Don't Wait Up (1983)
Synopsis
Two doctors, estranged from their spouses, become roommates...but they also happen to be father and son! Can they share an apartment without driving each other crazy? No, but they do it anyway.... Tom Latimer is a young and hard working general practitioner who has managed to survive an expensive and nasty divorce. Now he lives in an apartment while his ex lives in their beautiful home. And things get worse for Tom when his father, dermatologist Toby Latimer, arrives at Tom's place with the news that he and Tom's mother will also be getting divorced” and that he's moving in! It's shades of The Odd Couple as father and son must learn to tolerate one another's idiosyncracies.
First Air Date: 1983-10-25
Last Air Date: 1990-03-25
Number of Seasons: 6
Number of Episodes: 39
Created By: George Layton
Networks: BBC One
Top Cast
- Nigel Havers as N/A
- Dinah Sheridan as N/A
- Tony Britton as N/A
- Susan Skipper as N/A
- Jane How as N/A
- Timothy Bateson as N/A
- Simon Williams as N/A
- Richard Heffer as N/A
Seasons
Season 1 (1983)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Episode One
Hard-working GP Tom Lattimer, in the midst of a divorce, is not exactly pleased when his father announces his own divorce and moves in.
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Ep. 2: Episode Two
When Tom's mother comes round for drinks and imbibes too much, Tom offers her Toby's bed for the evening, which sets up a most embarrassing situation.
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Ep. 3: Episode Three
Working hard to reunite his parents, Tom is appalled when Toby brings his attractive young receptionist Madeline home after an evening out at Covent Garden.
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Ep. 4: Episode Four
Toby has bought a new Rolls-Royce, which he lends Tom when Tom's mini is stolen. But the Latimer men are about to be without transportation: the Rolls is stolen as well.
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Ep. 5: Episode Five
Tom's suggestion to Toby for a temporary receptionist is not well received. Meanwhile, Toby appears on television to talk about private practice and manages to offend everyone.
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Ep. 6: Episode Six
When Toby stays out all night long, Tom surmises that he as spent the night with a woman—when in fact Toby had been in hospital, working with a colleague who suffered a heart attack.
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Ep. 7: Episode Seven
Tom's plans for his parents' reconciliation seem on course when Toby invites Angela away for a romantic weekend—but Angela storms home when she learns who sponsored the weekend.
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