PREMIERED 1985
Happy Families
BBC One, 1985

1985

HAPPY FAMILIES

PROGRAM INFO

ABOUT
TV comedy series written by Ben Elton
PREMIERED
October 17, 198541 years ago
FINALE
November 21, 1985
NETWORK
BBC One
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
LANGUAGE
British English
SEASONS
1
EPISODES
6
GENRE
Farce
STARRING
Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Helen Lederer
ANNIVERSARY
Turns 42 on October 17, 2027, in 349 days
SOURCES
Wikipedia, Wikidata

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