Episodes (6)
Sep 13, 1971
Recovering from a hangover Patrick mishears when Georgie says he accepted her - business - proposal,and assumes they are getting married,which pleases him. Nanny has won money on the premium bonds and when she is described as 'the lucky woman' the girls presume that she is getting married to their father with more confusion arising when the vicar turns up and everybody takes it for granted that Nanny is Mrs. Patrick Glover.
Sep 20, 1971
Following a misunderstanding with their grandma the girls have no venue for their planned party so they take their opportunity when Patrick suddenly announces he is going to a literary conference. Barbara is misunderstood when she says she is going for a bath and not to Bath and ends up mixed bathing in the shower with a young man.
Sep 27, 1971
Beset by tooth-ache Patrick is persuaded to ring his dentist - but the dental surgery has been replaced by a plumbing firm,causing a cross-purposes phone conversation. Georgie gets Patrick to see her dentist,who turns out to be Karen's terminally clumsy boy-friend. And the plumber has a nasty surprise as well for Patrick.
Oct 04, 1971
By mistake Patrick buys a box of odds and ends at an army auction, including a hand grenade, which he does not realise is live until he has pulled the pin. He throws it away but H.G. retrieves it and he has to call the army bomb disposal unit for an explosive finish.
Oct 11, 1971
'Snotty', an old school friend of Patrick, and now a high church bishop, gets in touch with him. He is heading an anti-pornography crusade the Clean Up London Campaign,and wants Patrick to help him out by counting the number of bare breasts on show in the media and reporting back to him. Indeed an offer he can hardly refuse.
Oct 18, 1971
Patrick is researching for his latest thriller novel and goes to the local police station to inquire whether finger prints would be left after a person has been strangled. Some time afterward he receives a number of threatening letters and assumes that somebody believes him to be an actual murderer. This is certainly a case for Inspector Glover.
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Father, Dear Father Season 5 (1971) is released on Sep 13, 1971 and the latest season 7 of Father, Dear Father is released in 1973. Watch Father, Dear Father online - the English Comedy TV series from United Kingdom. Father, Dear Father is directed by William G. Stewart and created by Brian Cooke with Patrick Cargill and Natasha Pyne.