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30 May 1976 (UK)
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*** This review may contain spoilers ***
The A.T.V. sitcom 'Big Boy Now!' played like a middle-class version of 'Steptoe & Son', only with the gender of the parent reversed.
The late Leslie Crowther had worked with writer Ronnie Taylor before on the popular 'My Good Woman', co-starring Sylvia Syms. 'Big' cast him as 'Tony Marchant', a middle-aged man too embarrassed to tell his domineering elderly mother Heather ( Fabia Drake ) he has grown up.
Each week, Tony would meet an attractive woman and begin courtship, only for Mummy to scupper his chances of marital bliss. Crowther was miscast, and wasn't helped by Taylor's joke-free scripts or the obvious ( and annoying ) canned laughter. You had to wonder why Tony didn't push Mummy down the stairs, and plead justifiable homicide.
Critics tore it to shreds, but the ratings were good. A.T.V. finally saw the light, however, axing it after two seasons.