Me Mammy is a British

United Kingdom

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 sitcom

Situation comedy

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 that aired on BBC1

BBC One

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 from 1968 to 1971. Starring Milo O'Shea

Milo O'Shea

-Early life:He was born and raised in Dublin and educated by the Christian Brothers at Synge Street, along with his friend Donal Donnelly.He was discovered in the 1950s by Harry Dillon, who ran the "37 Theatre Club" on the top floor of his shop The Swiss Gem Company, 51 Lower O'Connell Street...

, it was written by Hugh Leonard

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.

Background

Me Mammy first aired as pilot within the seventh series of the BBC's

BBC

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 Comedy Playhouse

Comedy Playhouse

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. The pilot and first series

Comedy Playhouse (series 1)

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 were made in black-and-white

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. Despite playing his mother, Anna Manahan was only two years older than her on-screen son played by Milo O'Shea. Many of the episodes are missing and presumed wiped

Wiping

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. Only the first episode of the first series and the third series survive.

Cast

• Milo O'Shea
  Milo O'Shea
  -Early life:He was born and raised in Dublin and educated by the Christian Brothers at Synge Street, along with his friend Donal Donnelly.He was discovered in the 1950s by Harry Dillon, who ran the "37 Theatre Club" on the top floor of his shop The Swiss Gem Company, 51 Lower O'Connell Street...
  
   - Benjamin "Bunjy" Kennefick
• Anna Manahan
  Anna Manahan
  Anna Maria Manahan was an Irish stage, film and television actress. She interpreted the works of, among others, Sean O'Casey, John B Keane, J. M. Synge, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, Martin McDonagh, Christy Brown, and Brian Friel....
  
   - Mrs Kennefick
• Yootha Joyce
  Yootha Joyce
  Yootha Joyce was an English actress, best known for playing Mildred Roper in Man About the House and George and Mildred.-Early life:...
  
   - Miss Argyll
• Ray McAnally
  Ray McAnally
  Ray McAnally was an Irish actor famous for his performances in films such as The Mission, My Left Foot, and A Very British Coup.-Background:...
  
   - Father Patrick
• David Kelly
  David Kelly (actor)
  David Kelly is an Irish actor, who has been in regular film and television work since the 1950s.-Acting career:Playing everything from Beckett to Shakespeare, he has appeared in Theatre, TV and film constantly since 1959...
  
   - Cousin Enda

Plot

Bunjy Kenefick is an Irish

Ireland

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 mother's boy living in London

London

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. He is a top executive of a company and lives a bachelor lifestyle. However, his old-fashioned Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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 mother often puts a stop to his plans, many of them involving his girlfriend Miss Argyll. Other characters include Father Patrick and Cousin Enda.

Series One (1969)

1. "The Day We Blessed the Bench" (15 September 1969)
2. "The Day Verilia Went to Pieces" (22 September 1969)
3. "The Night Me Mammy Snuffed It" (29 September 1969)
4. "The Day the Saints Went Marching Out" (13 October 1969)
5. "The First Time I Saw Paris" (20 October 1969)
6. "The Day Concepta Got England" (27 October 1969)

Series Two (1970)

1. "The Night Miss Argyll Got Canonised" (7 August 1970)
2. "Me Mammy's Tomb" (14 August 1970)
3. "The Night We Saw Old Nick" (21 August 1970)
4. "The Last of the Red-Hot Mammies" (28 August 1970)
5. "The Night Edna Entered a Convent" (4 September 1970)
6. "The Night I Left the Church" (11 September 1970)
7. "The Morning After Finnegan's Wake" (18 September 1970)

Series Three (1971)

1. "The Day We Went Dutch" (23 April 1971)
2. "The Night The Banshee Brought Me Home " (30 April 1971)
3. "The Day I Got Engaged" (7 May 1971)
4. "The Day I Went Commercial" (14 May 1971)
5. "The Sacred Chemise Of Miss Argyll" (21 May 1971)
6. "The Mammy Murder Case" (28 May 1971)
7. "How To Be A Mammy in Law" (11 June 1971)

Surviving episodes

Series No'	Ep No'	Title	Broadcast	Notes
Series 1	Episode 1	The Day We Blessed the Bench	15/9/69
Series 3	Episode 1	The Day We Went Dutch	23/4/71
Series 3	Episode 2	The Night The Banshee Brought Me Home	30/4/71
Series 3	Episode 3	The Day I Got Engaged	7/5/71
Series 3	Episode 4	The Day I Went Commercial	14/5/71
Series 3	Episode 5	The Sacred Chemise Of Miss Argyll	21/5/71
Series 3	Episode 6	The Mammy Murder Case	28/5/71
Series 3	Episode 7	How To Be A Mammy-In-Law	11/6/71

External links

• Me Mammy bbc.co.uk
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