Home to Roost

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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, Matthew arrives to live with him, after being thrown out by his mother. The plots generally revolved around Henry's annoyance at having his solitude disturbed, and the age gap clash. Henry employed two cleaners throughout the show's life; first Enid Thompson, and, in the third season, Fiona Fennell.

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Cast

John Thaw Henry Willows

Reece Dinsdale Matthew Willows

Elizabeth Bennett Mrs. Thompson

Joan Blackham Fiona Fennell

Rebecca Lacey Julie Willows

John Bird F G Fielding, FG Fielding

Ian Tucker Frank Willows

Lysette Anthony Lucy

Sherrie Hewson Cynthia

Doug Fisher George

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