Stressed Eric: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Eric is 40, and lives in London. He is a middle class single father (divorced) with two kids and a crippling mortgage. His son is so dim he's been kept back at school three years running. His daughter is a frail, allergy-ridden waif of six. His wife has left him for a Buddhist and his au-pair is an unreliable waster. Even the family next door are successful and wealthy, a stressful reminder of what his life could have been.

At work too, there is no respite, a series of stress related illnesses have seen him demoted from Sales through half a dozen offices to the dark, dank, wastelands of the Data Department next to the gentlemen's lavatory.

Each week Eric faces up to the important issues that concern a single father today, from, "How do you compensate your children for the lack of a female role model?" to: "How do you ask for sex in your forties without getting arrested?"

He also deals with everyday problems such as how to build a flatpack wardobe without the instructions and how to do "Remembrance of Things Past" in charades.

Series details

• Title: Stressed Eric
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1998-04-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-10-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11539
• IMDb ID: tt0149525
• TVDB ID: 74009

Cast and credited roles

• Mark Heap — Eric Feeble

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1998-04-20; final listed air date 1998-06-08; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2000-08-30; final listed air date 2000-10-11; episode order: 7.

Source and licence

Adapted from Stressed Eric 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.