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My Hero
Hit family comedy MY HERO first aired in
1999 on BBC ONE, and is currently in its 6th series with a new
lead actor (James Dreyfus) taking the main role.
Originally My Hero was about a health food shop owner,
George Sunday (Ardal O’Hanlon) and his family who live in
a London suburb – all pretty normal really except George
also happens to be the world’s most famous superhero,
Thermoman. From the planet Ultron, George has married a down to
earth nurse, Janet,(Emily Joyce) and they have two children,
Olly and Cassie. But because they are part human part alien,
they exhibit some quite interesting tendencies; at the tender
age of 18 months, Ollie has the intelligence of a Cambridge
postgraduate, and he can fly; Cassie can’t, but she can
see into the future, although some of her predictions do fall
rather wide of the mark.
The beginning of series six sees George
gambling away all his body parts during a poker game on Ultron.
As a result, a new body is found for him, and James Dreyfus
(Thin Blue Line; Gimme, Gimme, Gimme; Hell’s Kitchen).
steps into the breach; donning Thermoman’s tights, he
saves the world from more disasters, as well as deal with the
domestic chaos that surrounds his family life. He also becomes
the new doctor in the surgery and works alongside Dr. Piers
Crispin (Hugh Dennis) and receptionist-from-hell Mrs. Raven
(Geraldine McNulty). Lill Roughley, Phil Whitchurch, Lou Hirsch
and Tim Wylton also co-star.
My Hero is a family comedy which looks at
our world through the eyes of an alien abroad, and with the
help of a group of suburban characters it shows the anomalies,
hypocrycies and downright madness of our modern world.
Created by Paul Mendelson. Writers
involved throughout all the series: Paul Mendelson, Paul
Mayhew-Archer, Gary Lawson and John Phelps, Paul Alexander and
Simon Braithwaite, Ian Brown and James Hendrie, Danny Peak,
Katie Douglas, Jon Brown. Producers Marcus Mortimer, John
Stroud and Jamie Rix. Executive Producers Marcus Mortimer,
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise and Jon Plowman
Director John Stroud.
51 x 30 minutes
My Hero DVD’s and VHS’s can be
bought at all good record/video stores and Amazon.
The first season of My Hero can be bought
in the USA
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