Holding the Fort

Holding the Fort was a 1980 ITV situation comedy starring Peter Davison, Patricia Hodge and Matthew Kelly.

Holding the Fort
GenreComedy
Created byMaurice Gran
Laurence Marks
StarringPeter Davison
Patricia Hodge
Matthew Kelly
Christopher Godwin
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes20
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companyLondon Weekend Television
Release
Original networkITV
Original release5 September 1980 (1980-09-05) 
29 August 1982 (1982-08-29)

Plot

The situation was a role-reversal comedy, in which the premise was that Russell Milburn (Davison) becomes a "house-husband" to raise his baby daughter while his wife, Penny (Hodge) a captain in the Women's Royal Army Corps, goes out to work. Russell's friend Fitzroy, or "Fitz" (Kelly), adds to the comic tension by encouraging Russell's enthusiasm for football, pacifism and beer.

Cast

Production

It was an early product of the writing team of Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. Three series were recorded, a total of twenty episodes, first aired between 1980 and 1982, concurrent with Davison also starring in Doctor Who. It was made for the ITV network by LWT.


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