Born and Bred - Season 1 - Eps 2: Nothing Like the Son

Name: Eps 2: Nothing Like the Son
Released: 2002-04-28
Rating: 4.3

2002-04-28 • ? min • ⭐ 8.5/10

Tom is appalled by the informal way Arthur runs his practice but both men combine to try and talk sense into their cleaner Edie McClure, sister of pub landlady Phyllis, whom Edie disdains for giving up on her marriage. Edie has a weak heart but is determined,against doctors' advice, to see through her seventh pregnancy as she has six daughters and is desperate for a son. Matters are taken out of her hands when she miscarries but reconciliation with Phyllis follows. Eddie,the hunky garage mechanic ,asks for advice from scrap-dealer Jean about dating Tom's teenaged daughter Helen but Jean misunderstands and assumes he wants to date her whilst Tom's son Michael gets revenge on a bullying schoolmaster.

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About Born and Bred

Title: Born and Bred

First Air Date: 2002-04-21

Last Air Date: 2005-08-03

Status: Ended

Rating: 8.5/10 (from 2 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 5

Total Episodes: 35

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

Born and Bred is a light-hearted British drama series that aired on BBC One from 2002 to 2005. Created by Chris Chibnall and Nigel McCrery, Born and Bred's cast was led by James Bolam and Michael French, who play a father and son who run a cottage hospital in Ormston, a fictional Lancashire village in the 1950s. Bolam and French's characters are later replaced by characters played by Richard Wilson and Oliver Milburn.