Holding the Fort

*Holding the Fort*
Holding the Fort
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Maurice Gran; Laurence Marks
Starring	Peter Davison; Patricia Hodge; Matthew Kelly; Christopher Godwin
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	London Weekend Television
Distributor	ITV Studios
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	5 September 1980 –; 29 August 1982

Holding the Fort was an ITV situation comedy starring Peter Davison, Patricia Hodge and Matthew Kelly.

Plot[]

The situation was a role-reversal comedy, in which the premise was that Russell Milburn (Davison) becomes a "house-husband" to raise his baby daughter while his wife, Penny (Hodge) a captain in the Women's Royal Army Corps, goes out to work. Russell's friend Fitzroy, or "Fitz" (Kelly), adds to the comic tension by encouraging Russell's enthusiasm for football, pacifism and beer.

Cast[]

Peter Davison as Russell Milburn
Patricia Hodge as Penny Milburn
Matthew Kelly as Fitz
Christopher Godwin as Hector Quilley
as Emma Milburn
Christopher Benjamin as Col. Aubrey Sanderson
Maev Alexander as Jennifer Quilley
Keith Barron as Trevor Chesterton
Tony Millan as Daniel

Production[]

It was an early product of the writing team of Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. Three series were recorded, a total of twenty episodes, first aired between 1980 and 1982, concurrent with Davison also starring in Doctor Who. It was made for the ITV network by LWT.

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