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Well-meaning and optimistic, but naïve, clueless and spectacularly incompetent, Frank would find situations spiraling hilariously out of control. His long-suffering wife Betty can only stand by and watch as he is catapulted into “a bit of trouble” by the simplest task--a window cleaning job, a driving test, DIY or an RAF reunion. Michael Crawford was renowned for performing his own stunts in the series--some of the biggest and most dangerous in British comedy, including the holiday camp “bluecoat” human fireworks display, hanging from the exhaust of his Morris Minor as it teetered on a cliff edge and an unbelievable extended roller-skate. Series 1: The Job Interview George’s House Love Thy Neighbour Have a Break, Take a Husband The Hospital Visit The Psychiatrist The Employment Exchange Series 2: Cliffhanger The RAF Reunion The Public Relations Course Frank and Marvin her’s Clinic The Baby Arrives Series 3: Moving House Wendy House Scottish Dancing Men As Women Motorbike Australia House Christmas Specials: Jessica's First Christmas Learning to Drive Learning to Fly From .co.uk ----------- Although Britain has changed almost beyond re since Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was first broadcast in the early 1970s, the show's simple slapstick humour has an ageless quality that makes it enduringly hilarious. Michael Crawford found fame as Frank Spencer, still probably television's most accident-prone man, and still Britain's most mimicked sitcom character, having inspired thousands of wannabe entertainers to don black berets and Humphrey Bogart-style rain coats and feebly excl "Mmm, Betty!". Crawford's great in was to portray Frank as both a figure of fun and an endearingly sympathetic character: we laugh at him but never cease liking him, and we always admire his plucky never-say-die spirit. Most of the episodes share the common theme of Frank attempting to find a job (ranging from a holiday camp entertainer to an RAF cadet), but because of his clumsy demeanour and lack of common sense, losing the positions within a matter of hours. Pitted against a variety of middle-aged, male professionals (his GP, a psychiatrist and a public relations consultant for example), Spencer's stupidity reduces these "experts" to nervous wrecks. His long-suffering, doting wife Betty (Michelle Dotrice) features throughout, but despite his wild behaviour and idiocy she appears only mildly flustered by her husband's actions.--John Galilee