Mum's Monday: Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em Christmas Specials

Jessica’s First Christmas (1974)

Frank Spencer’s (Michael Crawford) new neighbour, Mr Jackson (Bryan Pringle) gets a shock when Frank turns up for an interview, Mr Jackson is the foreman. Being Frank’s neighbour is not easy.

It is sad to see that no one else, accept Betty Spencer (Michele Dotrice) Frank’s wife seems to see Franks enthusiasm for things. It seems Frank won’t be in the Nativity. I mean Frank is Frank after all.

It is lovely to see Frank interact with his daughter Jessica (Emma Ware), sadly it doesn’t end well for the neighbour across the road and her TV reception.

It is good to see Frank is keeping his job going, for now.

What a fantastic job Frank did with the Nativity scenery, well not with the trap door.

Well it is good to see that Frank is in the Nativity after all, but the church hall now needs a new roof.

Learning to Drive (1975)

It is the first time I have ever seen Father Christmas, Wheeler (George Sewell) lose his temper, but others haven’t had to work with Frank Spencer.

It is nice to see that Betty doesn’t want much, no deep freeze or fur coat, she just wants a letter box in her front door.

I feel Frank’s driving instructor is at a loss, the stunts are amusing to watch though.

There seems to be some sort of miss understanding, it seems that Frank has been put forward for a BBC DIY program. It is fun to watch events play out, but it is not fun for the crew.

I don’t think Frank passed his Driving test, although if there was a nautical section included in the test he may have passed that part of it.

The ending is very funny.

Learning to Fly (1978)

Following on from the last series, series three, Frank has been asked to go Australia by his Grandfather to help on his sheep farm, but first he has to learn to fly.

This episode proves you really ought to watch where you walk on an airfield.

Back home after telling Jessica and her friend about his flying lessons, after Franks singing I guessed where the blancmange was going to end up, but it was still fun to watch though.

When the makers of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em were coming up with ideas, it looks like they thought up the unlikeliest environment/ situation to put Frank in and they came up with a good one in Frank learning to fly.

When the inevitable disaster strikes, caused by Frank he is left to fly the plane on his own, once he has turned it the right way up first.

It was good to see it all turned out well in the end but will Frank ever make it to Australia and will the flying instructor have a nervous breakdown? Answer, sadly I think the latter is more likely.

I like how through-out Frank miss pronounce words, this adds to the amusement of the comedic script.

Merry Christmas