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Housekeeper Ida Willis is the terror of the domestic employment agency and her clients alike. She is sent to work for Dr. Robert Price and his wife Angie. Ida tells Angie about her son Shane, who she gave up for adoption as a newborn baby. When they swap baby photos of Robert and Shane, they discover that they are one in the same!

Live As a Family

Ida is enjoying working for Shane and Angie. That is, until she meets Shane's 'other mummy' Mrs Price! Will they ever see eye to eye?

Settling In

Ida agrees to look after her brother's grandchild, unaware of what she's letting herself in for.

Is It Catching?

Robert's mummies can't agree when he was born. Ida insists he was born in June while Mrs Price is certain that his birthday is when she adopted him. He ends up taking both mummies to dinner and trouble ensues. Can Ida and Mrs Price become friends?

Happy Birthdays, Robert

Robert is starting to regret having agreed to teach Angie how to drive. Mrs Price thinks it's funny that Angie has hit another car, until she realises whose car she's hit.

Driven Apart

Robert thinks that he, Angie, and Ida need to lose weight, so he devises a diet for them all to follow. Ida's not happy as this means she can't even have her usual G&T. When Ida discovers that Robert has been eating secretly at the hospital, she puts a stop to the diet for good!

Think Thin

When Mrs Prive comes for tea, Ida is showing off her talents when she breaks her tooth biting into one of 'other mummy's sausage rolls. How will she get on at her first dentist visit in 28 years?

Only When It Hurts

Ida agrees to participate in a wakeathon to raise money for a worthy cause. She decides she needs a long sleep beforehand but has trouble so she employs sleeping pills. However, the police come knocking that there may be a bomb in the building and they all must evacuate!

Wakey Wakey

Ida goes on holiday with Robert and Angie, and meets a gentleman named Cyril, who Robert takes an instant dislike to. Robert spends the holiday spying on his mother and her new beau.

A Holiday Romance

When Ida sets out to change Angie's blouse for 'a sky-blue floaty scarf', she accidentally leaves without paying. The manager calls the police after he's aggravated by Robert. During her court appearance, Ida quotes from a book, which turns out to be written by the magistrate.

A Brush with the Law

Ida's name somehow finds its way onto the computer at the employment agency and she's sick of calls from a Mrs. Thornberry-Basset, aka 'Fancy Drawers'. She's quick to inform them she does not want to work, but then she misinterprets a call about moving to Australia. She informs Mrs Price that Robert and Angie are leaving them, creating a very complex web of misunderstanding.

Down Under

The TV breaks just as Ida and Angie are settling down to watch a film. When a man arrives, Ida thinks Robert has called a repairman, but soon finds out that he's someone else entirely.

To Catch a Thief

When Angie insists that Robert go out for 'an evening with the boys', she and Ida have no idea just how far out of his rut he will get!

Go Jump in the Fountain

Wilfred gets a whack with a loaf when he lets himself into the house while everyone's out shopping. He informs them his daughter Maureen is going to marry a drummer in a steel band. Robert insists on not going, but when Ida and Angie forget their present, he comes to the rescue and makes quite the impression.

Invitation to the Wedding

Ida plans a small Christmas, but, one by one, people start inviting themselves, and Ida foolishly leaves the Turkey in Wilfred's hands.

Cold Turkey

Ida discovers that she's been left a cottage in a will from none other than 'Shane's daddy', but their arrival is met with an even bigger surprise.

Where There's a Will

Angie's cousins have had a baby, and made her and Robert godparents. Following the ceremony, she decides she wants a baby, but Robert doesn't.

Baby Blues

Ida is infuriated when consultant Charles Barber invites Mrs Price to dinner, especially after some digging, she realises that she is the intended date.

The Big Night Out

Home on holiday in Bournemouth, Mrs Price has joined a cult and starts handing her wealth over to Brother Laidlaw. Suspicious, Ida sets a trap.

Light and Shade

When handyman Jim Barnes is given his marching orders, Ida refuses to accept the decision and devises a plan to get him reinstated.

Unfair Dismissal

Ida finds a 'love letter' in Robert's pocket, and everyone mutually jumps to that he's having an affair. Who is the mystery woman?

Dirty Linen

Ida waits on bedridden Mrs Price hand and foot, but goodwill only stretches so far.

Ring If You Need Me

Robert's musical plans are thrown into disarray when he discovers one of the nurses is already singing 'Little Donkey' at the hospital Christmas concert. Wilfred helpfully suggests an alternative act: mind reading!

Little Donkey

Robert has finally got an opportunity to work as a GP in a private practice. But it means moving to Yorkshire. How's his 'other mother' going to take the news?

Moving Out

The journey to Yorkshire proves to be extremely fraught, the car breaks down several times, and secretary Edith Parfitt gets more and more worried.

Moving In

Ida misses London life and struggles with the new slower-paced country life. She plans to pack her bags but a medical emergency soon changes her mind.

What Seems to Be the Trouble

Mrs Price and Wilfred plan a visit; when they arrive, Wilfred tells Ida he's set to propose to his 'Passion Flower', but his eye is elsewhere.

Friendship View Marriage

At the local corner shop, Ida overhears plans for a hostel for single mothers. She has to take on fiercely opposed shopkeeper Mrs Cross.

Hello Young Mothers

Lonely in London, Mrs Price visits, intending to move in. Robert, Angie and Ida concoct a plan to put her off, a phantom rooster.

The Phantom of the Farmyard

Ida drops some not-too-subtle hints that her birthday is approaching and tells Angie she wants a big strong man to carry her away. When the big day arrives, she's left wondering if she'll ever get what she really wants.

Surprise, Surprise

Wilfred has vanished, leaving his sister Ida distraught. But after being found, he invades a nearby empty house, wielding a musket. He ends up buying the property and working as the local gravedigger.

Digging In

Ida's been stockpiling tablets and even trading under the counter for different supplies. Unimpressed, Robert is seeks to end the operation.

Drugs on the Market

Robert's talk to the Young Wives Group is hampered by one who takes a fancy to him, much to Ida's horror.

Jezebel

Ida is thrilled when romance finally enlivens Miss Edith's life.

Something to Love

A new bypass threatens chaos to the village; Ida and Robert are determined to take action and end up dancing in the middle of Main Street.

The Bypass

It's Robert and Angie's wedding anniversary. Angie has been spending most of her time away working in ads. Their anniversary dinner is spoilt when she must fly to Paris for a new commercial.

Happy Anniversary

Wilfred and Miss Edith are two lonely people, especially Edith since her mother left to stay with Edith's sister. Perhaps wedding bells will be ringing in the not too distant future.

Two Lonely People

That's My Boy is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV from 1981 to 1986. It stars Mollie Sugden as Ida Willis, who takes a job as a housekeeper for her son, whom she gave up for adoption years earlier.

The Best Seasons of That's My Boy

The Best Seasons of That's My Boy

Season 1

Season 2

Season 5

Season 3

Season 4