That's My Boy

Oct 23, 1981

Housekeeper Ida Willis is the terror of the domestic employment agency and her clients alike. She is sent to work for Dr. Robert Price and his wife Angie. Ida tells Angie about her son Shane, who she gave up for adoption as a newborn baby. When they swap baby photos of Robert and Shane, they discover that they are one in the same!

Oct 30, 1981

Ida is enjoying working for Shane and Angie. That is, until she meets Shane's 'other mummy' Mrs Price! Will they ever see eye to eye?

Nov 6, 1981

Ida agrees to look after her brother's grandchild, unaware of what she's letting herself in for.

Nov 6, 1981

Robert's mummies can't agree when he was born. Ida insists he was born in June while Mrs Price is certain that his birthday is when she adopted him. He ends up taking both mummies to dinner and trouble ensues. Can Ida and Mrs Price become friends?

Nov 20, 1981

Robert is starting to regret having agreed to teach Angie how to drive. Mrs Price thinks it's funny that Angie has hit another car, until she realises whose car she's hit.

Nov 27, 1981

Robert thinks that he, Angie, and Ida need to lose weight, so he devises a diet for them all to follow. Ida's not happy as this means she can't even have her usual G&T. When Ida discovers that Robert has been eating secretly at the hospital, she puts a stop to the diet for good!

Jan 7, 1983

When Mrs Prive comes for tea, Ida is showing off her talents when she breaks her tooth biting into one of 'other mummy's sausage rolls. How will she get on at her first dentist visit in 28 years?

Jan 14, 1983

Ida agrees to participate in a wakeathon to raise money for a worthy cause. She decides she needs a long sleep beforehand but has trouble so she employs sleeping pills. However, the police come knocking that there may be a bomb in the building and they all must evacuate!

Jan 21, 1983

Ida goes on holiday with Robert and Angie, and meets a gentleman named Cyril, who Robert takes an instant dislike to. Robert spends the holiday spying on his mother and her new beau.

Jan 28, 1983

When Ida sets out to change Angie's blouse for 'a sky-blue floaty scarf', she accidentally leaves without paying. The manager calls the police after he's aggravated by Robert. During her court appearance, Ida quotes from a book, which turns out to be written by the magistrate.

Feb 4, 1983

Ida's name somehow finds its way onto the computer at the employment agency and she's sick of calls from a Mrs. Thornberry-Basset, aka 'Fancy Drawers'. She's quick to inform them she does not want to work, but then she misinterprets a call about moving to Australia. She informs Mrs Price that Robert and Angie are leaving them, creating a very complex web of misunderstanding.

Feb 11, 1983

The TV breaks just as Ida and Angie are settling down to watch a film. When a man arrives, Ida thinks Robert has called a repairman, but soon finds out that he's someone else entirely.

Feb 18, 1983

When Angie insists that Robert go out for 'an evening with the boys', she and Ida have no idea just how far out of his rut he will get!

Feb 25, 1983

Wilfred gets a whack with a loaf when he lets himself into the house while everyone's out shopping. He informs them his daughter Maureen is going to marry a drummer in a steel band. Robert insists on not going, but when Ida and Angie forget their present, he comes to the rescue and makes quite the impression.

Dec 23, 1983

Ida plans a small Christmas, but, one by one, people start inviting themselves, and Ida foolishly leaves the Turkey in Wilfred's hands.

Apr 27, 1984

Ida discovers that she's been left a cottage in a will from none other than 'Shane's daddy', but their arrival is met with an even bigger surprise.

May 4, 1984

Angie's cousins have had a baby, and made her and Robert godparents. Following the ceremony, she decides she wants a baby, but Robert doesn't.

May 11, 1984

Ida is infuriated when consultant Charles Barber invites Mrs Price to dinner, especially after some digging, she realises that she is the intended date.

May 18, 1984

Home on holiday in Bournemouth, Mrs Price has joined a cult and starts handing her wealth over to Brother Laidlaw. Suspicious, Ida sets a trap.

May 25, 1984

When handyman Jim Barnes is given his marching orders, Ida refuses to accept the decision and devises a plan to get him reinstated.

Jun 1, 1984

Ida finds a 'love letter' in Robert's pocket, and everyone mutually jumps to that he's having an affair. Who is the mystery woman?

Jun 8, 1984

Ida waits on bedridden Mrs Price hand and foot, but goodwill only stretches so far.

Dec 28, 1984

Robert's musical plans are thrown into disarray when he discovers one of the nurses is already singing 'Little Donkey' at the hospital Christmas concert. Wilfred helpfully suggests an alternative act: mind reading!

Jan 18, 1985

Robert has finally got an opportunity to work as a GP in a private practice. But it means moving to Yorkshire. How's his 'other mother' going to take the news?

Jan 25, 1985

The journey to Yorkshire proves to be extremely fraught, the car breaks down several times, and secretary Edith Parfitt gets more and more worried.

Feb 1, 1985

Ida misses London life and struggles with the new slower-paced country life. She plans to pack her bags but a medical emergency soon changes her mind.

Feb 8, 1985

Mrs Price and Wilfred plan a visit; when they arrive, Wilfred tells Ida he's set to propose to his 'Passion Flower', but his eye is elsewhere.

Feb 15, 1985

At the local corner shop, Ida overhears plans for a hostel for single mothers. She has to take on fiercely opposed shopkeeper Mrs Cross.

Feb 22, 1985

Lonely in London, Mrs Price visits, intending to move in. Robert, Angie and Ida concoct a plan to put her off, a phantom rooster.

Mar 8, 1985

Ida drops some not-too-subtle hints that her birthday is approaching and tells Angie she wants a big strong man to carry her away. When the big day arrives, she's left wondering if she'll ever get what she really wants.

Feb 21, 1986

Wilfred has vanished, leaving his sister Ida distraught. But after being found, he invades a nearby empty house, wielding a musket. He ends up buying the property and working as the local gravedigger.

Feb 28, 1986

Ida's been stockpiling tablets and even trading under the counter for different supplies. Unimpressed, Robert is seeks to end the operation.

Mar 7, 1986

Robert's talk to the Young Wives Group is hampered by one who takes a fancy to him, much to Ida's horror.

Mar 14, 1986

Ida is thrilled when romance finally enlivens Miss Edith's life.

Mar 21, 1986

A new bypass threatens chaos to the village; Ida and Robert are determined to take action and end up dancing in the middle of Main Street.

Mar 28, 1986

It's Robert and Angie's wedding anniversary. Angie has been spending most of her time away working in ads. Their anniversary dinner is spoilt when she must fly to Paris for a new commercial.

Apr 4, 1986

Wilfred and Miss Edith are two lonely people, especially Edith since her mother left to stay with Edith's sister. Perhaps wedding bells will be ringing in the not too distant future.