Aired Thursday 1 August, 4:35pm - 6:50pmon Talking Pictures TV

This Happy Breed (1944)

Drama

Dowdy housewife Ethel Gibbons is married to Frank, who has just returned from the war. Ethel had been sharing a house with her daughter Queenie, son Reg, crotchety mother Mrs Flint and spinster sister-in-law Sylvia. Frank returns from the war to move them all into a bigger house in Clapham and the story traces the ups and downs of the family's fortunes as the new peace allows them to reach for a greater standing in life.

Country
United Kingdom
Cast and crew
  • David LeanDirector
  • Robert NewtonFrank Gibbons
  • Celia JohnsonEthel Gibbons
  • John MillsBilly Mitchell
  • Kay WalshQueenie Gibbons
  • Stanley HollowayBob Mitchell
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