My Hero (2000)
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.
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Episode 1 - The Foresight Saga
Release Date: 2005-01-07George 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!""
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Episode 2 - Illegal Aliens
Release Date: 2005-01-14George and Arnie become the subject of an investigation by the Immigration Department.
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Episode 3 - The First Husband's Club
Release Date: 2005-01-21When 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.
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Episode 4 - Cassie Come Home
Release Date: 2005-01-28Janet'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.
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Episode 5 - Nothing to Hide
Release Date: 2005-02-04Thermoman 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.
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Episode 6 - Brain Drain
Release Date: 2005-02-11George and Arnie discover a way to filter out prejudices in peoples' brains. This sounds like a good idea until the brains get muddled up
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Episode 7 - Fear and Clothing
Release Date: 2005-02-25George starts doubting his invincibility, and starts disapperaing.
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Episode 8 - How Green Was My Ollie?
Release Date: 2005-03-04As 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!
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Episode 9 - Big Brother
Release Date: 2005-03-18George's family discover the joys of reality TV.
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Episode 10 - Night Fever
Release Date: 2005-03-25George wakes up in bed with miss Raven but doesnt understand that it was just a dream