Home to Roost

Total Seasons :4Total Episodes : 28

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 Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew. The premise is that Henry Willows is forty-something, who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy living alone in London. That is, until his youngest child, Mat...

Episodes(7)

A New Life

1. A New Life

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.

Air Date : 1985-04-19

Bad Apples

2. Bad Apples

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.

Air Date : 1985-04-26

All You Need Is Love

3. All You Need Is Love

When Matthew brings a girlfriend home, the cleaning lady finds incriminating evidence in his bedroom.

Air Date : 1985-05-03

Suspect

4. Suspect

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.

Air Date : 1985-05-10

Dating Henry

5. Dating Henry

Wine is chilling, candlesticks are on the table and Henry has shaved. Who is coming to dinner? Matthew attempts to find out.

Air Date : 1985-05-17

Small Change

6. Small Change

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.

Air Date : 1985-05-24

The Way We Were

7. The Way We Were

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.

Air Date : 1985-05-31