Don't Rock the Boat: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This Thames sitcom chronicles the adventures of a widower who runs a riverside boatyard with his two grown-up sons and the ructions that ensue when he decides to remarry. Running for two series, Don't Rock the Boat stars Nigel Davenport as handsome, young-at-heart Jack Hoxton, and Sheila White as Dixie the glamorous girl who puts the zing back into his life! Until the marriage of Jack and Dixie, Jack and his sons Les and Billy had run a perfectly well-ordered, resoundingly all-male establishment. The arrival of Dixie, a former conjurer's assistant and chorus girl, has changed all that and the fact that the boys now have a stepmother who's barely older than they are just makes matters worse!

Series details

• Title: Don't Rock the Boat
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1982-01-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1983-08-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 41119
• IMDb ID: tt0083408
• TVDB ID: 283662

Cast and credited roles

• Nigel Davenport — Jack Hoxton
• Sheila White — Dixie Hoxton
• John Price — Les Hoxton
• David Janson — Billy Hoxton

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1982-01-05; final listed air date 1982-02-09; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1983-07-12; final listed air date 1983-08-16; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Don't Rock the Boat on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.