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 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Series 1, Episode 5: The Hospital
Visit
First Aired: 15-03-1973
Written by:
Raymond Allen
Betty has been in the hospital for a few
weeks and Frank has been fending for himself. Judging by the state of the
kitchen the poor man has not been managing very well on his own. In fact,
if the outcome of his attempt to cook a steak and kidney pudding is
anything to go by, it is wonder that he has even survived so long
without his wife. He decides to have a salad instead. well. a tomato
anyway.
When Frank arrives at the hospital Betty is very pleased to
see him, but after he has had a few mishaps she does start to look a
little stressed. Of course, Frank does his best to sort out all of the
problems that he has caused, but, as usual, he just ends up making things
worse.
 The Hospital Visit is, in my opinion,
the funniest episode of the first series. Frank is constantly getting hold
of the wrong end of the stick and misunderstanding people and towards the
end of the episode there is an absolutely hilarious sequence where he is
pushing around a hospital trolley full of suitcases while Betty and the
rest of the women from her ward rush along with him, thinking that they
are going home. They shouldn't be going home though, and there is little
chance of their going anywhere anyway because Frank keeps getting lost. In
the end he decides to take a rest and sits down on the trolley to think
things through. The only problem is that he is at the top of a slope and
is soon riding the runaway set of wheels towards the laundry chute. Then
it's down the chute, onto another trolley and into the back of an
ambulance. Dear, dear, dear, some mother's do 'ave
'em.
CAST
Frank
Spencer ~~~
Michael Crawford
Betty
Spencer ~~~
Michele Dotrice
Mrs White
~~~
Elizabeth
Begley
Mrs Griffin
~~~ Kate
Brown
Mr Griffin
~~~
Ralph Watson
Miss Thomas
~~~ Deddie
Davies
Nurse Shaw
~~~ Daphne
Oxenford
Nurse Taylor
~~~ Julia
Breck
Nurse Davis
~~~ Rosemary
Da Costa
Dr. Roberts
~~~
JamesBulloch
Dr. Boyd
~~~
John D. Collins
Jackson
~~~
Norman
Mitchell
Judy
~~~
Elizabeth Sladen
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