After You've Gone – new sitcom starts Friday 12 January 2007 at 8.30pm on Â鶹Éç One
Introduction
Nicholas Lyndhurst makes a welcome return to the Â鶹Éç One in sitcom After You've Gone as jack-of-all-trades, Jimmy Venables – probably the only man in Britain who gets divorced and ends up sharing a home with his mother-in-law.
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Weekend-dad Jimmy volunteers to move back into the marital home to look after his two teenagers when his ex-wife volunteers to tend to victims of a natural disaster in Africa.
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Unfortunately, Jimmy's patrician mother-in-law, Diana (Celia Imrie) views Jimmy as a walking, talking natural disaster so she virtually moves in to "help" which generally means undermining Jimmy whenever possible.
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With a smart talking daughter, Molly (Dani Harmer, star of Tracy Beaker), who thinks she's already a woman, and a son, Alex (Ryan Sampson), who occasionally dresses a bit too much like one, just how much of a challenge can adapting to fatherhood on a daily basis be?
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After You've Gone is a Â鶹Éç Production, created by Fred Barron (creator of My Family), which continues Barron's exploration of family life, focusing this time on one man's noble attempt at being a responsible adult and parent despite the fact that he doesn't have a clue.
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Th cast also includes Amanda Abbington as Jimmy's girlfriend and Vincent Ebrahim and Lee Oakes as Jimmy's mates.
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After You've Gone is produced by Rosemary McGowan (Happiness), executive produced by Kenton Allen (The Royle Family) and Fred Barron, and is directed by Tony Dow (Only Fools And Horses).
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The theme tune, After You've Gone, is performed by Jamie Cullum.
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