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  • 1986-1991
  • 7 Seasons
  • Comedy
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The Liverpool-based Boswell family are experts at exploiting the system to get by in life. Despite the fact that none of the Boswells are officially employed, they manage to live a fairly good life thanks to government handouts and various cash-in-hand jobs. Family life for the Boswells centres around their God-fearing Catholic mother, Nellie. With her husband having left her for "a tart", she relies upon her eldest son Joey to play the father's role to her other three sons, Jack, Adrian and Billy, and her daughter Aveline. Their ability to squeeze the DHSS dry while the boys earn a living on the side, is legendary. But although the family is the focus of their lives, they each have different reasons to be unhappy.

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Jean Boht
Nellie Boswell
Nick Conway
Billy Boswell
Jonathon Morris
Adrian Boswell

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Episode 1

Episode #7.1

Billy meets a girl called Connie, which helps him erase the memory of Julie whilst Aveline, back with Oswald, is pregnant and Freddie is leaving Liverpool. Meanwhile Aveline, Nellie, Jack and Adrian are taken hostage in Leonora's house by vengeful villains whom Joey helped put away. Fortunately Billy scares them by bringing the police - or rather the police are chasing him for having an unroadworthy car.

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Awards

  • 1988 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Comedy Series - nominated
  • 1989 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Comedy Series - nominated
  • 1991 - British Comedy Award - Best TV Comedy Actress - winner

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