Mother & Son: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Arthur Beare is a 40 something son still living at home taking care of his senile mother Maggie. However no matter what he does he cannot seem to get ahead and is always coming unstuck, where Robert cannot put a foot wrong in his mothers eyes, where all he is after is his mothers hidden money.

Series details

• Title: Mother & Son
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1984-01-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 1994-03-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 27611
• IMDb ID: tt0088573
• TVDB ID: 85366

Cast and credited roles

• Ruth Cracknell — Maggie Beare
• Garry McDonald — Arthur Beare
• Henri Szeps — Robert Beare
• Judy Morris — Liz Beare

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1984-01-16; final listed air date 1984-02-27; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 1985-03-04; final listed air date 1985-04-15; episode order: 7.
• Season 3: premiered 1985-02-27; final listed air date 1986-04-07; episode order: 7.
• Season 4: premiered 1988-02-01; final listed air date 1988-03-14; episode order: 7.
• Season 5: premiered 1992-02-10; final listed air date 1992-03-23; episode order: 7.
• Season 6: premiered 1994-02-07; final listed air date 1994-03-21; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Mother & Son 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.