Holding the Fort

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 Russell Milburn becomes a 'house-husband' to raise his baby daughter while his wife Penny, a captain in the Women's Royal Army Corps, goes out to work. Russell's friend Fitzroy, or "Fitz", 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
Victoria Kendall 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 from 1980 to 1982, concurrent with Davison also starring in Doctor Who and Sink or Swim. It was made for the ITV network by LWT.