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The Life of Riley

  • 1975
  • Returning Series
  • Comedy
  • 1 season
  • 7.5/10

Frank Riley's days of being the carefree widower are interrupted by the return of his puritanical son who needs a job and a place to stay.

Latest: Season 1 · 1975

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  1. E1. The Arrival

    Jan 6, 1975 · 25m

    Frank Riley's life turns upside down when his son, Brian, walks back in to his life. Not only is he looking for a job and a place to stay, he also seems to be bringing his God-fearing attitude to bear on Frank's less than saintly lifestyle.

  2. E2. The Undead

    Jan 13, 1975 · 25m

    Brian spends his first Sunday in his new, sinful surroundings. A chance encounter with Polly Pickles, a 75 year old who has a lifestyle alien to him, makes him see his father in a new light.

  3. E3. The Staff Dance

    Jan 20, 1975 · 25m

    It's the night of the Lancastrian Insurance annual staff dance and, once more, Frank is about to give George Pollitt his comeuppance.

  4. E4. Oh! Sister

    Jan 27, 1975 · 25m

    Having been confined to bed in a private room at St. Mary's hospital, Frank finds himself under the disapproving care of Sister Esmerelda. Not only is she shocked by his unmentionable complaint but by his ignorance as well.

  5. E5. The Visitors

    Feb 3, 1975 · 25m

    Frank has managed to dispatch Brian on a works' outing and so has Saturday afternoon free to frolic with Ethel. That is until Brian's uncle Islwyn decides to pay a visit from Wales and Frank finds that it is not just the railways that have a Saturdays Excepted policy!

  6. E6. Uneasy Riders

    Feb 10, 1975 · 25m

    Brian succeeds in getting the flat to himself when he persuades Frank to go out, but his evening with his sweetheart, Janice, is soon interrupted.

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