Don't Wait Up: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Two doctors, estranged from their spouses, become roommates...but they also happen to be father and son! Can they share an apartment without driving each other crazy? No, but they do it anyway.... Tom Latimer is a young and hard working general practitioner who has managed to survive an expensive and nasty divorce. Now he lives in an apartment while his ex lives in their beautiful home. And things get worse for Tom when his father, dermatologist Toby Latimer, arrives at Tom's place with the news that he and Tom's mother will also be getting divorced" and that he's moving in! It's shades of The Odd Couple as father and son must learn to tolerate one another's idiosyncracies.

Series details

• Title: Don't Wait Up
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1983-10-25
• Final broadcast date listed: 1990-03-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8746
• IMDb ID: tt0085007
• TVDB ID: 72696

Cast and credited roles

• Nigel Havers — Dr. Tom Latimer
• Tony Britton — Dr. Toby Latimer
• Dinah Sheridan — Angela Latimer

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-10-25; final listed air date 1983-12-06; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 1984-10-18; final listed air date 1984-11-22; episode order: 6.
• Season 3: premiered 1985-12-02; final listed air date 1986-01-27; episode order: 7.
• Season 4: premiered 1987-03-02; final listed air date 1987-04-06; episode order: 6.
• Season 5: premiered 1988-06-06; final listed air date 1988-07-18; episode order: 7.
• Season 6: premiered 1990-02-18; final listed air date 1990-03-25; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

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