Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew. The premise is that Henry Willows is forty-something, who has been divorced from his wife for seven years and is perfectly happy living alone in London. That is, until his youngest child, Matthew arrives to live with him, after being thrown out by his mother. The plots generally revolved around Henry's annoyance at having his solitude disturbed, and the age gap clash. Henry employed two cleaners throughout the show's life; first Enid Thompson, and, in the third season, Fiona Fennell.
Family ties
A new life
Bad apples
All you need is love
Suspect
Dating henry
Small change
The way we were
Protest
Open house
Plastic dreamworld
Acting out
The test
Any questions?
Julie
Human interest
Success story
High spirits
The real thing
Crime watch
Getting on
Paper chase
Bridge of sighs
Front runner
The boyfriend
Thought for the day
Return to clagthorpe
High noon
Leaving
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