Paul Slippery (Hugh Laurie), a forty-something doctor, lives with his wife Estelle and three sex-obsessed sons Rory, Daniel and Edwin in the west London suburb of Putney. On top of coping ...
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Still smitten with Estelle, Pilfrey exhibits increasingly bizarre behavior at the most inopportune time imaginable -- just as the practice prepares for a National Health Services inspection. The ...
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In a desperate attempt to revive his sagging sex life, Paul surreptitiously tries to ply Estelle with an herbal aphrodisiac. Estelle, however, has other things on her mind -- namely, a speech about ...
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When sons Rory and Daniel decamp to their own flat, everyone in the Slippery household begin to reassess their lives. Paul, for his part, agrees to hypnotherapy at the hands of Pilfrey, whose ...
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| Hugh Laurie | ... | Paul Slippery 6 episodes, 2003 | |
| Anna Chancellor | ... | Estelle Slippery 6 episodes, 2003 | |
| Sheila Hancock | ... | Gwendolen Hartley 6 episodes, 2003 | |
| Benedict Cumberbatch | ... | Rory Slippery 6 episodes, 2003 | |
| Neil Henry | ... | Daniel Slippery 6 episodes, 2003 | |
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Joe Van Moyland | ... | Edwin Slippery 6 episodes, 2003 |
| Lolita Chakrabarti | ... | Dr. Surinder Dhillon 6 episodes, 2003 | |
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Emma Ferguson | ... | Laura Proek 6 episodes, 2003 |
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Carol Harvey | ... | Rosie 6 episodes, 2003 |
| Peter Capaldi | ... | Dr. Ronnie Pilfrey 5 episodes, 2003 | |
| Siobhan Hewlett | ... | Lucy Proek 5 episodes, 2003 | |
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Bob Mason | ... | Mr. Proek 3 episodes, 2003 |
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Charlie Covell | ... | Woj 3 episodes, 2003 |
| Fenella Norman | ... | Mrs. Proek 3 episodes, 2003 | |
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Phillip Manikum | ... | Porker 3 episodes, 2003 |
| Trevor Cooper | ... | Jim / ... 2 episodes, 2003 | |
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Paul Slippery (Hugh Laurie), a forty-something doctor, lives with his wife Estelle and three sex-obsessed sons Rory, Daniel and Edwin in the west London suburb of Putney. On top of coping with family pressures and a mid-life crisis, Paul discovers his unusual ability to hear other peoples' inner thoughts. Written by Kyoo Moo
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Edwin Slippery: Maybe he's for me! I need someone to love!
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Daniel Slippery: [looking at Rory] Who's the guy with him?Edwin Slippery: Maybe he's for me! I need someone to love!
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Although I agree that 40sthg was funny and well acted, and that it was a shame that it was demoted to a later timeslot, it did begin to pall after the first few episodes. I don't know, I think that the project was strung out too much; maybe the episodes should've been fewer or shorter, or it should've been a movie rather than a series. When you have several irritating characters I think you have to expect that the viewing public will also begin to get irritated, well before the denouement arrives to make it all seem worthwhile.