My Hero
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2000 - 2006
- 52 episodes (6 series)
Super hero Thermoman struggles to understand the Earth way of life, but attempts to keep a family in suburbia all the same. Stars Ardal O'Hanlon, James Dreyfus, Emily Joyce, Geraldine McNulty, Hugh Dennis and more.
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Series 4, Episode 1 - A Sporting Chance
Being a peace-loving Ultronian, George knows nothing about sport or the psychology of sport that drives men and women to thrash opponents to within an inch of their lives. So when Piers asks George to join his Sunday League cricket team to make up numbers George hasn't a clue what he's being asked to do.
Further details
After a crash course on the rules of cricket from Janet, George takes the field and proceeds to decimate his own team with his over-zealous fielding. Piers is scathing about George's performance, but is forced to eat humble pie when George eclipses Piers by scoring a near-impossible 24 runs off the last 4 balls. George has discovered the ecstasy that is winning! Success goes to his head and he becomes horribly competitive, until Janet forces him to choose between grinding opponents' faces into the dirt or staying married to her.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 8th August 2003
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes