Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em: Learning to Drive
12:15 am - 01:15 am, Saturday, December 27 on That's TV (56)
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About this Broadcast
Learning to Drive
Season 1, Episode 1
Festive special from 1975. In the run-up to Christmas, Frank loses yet another job but hopes to make up for it by appearing on a DIY programme - only to blow more than a fuse with his efforts. Undeterred, he sets out to pass his driving test on the 10th attempt, and if speeding up an airport runway is not bad enough, things take a turn for the worse when the examiner steps into the car and discovers there is something fishy about Frank. Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice star, with a guest appearance by David Jacobs
Movie/Drama
Sitcom
Cast & Crew
Michael Crawford
(Actor)
.. Frank Spencer
Michele Dotrice
(Actor)
.. Betty Spencer
George Sewell
(Actor)
.. Wheeler
Hazel Bainbridge
(Actor)
.. Mrs Perkins
David Jacobs
(Actor)
.. TV Interviewer
Raymond Allen
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Michael Crawford
(Actor)
.. Frank Spencer
Born:
January 19, 1942
in
Salisbury
Best Known For:
Frank Spencer and Phantom of the Opera.
Early-life:
Michael Patrick Smith was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire on January 19, 1942. He was the result of a short-lived relationship his mother had following the death of her first husband, a Battle of Britain pilot. In 1945, his mother married a grocer and Crawford took his surname, Ingram. His first professional job was alternating the part of a boy soprano with fellow future star David Hemmings in Benjamin Britten's Let's Make an Opera, but had to change his name because there was already a radio announcer called Michael Ingram. He chose Crawford after the biscuit company.
Career:
Crawford began appearing on radio and in Children's Film Foundation movies. At 19 he starred alongside Steve McQueen in The War Lover (1962). The Knack (1965), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) and Hello Dolly! (1969) followed, the latter directed by his hero, Gene Kelly. Despite these successes, he was out of work for 18 months during the early 1970s. In 1973, he landed the role of Frank Spencer in BBC sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, which made him a household name. Since then he's largely concentrated on musical theatre, appearing in such acclaimed shows as Phantom of the Opera, Barnum, EFX and The Wizard of Oz. He has also released a number of albums.
Quote:
"I've made mistakes in my life. When you grow up you feel very guilty about mistakes."
Trivia:
Crawford was awarded a CBE in 2014 for services to charity.
Michele Dotrice
(Actor)
.. Betty Spencer
George Sewell
(Actor)
.. Wheeler
Hazel Bainbridge
(Actor)
.. Mrs Perkins
David Jacobs
(Actor)
.. TV Interviewer
Raymond Allen
(Writer)
