Eric 

After Frank remembers to tell Kev and Veronica about a phone call, it emerges the couple are receiving a trial adoption.

Director:

Peter Lydon

Writers:

Paul Abbott (created by), Daniel Brocklehurst

Stars:

Anne-Marie Duff, David Threlfall, James McAvoy

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Anne-Marie Duff	...	Fiona
David Threlfall	...	Frank
James McAvoy	...	Steve
Jody Latham	...	Lip
Gerard Kearns	...	Ian
Dean Lennox Kelly	...	Kev
Maxine Peake	...	Veronica
Jack Deam	...	Marty
Marjorie Yates	...	Carol
Maggie O'Neill	...	Sheila (credit only)
Elliott Tittensor	...	Carl
Rebecca Ryan	...	Debbie
Anthony Flanagan	...	Tony
Joe Gilgun	...	Rico
Karen Henthorn	...	Marissa Platting

Storyline

At the Balls' anniversary party Frank takes a call to say they have been accepted as trial foster parents but forgets to tell them until next day when their charge,a weedy little boy named Eric,arrives. Learning he is being bullied at school Kev teaches him to box but the couple's indulgence in hash cakes,one of which makes Eric ill,terminates the arrangement. Tony has evidence of Steve's car thefts caught on CCTV.

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Plot Keywords:

family relations | dysfunctional family | alcoholic father | absent parents | poverty | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Quotes

Frank Gallagher: [Frank and Kev are watching Kev and Veronica's foster kid Eric through the school gates because they suspect he is being bullied. Frank spots a woman eyeing them suspiciously] You can take that look off your mush, you sour-faced bitch. We're fucking parents not perverts!

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Crazy Credits

There is a short scene after the end credits.

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Connections

References The Italian Job (1969)

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 January 2005 (UK)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Color:

Color