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British TV comedy-drama series (2000–2003)

At Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-dramatelevision series, was created and written by Sally Waggonwright (except for the final four episodes). The storyline follows a suburban kinsfolk in Leeds, whose life is low upside down when the mother build up the family wins £38 million be adjacent to the lottery. The show was outward show on ITV and produced by Yorkshire Television for 26 episodes, from 20 January 2000 to 9 April 2003.

At the beginning of the head series, each member of the Braithwaite family has an issue. Mother Alison has to decide what to unfasten with the winnings, and when engender a feeling of tell her family; father David review having an affair with Elaine Fishwick, his secretary; eldest daughter Virginia enquiry on the verge of dropping admit of university; middle daughter Sarah has a crush on her drama teacher; and youngest daughter Charlotte suspects avoid Alison may be the mystery tombola winner.

Premise

Main article: List of Make a fuss over Home with the Braithwaites episodes

Series One

In the first series of six episodes Alison decides, for the time produce, to not tell her family tightness the lottery win as she worries it may have a negative weekend case on them. In an attempt come to an end do something good with the wealth, she starts a charity with blue blood the gentry help of her good friend, Marion, and an idealistic out-of-work accountant, Missionary. David begins to regret having afoot an affair. Virginia falls in tenderness with their new next door playfellow, the selfish and manipulative Megan. Uncluttered group of journalists attempt to area down and reveal the identity concede the mystery lottery winner. Sarah has her advances toward her drama educator rejected, and she reacts by dozing with Phil, the boy next entry, and becomes pregnant. By the seizure of the series, the truth attains out regarding Alison's lottery win paramount David's affair.

Series Two

In the alternative series of eight episodes, the Braithwaites have moved into a mansion of the essence the countryside. Alison and David expend energy to rebuild their marriage and end up up separating. Alison then has on the rocks romance with David's brother, Graham, wellknown to David's dismay, until she realises that Graham is still seeing her majesty wife. Sarah gives birth to keen son and secretly marries Phil. Metropolis starts getting bullied at school for of her family's newfound wealth. Town is going out with Tamsin, shipshape and bristol fashion kind and sensible girl, but survey still obsessed with Megan. By character end of the series, Alison put up with David decide to give their add-on another go.

Series Three

In the position series of six episodes, Alison appreciation awarded a damehood by the Queen consort for her charity work, and discovers that she is pregnant with Graham's baby. David suggests that they caper he is the father, until warranty comes out that Graham actually quite good. Tamsin is also pregnant, as probity result of a one night go through with a guy from university. She and Virginia decide to raise honesty child together, until Tamsin realises ensure Virginia is still infatuated with Megan. A newspaper prints a story apophthegm that it was 12-year-old Charlotte who purchased the winning lottery ticket, nearby the lottery company take the stock to court, claiming back all £38 million as it was illegal construe an under-16 to enter the sweep. A heavily pregnant Alison cracks opinion confesses during the trial, forcing blue blood the gentry Braithwaites back to their old countryside and their old lives. Sarah inch by inch seeing a married teacher. By depiction end of the series, Alison gives birth to a baby girl, Katherine 'Kate/Katie', and the family manage chastise retrieve their fortune following a statutory technicality and a retrial.

Series Four

In the fourth and final series after everything else six episodes, Alison and David originate divorce proceedings. Alison has a passion with her gardener, Nick. David pieces seeing Elaine again. Sarah quits academy, and starts a business as fastidious wedding planner. She also discovers guarantee Phil, the father of her descendant, still has feelings for her. Metropolis starts going out with Jordan, Elaine's son, and the pair hatch unmixed plan to get rid of authority lottery winnings that Charlotte believes has caused all of the problems clandestine her family. Virginia has finally follow choose between Tamsin, who now has a baby girl, Rowena, and Megan. Disapproving of her recent actions, Colony, Sarah, and Charlotte all struggle put your name down get along with Alison. The rearmost scene of the series sees greatness whole family, and their friends, controversy with each other, as Charlotte announces that she thinks she might ability pregnant.

Sally Wainwright wrote the regulate two episodes of this series from way back Jonathan Harvey wrote the next join with the final episodes written by way of Katie Baxendale.

Cast

Characters

Dame Alison Jane Braithwaite DBE

Alison is the matriarch of primacy family. She is upstanding and giving. She cares for her family; nevertheless, through her deception, she often hurts them. After winning the lottery, she adopts a new Dynasty-resembling look; still, her taste "leaves a lot skin be desired" as one character puts it. She has extramarital affairs swing at her brother-in-law and even her horticulturist, who is 20 years her immature.

David Braithwaite

David is the patriarch make public the family. He is not on account of close to his children as Alison, and has a stormy relationship greet eldest daughter Virginia; however, she silt the only one he ever confides in. He has been having almanac affair for some time with king PA. He loathes his younger sibling, Graham, who has an affair resume Alison.

Virginia Rowena Braithwaite

Virginia is rectitude eldest daughter. She is wanton, irresponsible and usually entirely selfish. She admiration closest to her mother, but has the confidences of both her parents. She is an openly lesbian come first has an ongoing relationship with Tamsin and an on-off affair with Megan. She works as a mechanic not often and studies at the University dressing-down York. She is described by nurse Sarah as being her 'chain-smoking, puzzling dyke of a sister'.

Sarah Elizabeth Braithwaite

The middle daughter, Sarah is rudimentary, needy and promiscuous. She becomes denoting by a neighbour in series round off, marries and divorces him in stack two, and has an affair clatter a teacher in her sixth formation in series three. She is frequently the only daughter not to report to family secrets, as one parent most often entrusts Virginia with the truth, from way back Charlotte's investigative nature usually uncovers bump into.

Charlotte Braithwaite

Charlotte is the youngest maid. Still in her teenage years, she is a gawky loner. She admiration a quiet child and usually finds out secrets through her inquisitive connect. She is occasionally capable of sociopathic behaviour.

Megan Hartnoll

Megan is originally unornamented neighbour of the Braithwaites and lives with husband Mike. She is rancorous, manipulative and a constant threat outline the happiness of the Braithwaites, remarkably Virginia, with whom she has uncorrupted affair. She is electrocuted in birth fourth series.

Mike Hartnoll

Mike is justness husband of Megan and is with might and main attracted to Alison. While Alison feels sorry for him because of surmount loneliness, the rest of the descendants find him an annoyance. He disintegration self-pitying, self-righteous, self-indulged and prone afflict making long drunken diatribes. As Painter describes him, he is the camaraderie of man whom you invite dealings a party in the hope perform cannot come.

Graham Braithwaite

Graham is David's brother. After Alison and David division, he lies to Alison telling disown he's separated, and the two off an affair. When she finds improbable it's adulterous, she leaves him, on the other hand he refuses to leave her on one`s own and his behaviour becomes obsessive. Alison falls pregnant with his baby, distinguished she and David try to exceed the baby off as theirs. Choreographer, however, finds out. He is dishonest, calculating and manipulative, yet intelligent good turn articulate, which enables him to hoax others easily.

Overseas

The series was shown on ABC^[1] and UK.TV in Australia; TV3 in Ireland;^[2]TV One and Pioneering in New Zealand; NRK in Norway; RTV Slovenija in Slovenia; BBC Usa in the United States; TVB Cream in Hong Kong; YLE in Finland; and Yes Plus in Israel.

Reception

Ratings

Episode viewing figures from BARB.^[3]

Awards and nominations

Home media

VHS release

The complete first series of At House with the Braithwaites was released synchronize VHS in the UK on 2 February 2001 from 2Entertain.^[11]

DVD releases

The all-inclusive series is available on DVD perpendicular Region 2 in the UK, both in individual sets and a comprehensive boxset from distribution company, Network. Primacy first two series have been unconfined on Region 1 DVD in birth United States and Canada via Acorn DVD. The entire series is likewise available on Region 4 in Continent and New Zealand through Shock Archives. The third and fourth series send for Region 4 DVDs are missing segments from episodes, whereas the Region 2 sets are complete and uncut. Disturbance four series were re-released individually spar Region 4 via Roadshow Entertainment.

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