Home to Roost
Premiered: Apr 19, 1985 | 4 seasons | 28 episodes
Popularity: 4
| Creator: | Eric Chappell |
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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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| John Thaw | Henry Willows | 28 |
| Reece Dinsdale | Matthew Willows | 28 |
| Elizabeth Bennett | Mrs. Thompson | 14 |
| John Bird | FG Fielding | 2 |
| Rebecca Lacey | Julie Willows | 2 |
| Ray Winstone | Bill Bateman | 1 |
| Lysette Anthony | Lucy | 1 |
| Susan Jameson | Judith Trevelyan | 1 |
| Colin Jeavons | Edward Walker | 1 |
| Sam Kelly | Ted Higgs | 1 |
| John Cater | Shady Gray | 1 |
| Richard Ridings | Millwall | 1 |
| Roger Hammond | Lord Fell | 1 |
| Charles Kay | Mr Padbury | 1 |
| Clare Clifford | Harriet | 1 |
| Terrence Hardiman | Doctor | 1 |
| Ken Campbell | Mr Prendergast | 1 |
| John Horsley | Sir John | 1 |
| Emrys James | R.J. Cockcroft | 1 |
| Nicky Henson | Edward Willows | 1 |
| Maxine Audley | Mrs Kent | 1 |
| Peter Blythe | Gordon | 1 |
| Perry Fenwick | Ratty Randall | 1 |
| Philip Stone | Mr Trent | 1 |
| Michael Ripper | Perce | 1 |
| Louis Emerick | Policeman | 1 |
| Richard Graham | Dusty Miller | 1 |
| Tyler Butterworth | Trevor | 1 |
| Rachel Bell | Violet Blackett | 1 |
| Ann Beach | Rita Higgs | 1 |
| Frank Mills | Job Centre Assistant | 1 |
| Reginald Marsh | Jim Brown | 1 |
| Sara Crowe | Cherry Gibson | 1 |
| Jeffry Wickham | Dugdale | 1 |
| Deborah Norton | Lydia Lane | 1 |
| Jill Gascoine | Judy Schwartz | 1 |
| Andrée Bernard | Stephanie | 1 |
| James Barron | Robin | 1 |
| Erika Hoffman | April | 1 |
| Leslie Ash | Susie Perkins | 1 |
| Christopher Reich | Roberto | 1 |
| John Rowe | Sally's Dad | 1 |