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The Home Coming

The Home Coming

1974TV Episode⏱️ 24m
Comedy
6.8
IMDB Rating
15 votes

Clutching the lamp base he has made for his wife Annie George Dobbs is released from a three year sentence to find nobody to welcome him at the prison gates. He seeks out his best mate,the womanizing Stan,for a drink,only to be to...

Director
N/A
Writers
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais
Stars
John Thaw, Bob Hoskins, Pat Ashton
Release Date
June 1, 1974
Language
English
💬 2
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

John Thaw
John Thaw
as Stan
Bob Hoskins
Bob Hoskins
as Dobbs
Pat Ashton
Pat Ashton
as Annie
Reg Lye
Reg Lye
as Norman
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Winnie Holman
as Cleaning Lady
Johnny Briggs
Johnny Briggs
as Spiggy
John J. Carney
John J. Carney
as Rainbow
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Sue Bond
as Vic Haimes girlfriend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Fulham Broadway, Fulham, London, England, UK
Production
London Weekend Television (LWT)

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

The Home Coming
by Prismark102025-05-09
5/10

"Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. The opening titles hinted at Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads. The opening scenes at Porridge. Both from the same writers. Only George Dobbs (Bob Hoskins) is emerging from the prison gates to go straight, to home in Fulham. Only to get the shock of his life. His best mate Stanley (John Thaw) is shacked up with his wife Annie (Pat Ashton.) Before you can say Menage a trois. George realises why his Christmas present from his wife, a pair of slippers were the wrong size. She mixed them up with Stanley's. That is the premise of Thick as Thieves. All t..."

📖 Synopsis

Clutching the lamp base he has made for his wife Annie George Dobbs is released from a three year sentence to find nobody to welcome him at the prison gates. He seeks out his best mate,the womanizing Stan,for a drink,only to be to...