Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (TV Series) Motorbike (1978) User Reviews

Frank's on the wrong side of the law.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 9/10 · 2 October 2023]

Frank has a new job as a motorbike courier, he's asked by his dodgy boss Mr Hunt to deliver a pack of photographs, unfortunately The Police step in, and wish to question Frank.

Absolutely hilarious, this episode had me in hysterics, and genuinely entertained from start to finish. Amazing sequences and a hilarious courtroom scene make this one a real classic.

The show got wilder and wilder, and by this point, Frank is zanier than ever, he has become the ultimate walking disaster.

Michael Crawford!! What an absolute legend, it is an incredible performance here, the stunts are truly off the scale, I cannot believe he did half of these.

Great to see Derek Newark, who plays the dodgy Mr Hunt, as a massive Doctor Who fan, I of course think of him in Jon Pertwee's fabulous episode, Inferno.

Classic.

9/10.

Motorbike madness!

[ShadeGrenade · 10/10 · 19 April 2010]

The best episode of season 3.

Frank is about to take his motorcycle driving test. As he whizzes round the streets, he gets taken short and has to look for a public toilet. A man, also on a motorbike and dressed identically to him, crashes into the examiner. When Frank returns, he cannot find him, and after driving around aimlessly for two hours, runs out of petrol and has to walk home. He unleashes his fury on Betty.

Some time later, Frank gets a job as a courier with a delivery firm. The manager, Mr.Hunt ( Derek Newark ) gives him a package and tells him to keep his mouth shut. It contains hard core pornographic pictures. When the police raid the firm, poor Frank winds up in court. Determined to prove his character, he calls several witnesses...

Appearing on 'Blue Peter' on to promote the show, Michael Crawford said he hoped the motorbike sequence would supersede the rollerskating one ( from Season 2 ) as 'Some Mothers' most famous stunt. It did not as it turned out. More people recall the sight of Frank clinging on to the back of a bus than sitting sideways across his bike, talking to a radio. It is a good sequence all the same. At one point, Frank's bike enters a building site and he winds up chasing a man along scaffolding.

Derek Newark was 'Spooner' in an early 'Rising Damp' episode, while Patrick McAlinney replaces Cyril Luckham as 'Father O'Hara'. Derek Farr returns as 'Dr.Mender' ( what a great name for a G.P. ), and David Ryall does a show-stealing turn as the harassed manager of the local Labour Exchange.

Funniest moment - the magistrate clears Frank of all charges. "You mean I can walk out of court a free man?", Frank asks. Desperate to be rid of him, the man replies: "You can run if you like!". As Frank and Betty leave, he utters the following poem: "Hooray for British justice/it must not be done but seen/and now I've seen it done to me/I know how done I've been!".