Cradle to Grave

  • S
  • COMEDY
  • 30m

70s-set sitcom based on broadcaster Danny Baker's South London childhood.

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Series 1

Episode 1

It's 1974 and 15 year-old Danny is our guide through the ups and downs of life with the Baker family.

Episode 2

Bet persuades Spud to expand their horizons and try new experiences such as wine, the Bermondsey Small Retailers Annual Dinner Dance and a caravan holiday in Dymchurch.

Episode 3

The world is changing and for Spud, not in a good way. The docks are facing closure and time honoured ancient fiddles like Cat in a Box and Fat Man are on the way out.

Episode 4

Paying for daughter Sharon's dream wedding is giving Spud sleepless nights whilst Danny has his own conundrum to solve. Should he seize the chance for honour and glory as captain of West Greenwich's footie team.

Episode 5

Danny engages in more revealing encounters with Miss Blondel and her dark room. While for Spud it's the uneasy contemplation of life away from the docks. Which is where Tony the Totter and a bag of horse manure comes into the equation.

Episode 6

Spud demonstrates his keen sense of hearing when it comes to money and wallets. Danny is a young man at a crossroads with Miss Blondel, or Louise, as he's now allowed to call her. And something is stirring in Shaky Young's sister's loft.

Episode 7

Double lives are being led by father and son as Spud embarks on his first day on the straight and narrow as a Commissionaire and Danny poses as David Essex's brother.

Episode 8

At Sharon's wedding reception Bet recalls her courtship and early married life with Fred and her growing awareness of his dodgy deals, which land him in jail.