Murphy's Mob

Murphy's Mob is a British children's television series, created and written by Brian Finch which was produced and directed by David Foster for Central Television, and screened in the UK on ITV for four series between 1982 and 1985. The theme tune was sung by Gary Holton, of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet fame.

Murphy's Mob
Murphy's Mob opening titles
Created byBrian Finch
StarringKen Hutchison
Lynda Bellingham
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes54
Production
Running time25 min (per episode)
Release
Original networkITV
Original release1 March 1982 (1982-03-01) –
19 December 1985 (1985-12-19)

Plot

The series featured Ken Hutchison as Mac Murphy, who takes charge as manager of a struggling fictional Third Division football club, Dunmore United, and a group of young supporters of the club whose day-to-day troubles included attempts to set up a junior supporter's club and clubhouse within the stadium.[1]

Cast

Production

The drama scenes also included action taken from real Watford games from the era. The fictional Dunmore team therefore played in yellow, red and black to allow the footage to be cut into the drama. Billy Wright, the former England captain is credited in the first series as "Soccer Advisor".[2]

Broadcast

The show was broadcast twice weekly on ITV[3]

Series 1

  • 16 episodes generally broadcast on Monday and Wednesday between 1 March and 26 April 1982

Series 2

  • 12 episodes generally broadcast on Wednesday and Thursday between 9 March and 14 April 1983

Series 3

  • 14 episodes generally broadcast on Monday and Thursday between 29 October and 13 December 1984

Series 4

  • 12 episodes generally broadcast on Monday and Thursday between 11 November and 20 December 1985[4]

References
  1. "Murphy's Mob No More Mindless Empty Days". Away from the Numbers. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. "Murphys Mob series1 episode1". You Tube. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. "Murphys Mob". IMDb. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  4. "TV Times". TV Times. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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