No Place Like Home: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Arthur and Beryl Crabtree feel they have earned some peace and quiet after 24 years of bringing up their four boisterous kids. One by one their offspring pack up and leave home, and their dreams of quiet are coming true at last. But it's just a false alarm as each of the young ones' plans fall through, They all end up back home with mum and dad, and somehow the Crabtrees end up with more kids than they started out with. Arthur and Beryl realise that parenthood can be a life sentence.

Series details

• Title: No Place Like Home
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1983-12-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 1987-10-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10971
• IMDb ID: tt0086771
• TVDB ID: 72030

Cast and credited roles

• William Gaunt — Arthur Crabtree
• Patricia Garwood — Beryl Crabtree

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-12-13; final listed air date 1984-01-17; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 1984-09-12; final listed air date 1984-12-26; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 1986-01-08; final listed air date 1986-04-02; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 1986-10-14; final listed air date 1986-11-25; episode order: 7.
• Season 5: premiered 1987-09-08; final listed air date 1987-10-27; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from No Place Like Home 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.