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My Hero is a BBC sitcom created by Paul Mendelson. The programme ran for six series, first broadcast in February 2000, and concluding in September 2006. The series follows the antics of the dim-witted superhero "Thermoman", portrayed by Ardal O'Hanlon in series one to five and by James Dreyfus in the final series. The series was regularly directed by John Stroud. In the UK, the digital channel Gold regularly re-runs the programme, although the last series has yet to appear on the channel. In the United States it was shown on PBS and, briefly, BBC America. In Australia, UKTV offered re-runs of the first three series, while BBC Entertainment provided repeats for Scandinavia.
Episode 10 : Night Fever
March. 25,2005
George wakes up in bed with miss Raven but doesnt understand that it was just a dream
Episode 9 : Big Brother
March. 18,2005
George's family discover the joys of reality TV.
Episode 8 : How Green Was My Ollie?
March. 04,2005
As an attempt to get Ollie to eat his vegetables, George gets Ultroneon GM vegetables, with unfortunate side-effects. He then makes the minke whale extinct by using it to plug a volcano! Piers decides that Thermoman has gone too far, and makes a campaign against Thermoman abusing nature, thus getting him a TV show. George's attempts to be environmentally friendly backfire until he gets so angry that he has a temper tantrum and moves the Earth away from the sun...
Meanwhile, Mrs. Raven tries to get the Triplets into a Christian School...and has to rely on Ella, who has recently eaten the Ultronean GM fruit!
Episode 7 : Fear and Clothing
February. 25,2005
George starts doubting his invincibility, and starts disapperaing.
Episode 6 : Brain Drain
February. 11,2005
George and Arnie discover a way to filter out prejudices in peoples' brains. This sounds like a good idea until the brains get muddled up
Episode 5 : Nothing to Hide
February. 04,2005
Thermoman liberates the stolen Mona Lisa from an art thief's clutches, but comes under suspicion from Scotland Yard when he cannot explain its presence in his flat.
Episode 4 : Cassie Come Home
January. 28,2005
Janet's mother Ella becomes a trainee JP. When visiting Janet and George she comments on the fact that Ollie hasn't spoken a single word yet. He responds by talking a language that sounds like baby talk (George has been teaching Ollie the language of Jupiter). With Ella's thoughts in mind, George goes out to get some educational stuff for the kids, he ends up getting porn for them and giving Ollie a cigar and alcohol. Ella takes Ollie and Cassie away from Janet and George but without them Cassie reverts to being a normal human.
Episode 3 : The First Husband's Club
January. 21,2005
When George buys a car and ups the offered price and then takes reponsibility for an accident that was obviously Piers' fault, Janet trys assertiveness training, which promptly fails.
Piers is frustrated by his lack of success with women and, when Mrs. Raven tricks him into thinking that a patient is his next date, he starts up a men's group to combat women. George is highly impressed by this, and trys it out on Janet, who is having none of it until George controls her mind and she becomes the perfect wife. He quickly does it to Ella and the other women.
Piers then finds a girl who doesn't slap him and changes his mind about women. George then puts everyone back to normal.
Meanwhile, Casey gets a job as directory enquiries and the speaking clock to save up for a doll's house.
Episode 2 : Illegal Aliens
January. 14,2005
George and Arnie become the subject of an investigation by the Immigration Department.
Episode 1 : The Foresight Saga
January. 07,2005
George and Janet have a new addition to the family: Cassie. She can see into the future. However, shortly after birth, she has horrible premonitions that everyone on the Northern hemisphere is going to die! Meanwhile, Piers enters for ""I'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here!""
Seasons
Season 6
The sixth and final series of British television comedy My Hero ran from July 21, 2006 to September 10, 2006. This series featured eight episodes, and saw the majority of the main cast reprise their characters from Series five, with the exception of George Sunday, who decided to leave the series after episode one. He was replaced by actor James Dreyfus, who took the character of George Sunday into the new alias, George Monday. The series was once again broadcast on BBC1, and was overseen by series creator Paul Mendelson. Due to poor ratings for the series, and the poor public reception to Dreyfus, the series was axed, leading to the final two episodes being broadcast on Sunday lunchtimes, rather than the prime-time slot on Friday evenings. The series has never been released on DVD.
Season 4
The fourth series of British television comedy My Hero ran from August 8, 2003, to October 10, 2003. It again featured ten episodes, and saw the entire main cast reprise their characters from Series three. The series was once again broadcast on BBC1, and was overseen by series creator Paul Mendelson. The series has never been released on DVD.
Season 3
The third series of British television comedy My Hero ran from June 7, 2002 to August 23, 2002. The series featured ten episodes, and the entire main cast reprised their characters from series two. The series was broadcast on BBC1, and was again overseen by series creator Paul Mendelson. The series was released on DVD on October 7, 2002, becoming the first series of the show to ever be released on DVD.
Season 2
The second series of British television comedy My Hero ran from May 14, 2001 to June 18, 2001. The series featured six episodes, and the entire main cast reprised their characters from series one, with the exception of minor character Avril. This series saw Janet Dawkins become Janet Sunday, after marrying George, and Janet and George having their first child, Ollie Sunday. The series was broadcast on BBC1, and was again overseen by series creator Paul Mendelson. The series was released on DVD on August 7, 2007.
Season 1
The first series of British television comedy My Hero ran from February 4, 2000, to December 22, 2000. The series featured seven episodes, and introduced the main cast of George Sunday, Janet Dawkins, Piers Crispin, Tyler, Mrs. Raven, Arnie, Ella Dawkins, Stanley Dawkins and Avril. The series was broadcast on BBC1, and was overseen by series creator Paul Mendelson. The series was released on DVD on January 26, 2007.
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