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Growing Pains

Drama, Comedy, Family · 1992

Last aired: S2 E10, Back in Your Own Backyard · 1993-07-14

Growing Pains is a family comedy-drama about a middle-aged couple, Tom and Pat Hollingsworth, who decide to become foster parents.

Cast

Ray Brooks Tom Hollingsworth

Liz Crowther Sandra

Sharon Duce Pat Hollingsworth

Rosemary Leach Joan Craddock

PL Peter Lloyd Simon Hollingsworth

Rosie Marcel Lisa Hollingsworth

Season 2

Season 1 Season 2

E1 I'd Rather Lead a Band 1993-04-21 · 50 min The Hollingsworths have been fostering pre-adoptive babies one after the other for months and Tom's had enough of nappies and sleepless nights. Pat promises little Adam will be the last one - but then Caroline comes up with a request she can't refuse.

E2 That's for Me ... 1993-04-28 · 50 min Tom is appalled at the prospect of his mother-in-law becoming his boss, but George reassures him she'll only be a sleeping partner. But sleeping is the last activity Joan has in mind.

E3 Don't Fence Me In 1993-05-05 · 50 min Shane turns the Hollingsworth's world upside down.

E4 The Gang's All Here ... 1993-05-12 · 50 min Will the Hollingsworths survive their newest foster child, the demure Felicity?

E5 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off 1993-05-19 · 50 min All Tom wants to do is go on holiday but when Mark and Lisa refuse to go, so does Pat. Then silent little Trudy appears and Tom grabs the chance to get his own way.

E6 Everything is Ticketty-Boo ... 1993-05-26 · 50 min Trudy and the Hollingsworths have arrived in beautiful rural France, ready to start their holiday at last.

E7 They Can't Take That Away from Me 1993-06-16 · 50 min At first, Pat and Tom think that Trudy having leukaemia is probably the hardest thing they've ever had to face. But then her mother is released from prison and things begin to get even worse.

E8 Till the Clouds Roll By 1993-06-23 · 50 min The family is just beginning to pick up the pieces again after Trudy's death. Tom has taken it particularly badly and starts behaving irrationally. At first Pat puts it down to their money worries - but then Tom tells her that he's bumped into an old flame from his schooldays.

E9 Someone to Watch Over Me ... 1993-06-30 · 50 min Tom has had no sleep for days because JR and his feline friends have been holding all-night raves in the garden. So when Pat suggests adding a baby to the menagerie he puts his foot down - until she tells him that the baby was found tied to a radiator.

E10 Back in Your Own Backyard 1993-07-14 · 50 min Pat is feeling taken for granted and isn't pleased when George takes Tom off for a golfing weekend. To add to her troubles, Uncle Jack is coming back from Australia - and Joan is behaving like a teenager in love.

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