| Bachelor Father | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 22 + 2 shorts |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 17 September 1970 – 25 December 1971 |
Bachelor Father is a British sitcom starring Ian Carmichael that aired for two series from 1970 to 1971. It was written by Richard Waring.
Bachelor Father is loosely based on the life of Peter Lloyd Jeffcock. Jeffcock was a bachelor who had fostered twelve children. He later wrote an autobiography called Only Uncle. Richard Waring, who wrote Bachelor Father, based some of the plots on incidents told in Only Uncle. Waring said that he would have kept more to Only Uncle, but many of the true stories were so far-fetched, he thought the public wouldn't believe them.[1]
Peter Lamb is a rich man who has always wanted a family, but failed to sustain any relationships. In the first episode, he decides to foster children. He then fosters a variety of diverse children
22 episodes in total were produced; because of the BBC's wiping policy in the 1970s, only one episode still exists in its original colour form, the first one: "Family Feeling". The other existing episodes below, indicated with an asterisk, survive as 16mm black and white telerecordings.[2]
