Stressed Eric

Stressed Eric

BBC Two Ended Comedy

2 Seasons · 13 Episodes · Premiered April 20, 1998 · Ended October 11, 2000

Eric is 40, and lives in London. He is a middle class single father (divorced) with two kids and a crippling mortgage. His son is so dim he's been kept back at school three years running. His daughter is a frail, allergy-ridden waif of six. His wife has left him for a Buddhist and his au-pair is an unreliable waster. Even the family next door are successful and wealthy, a stressful reminder of what his life could have been.At work too, there is no respite, a series of stress related illnesses have seen him demoted from Sales through half a dozen offices to the dark, dank, wastelands of the Data Department next to the gentlemen's lavatory.Each week Eric faces up to the important issues that concern a single father today, from, "How do you compensate your children for the lack of a female role model?" to: "How do you ask for sex in your forties without getting arrested?"He also deals with everyday problems such as how to build a flatpack wardobe without the instructions and how to do "Remembrance of Things Past" in charades.

Where to Watch: BBC Two

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

6 episodes
E01
Nativity
Mon, Apr 20 1998 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Eric's son Brian has part as sheep number six in the school Nativity but he's never been on stage before, how will he react to the pressure.
E02
Sex
Mon, Apr 27 1998 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Eric, disturbed by Maria, the au pair, and her boyfriend romping next door, thinks everyone is sexually active apart from him and plunges him into a stressful depression. A former girlfriend rings and his problems melt away.
E03
Pony
Mon, May 11 1998 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Eric's severely allergic daughter Claire dreams of having a pony and going to the gymkhana, but finding her a pony is the easy bit.
E04
Hospital
Mon, May 18 1998 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
A job interview awaits Eric, one that seems to represent his last chance of escaping the hell that is Data Dept. However, on his way to the interview Eric is involved in an accident and carted off to hospital...
E05
Potato
Mon, Jun 1 1998 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Eric is a single father who finds it hard to cope with the stresses of modern day life. He tries to get a pay rise.
E06
Tidy
Mon, Jun 8 1998 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Eric is a single father struggling with the hassles of modern day life. He has to tidy his office for an important visit.

Season 2

7 episodes
Mark Heap
Mark Heap as Eric Feeble
Morwenna Banks
Morwenna Banks as Claire Feeble
Rebecca Front
Rebecca Front as Liz
Gordon Kennedy
Gordon Kennedy as Various
Doon Mackichan
Doon Mackichan as Alison Scabie
Paul Shearer as Doc
Alison Steadman
Alison Steadman as Mrs. Perfect
Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong as Various
Carl Gorham as Various

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