The Brothers McGregor

Name: The Brothers McGregor
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: 4
Cast: Philip Whitchurch, Jean Heywood, Paul Barber, Jackie Downey, Allan Surtees

1985

★★☆☆☆ 4.0/10

📺 4 Seasons

🎬 26 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 30 min/episode

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Liverpool-set sitcom about black and white half-brothers Wesley and Cyril who run an extremely dodgy second-hand car business. The series is a spin-off of ITV soap opera Coronation Street, featuring two characters that originally appeared in the soap for one episode in May 1982. Unable to get Carl Chase and Tony Osoba back to play the roles, Philip Whitchurch and Paul Barber were cast instead.

Seasons

Season 1

1985 • 7 Episodes

Cyril attempts to sell a dodgy car with an out of hours test drive to a youngster. A colleague covers for him but he returns to his place of work prematurely.

Season 2

1986 • 6 Episodes

Cyril is distressed when Wesley announces that he is in love.

Season 3

1987 • 6 Episodes

The brothers help Mr Stanley following Chief Inspector Maggot's heart stopping visit to the Blue Cockatoo Club.

Season 4

1988 • 7 Episodes

Cyril's obsession with his 'stars' lead him and Ma to have a reading. Believing a seance will resolve her unhappy marital status, the psychic reveals whilst lapsing into his ventriloquism act deception afoot.