After Henry (TV series)

After Henry
Series title over the house featured in series
GenreSitcom
Written bySimon Brett
Starring
Theme music composerGeorge Gershwin
Opening theme"Three-Quarter Blues"
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes38
Production
Producers
  • Peter Frazer-Jones
  • Bill Shepherd
Running time30 minutes
Production companyThames Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release4 January 1988 (1988-01-04) –
24 August 1992 (1992-08-24)
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After Henry is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1988 to 1992.[1] [2] It was based on the radio series of the same name that was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1985 and 1989. Like the radio series, the TV series was written by Simon Brett, and starred Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. The opening and closing music is "Three-Quarter Blues", by George Gershwin.

The BBC was reluctant to produce After Henry for television, so in 1988 after the third radio series Thames Television did so. The show was surprisingly popular, attracting over 14 million viewers. A second television series was shown during the same months as the fourth radio series with, in many cases, both radio and television episodes being broadcast on the same nights. The fourth television series was broadcast from July 1992, after the death of Joan Sanderson, who had died on 24 May.

  1. ^ Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd (2003), p. 21.
  2. ^ Jeff Evans, The Penguin TV Companion (2001), p. 9.