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After You've Gone was a British comedy that aired on BBC One from 12 January 2007 to 21 December 2008. Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, After You've Gone was created by Fred Barron, who also created My Family. The writers include Barron, Ian Brown, Katie Douglas, James Hendie, Danny Robins, Andrea Solomons and Dan Tetsell. Three series and two Christmas specials aired, and work on scripts for a fourth series had already begun when the BBC withdrew the commission in November 2008 and cancelled the series.

First Aired

2007-01-12
Last Aired

2008-12-21
Creator

Fred Barron
Genre

Comedy
Seasons

3
Episodes

25
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

BBC One

Keywords:

family in-laws

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1. Stuck In The Middle With You

When nurse Ann Venables goes to Africa to help out with a disaster relief effort, she leaves her teena...More

When nurse Ann Venables goes to Africa to help out with a disaster relief effort, she leaves her teenage children in the care of her ex Jimmy and her mother Diana. The kids try to exploit the fact that the easy going handyman and his posh ex-mother-in-law cross swords at every turn ultimately leading to be adults realisation thats to survive Ann's absence, the kids need them both.Less

30mins 2007-01-12

2. Silence Of The Clams

Jimmy overcompensates for his previous failings as a father by letting his kids throw a party. Knowing...More

Jimmy overcompensates for his previous failings as a father by letting his kids throw a party. Knowing Diana would completely disapprove of this, Jimmy agrees not to tell her and keep her away from the house on party night. Under the pretext of seeking advice on matters "too personal" to discuss around the kids, he invites her to dinner. At Diana's favourite restaurant, Jimmy discovers that while he and the kids have been sneaking around behind Diana's back, Diana has been sneaking around theirs.Less

30mins 2007-01-19

3. Lock Back In Anger

After Jimmy's van and all its contents including his tools and his jacket with his keys in the pocket ...More

After Jimmy's van and all its contents including his tools and his jacket with his keys in the pocket gets stolen, Diana insists they change all the locks. This leads to a stand off between Jimmy's laissez faire attitude and Diana's belief in the heat of battle about whose house this is, Diana reminds Jimmy that since she and her husband gave Ann the deposit on for the house, the place is partly hers.Less

30mins 2007-01-26

4. Ripped Off

Jimmy's money problems are getting out of hand and he has to nick the kids money on the sly, until he ...More

Jimmy's money problems are getting out of hand and he has to nick the kids money on the sly, until he gets caught by Diana when he is in financial trouble at the bank,Less

30mins 2007-02-02

5. School Of Hard Knocks

When Alex's teacher writes home to say that "Alex is possibly gifted but we'll never know because he h...More

When Alex's teacher writes home to say that "Alex is possibly gifted but we'll never know because he has the attention span of a gnat," Jimmy, surprised by this comment about his son, latches onto the "gifted" part while Diana's focus is on Alex's "not living up to his pontential". molly is delighted that alex is given all this attention which gives her the change to fly under the radar and do what she wants for a while.Less

30mins 2007-02-09

6. Let's Get Quizzical

Jimmy loses at a pub quiz and he has asked Diana to help out to win the pub quiz, and Diana goes along...More

Jimmy loses at a pub quiz and he has asked Diana to help out to win the pub quiz, and Diana goes along with Jimmy for a fun night out with her ex-husband. Molly stays out for the night with a friend but she gets back in the early hours of this morning.Less

30mins 2007-02-16

7. Out Of Africa

Ann's partner Dr. Howard Banks come back from Africa to raise funds for the relief work. Jimmy instant...More

Ann's partner Dr. Howard Banks come back from Africa to raise funds for the relief work. Jimmy instantly dislikes him, but the rest of the family like him. Howard tells Diana that he and Ann want Molly and Alex to go and live with them in Africa. Meanwhile, Molly has got a job working at a chip shop but she hates it and soon wants to leaveLess