ME MAMMY

'''Me Mammy''' was a British sitcom starring Milo O'Shea that aired from 1968 to 1971. It was written by Hugh Leonard.

Contents

Background

Cast

Plot

Episodes

Pilot (1968)

Series One (1969)

Series Two (1970)

Series Three (1971)

Footnotes

References

External links

Background

''Me Mammy'' first aired as pilot within the seventh series of the BBC's ''Comedy Playhouse''. The pilot and first series were made in black-and-white. Despite playing his mother, Anna Manahan was only two years older than her on-screen son played by Milo O'Shea. Many of the episodes are missing presumed wiped. Only the first episodes of the first series and the third series survive ^[1].

Cast

★ Milo O'Shea - Benjamin "Bunjy" Kennefick

★ Anna Manahan - Mrs Kennefick

★ Yootha Joyce - Miss Argyll

★ Ray McAnally - Father Patrick

★ David Kelly - Cousin Enda

Plot

Bunjy Kenefick is an Irish mother's boy living in London. He is a top executive of a company and lives a bachelor lifestyle. However, his old-fashioned Catholic mother often puts a stop his plans, many of them involving his girlfriend Miss Argyll. Other characters include Father Patrick and Cousin Enda.

Episodes

Pilot (1968)

★ ''Pilot'' (14 Jun 68) (part of ''Comedy Playhouse'')

Series One (1969)

#''The Day We Blessed the Bench'' (15 Sep 69)
#''The Day Verilia Went to Pieces'' (22 Sep 69)
#''The Night Me Mammy Snuffed It'' (29 Sep 69)
#''The Day the Saints Went Marching Out'' (13 Oct 69)
#''The First Time I Saw Paris'' (20 Oct 69)
#''The Day Concepta Got England'' (27 Oct 69)

Series Two (1970)

#''The Night Miss Argyll Got Canonised'' (7 Aug 70)
#''Me Mammy's Tomb'' (14 Aug 70)
#''The Night We Saw Old Nick'' (21 Aug 70)
#''The Last of the Red-Hot Mammies'' (28 Aug 70)
#''The Night Edna Entered a Convent'' (4 Sep 70)
#''The Night I Left the Church'' (11 Sep 70)
#''The Morning After Finnegan's Wake'' (18 Sep 70)

Series Three (1971)

#''Episode One'' (23 Apr 71)
#''Episode Two'' (30 Apr 71)
#''Episode Three'' (7 May 71)
#''Episode Four'' (14 May 71)
#''Episode Five'' (21 May 71)
#''Episode Six'' (28 May 71)
#''Episode Seven'' (11 Jun 71)

Footnotes

1. Me Mammy BBC, 1969-71

References

★ Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003

External links

★ ''Me Mammy'' at BBC Comedy