Dad (TV series)

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Dad
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Andrew Marshall
Directed by	Angela De Chastelai Smith Marcus Mortimer Nick Wood
Starring	George Cole Kevin McNally Julia Hills Toby Ross-Bryant
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Producers	Marcus Mortimer Rosemary McGowan
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	25 September 1997 (1997-09-25) – 21 December 1999 (1999-12-21)
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Dad is a BBC1 sitcom that ran for 13 episodes (each 30 minutes long) over two series and a Christmas special. Described by the BBC as a 'generation-gap comedy', it centered on the trials and tribulations of Alan Hook (Kevin McNally) and his father Brian (George Cole). Alan would often find himself getting increasingly frustrated with the endeavours of his father, whilst the world seemed to be forever against him.

Toby Ross-Bryant played Alan's son Vincent, and Julia Hills played Alan's wife Beryl. It was written by Andrew Marshall, who was best known for his popular sitcom, 2point4 Children. The title of each episode was a pun on the word "Dad".

The theme tune for the first series was the 1965 hit 'Tijuana Taxi' performed by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. For the second series, this was replaced with the song 'Go Daddy-O' by California swing revival band, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.