynolds
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.9/1012 votesLoading...
#24 - The Boyfriend
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 12/15/1989
No description available
Director: Graham Wetherell
Writer: Eric Chappell
- 6.9/1014 votesLoading...
The Worst Episodes of Home to Roost
Every episode of Home to Roost ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Home to Roost!
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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1
Worst Episodes Summary
"Paper Chase" is the worst rated episode of "Home to Roost". It scored 5.3/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by David Reynolds and written by Eric Chappell, it aired on 12/5/1987. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Bridge of Sighs".