TV Show

My Hero

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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6 seasons

50 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

2000

Rating

TV Show

6.5/10

30 votes • HD

Season 1

6 episodes
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My Hero
Episode 1

My Hero

Episode 1 • Feb 04, 2000

Janet does not realize that the Irish hypochondriac who's come to see her at the health centre is actually the famed superhero Thermoman, who saved her life while she was vacationing in Arizona.

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Guess Who's Coming to Lunch
Episode 2

Guess Who's Coming to Lunch

Episode 2 • Feb 11, 2000

As George and Janet are now an item, things move on for them and it's time to meet Janet's parents. But Janet's mother knows what she wants for her daughter - smooth, oily Dr. Piers, not weird George. Janet is a bag of nerves and even more so that George says and does the oddest things, sometimes at the worst moment imaginable.

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Mission Impossible
Episode 3

Mission Impossible

Episode 3 • Feb 18, 2000

Thermoman faces his biggest challenge yet. After Janet washes his superhero outfit in biological detergent which make him itch, an book from his home planet says that he mustn't have sex more than once a month. But worst of all, Piers knows George's secret.

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Thermoman's Greatest Challenge
Episode 4

Thermoman's Greatest Challenge

Episode 4 • Feb 25, 2000

George and his dashing alter-ego (Thermoman) are invited to the same charity fundraiser.

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Old Man Riverdance
Episode 5

Old Man Riverdance

Episode 5 • Mar 03, 2000

Thermoman's father comes to visit and starts interfering with his son's love life.

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The Party's Over
Episode 6

The Party's Over

Episode 6 • Mar 10, 2000

George decides to throw a surprise 30th-birthday party for Janet.

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Season 2

6 episodes
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Parents
Episode 1

Parents

Episode 1 • May 14, 2001

Thermoman reveals his double identity to Janet's parents, in an attempt to gain their favour, but her mother can't keep a secret.

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Girlfriend
Episode 2

Girlfriend

Episode 2 • May 21, 2001

A curvaceous Ultronian appears, claiming to be George's fiancee. Xil learns to speak English when speaking to Tyler, she realises that she can learn from him. She does so and picks up his (local) accent. Meanwhile, Mrs Raven asks for a better deal for the job she does, Piers decides to let her go instead.

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Car
Episode 3

Car

Episode 3 • May 28, 2001

Piers get a new Mercedes. George works hard to buy Janet a car and Arnie gets his powers back.

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Nemesis
Episode 4

Nemesis

Episode 4 • Jun 04, 2001

An old friend of Thermoman's takes over Piers' body and tries to put Thermoman out of the superhero business.

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Pregnant
Episode 5

Pregnant

Episode 5 • Jun 11, 2001

Our heroic couple find out that they're pregnant in this episode. As part of the pregnancy George endows Joyce with Ultronian powers, which she the uses to go about saving the day. The sub plot is Mrs. Raven convincing Piers that he is going to be on ""This is Your Life"", and uses this to milk all sorts of 'goodies' out of smarmy Dr Piers.

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Wedding
Episode 6

Wedding

Episode 6 • Jun 18, 2001

Shortly after they wed, janet goes into labor. The baby has super powers and can talk, which is normal for Thermian babies.

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Season 3

10 episodes
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Baby Talk
Episode 1

Baby Talk

Episode 1 • Jun 07, 2002

The arrival of a little bundle of joy with superhuman powers has made life even more stressful for George and Janet. Meanwhile, Dr Piers's TV career appears to be on the up after he appoints a new agent

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Zero Tolerance
Episode 2

Zero Tolerance

Episode 2 • Jun 14, 2002

George takes the law into his own hands when he joins a neighbourhood watch scheme

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Pet Rescue
Episode 3

Pet Rescue

Episode 3 • Jun 21, 2002

George is puzzled by the British love of pets - until his mother-in-law's dog explains it all. However, talking to animals is not normal behaviour, and the conversation lands George in hot water

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The Older Man
Episode 4

The Older Man

Episode 4 • Jun 28, 2002

It's George's 327th birthday, Arnie asks George if he told Janet about what happens to Ultronians after their 327th birthday. Janet soon finds out, George starts to age ! It seems his body is worn out & he needs a new one. George selects 3 replacements (handsome, young,masculine) but Janet doesn't want these, She wants the body she fell in love with & married. George continues to age & Janet's parents visit. She tells them he's George's Grandfather & when they leave George & Janet kiss but Janet's Mum returns & catches them kissing.! Janet tells them she's left George & taken up with his Grandfather. When George is so old he can hardly walk he decides to try the time tunnel of youth that Ultronian woman sometimes use. However he goes to far & ends up as a baby.! Janet takes him to the bathroom & he goes to find the body in the reject room & surprises Janet with an old model body of his usual self.

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Puttin' on the Writs
Episode 5

Puttin' on the Writs

Episode 5 • Jul 05, 2002

George & Janet are loading their groceries into their car when they hear Mrs Raven yelling at the triplets as she's loading her groceries. The trolley man loses control of his trolleys on the ramp of the car park & they head straight for Mrs Raven.! As she goes over the edge of a Multi-Storey car park It's Thermoman to the rescue.! Next day George has bad news in the form of a writ from Mrs Raven's solicitor. It seems while saving her life he squeezed her arm & sprained it causing her trauma, distress & potential loss of earnings should she ever want to take up skiing professionaly. George wants Arnie to talk to Mrs Raven & ask her to drop the charges, Meanwhile Janet's parents have had a row & Mr Dawkins has moved in with Tyler next door. Thermoman visits Mrs Raven & apologises for hurting her. He almost has the case dismissed when Mrs Raven asks for a kiss & Thermoman knocks her cold with his helmet.! Mrs Raven is now asking for more money for the extra pain & suffering. Mrs Dawkins

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Shock, Horror!
Episode 6

Shock, Horror!

Episode 6 • Jul 12, 2002

George has had very little time to rest.(too many rescues.) Janet urges him to rest. Olly is sick & George keeps flying home to check on him before flying away again. As George tires, he flies slower & a reporter tracks him to the flat where he takes a picture & splashes it all over the next mornings paper. With several T.V. crews camped on the footpath outside the flat George tries to tell the reporter that there is nothing going on between Janet & Thermoman. Kevin Trench (the reporter) sensationalises George's explanation infering Thermoman & George are a couple.! Janet solves the problem by discrediting the reporter,saying that he is actually an Ultronian & an arch enemy of Thermoman. Olly gets better & things go back to normal.

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Season 4

10 episodes
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A Sporting Chance
Episode 1

A Sporting Chance

Episode 1 • Aug 08, 2003

George has some initial trouble getting to grips with the notion of sport when he is asked to join a cricket team, to help Piers out. Mrs. Raven gets intimate with Tyler after becoming convinced that he is her hero Thermoman. Ella belittles Thermoman - when he fixes her house after an incident and other people's houses as well - as not doing a perfect job. But Thermoman gets his revenge.

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The Living Dead
Episode 2

The Living Dead

Episode 2 • Aug 15, 2003

George gets himself a new life insurance policy and then kills himself to claim the cash. Now he has to figure out how to come back from the dead with Janet's help, or at least, Janet has to help him sort out another mess - yet again! This is easier said than done, as Janet has to fend off colleagues and family trying to get her married off again and with things like Tyler on the loose and George spread out in a coffin in the room, things are not going to be easy to solve, until a plan is hatched for the funeral.

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Taking the Credit
Episode 3

Taking the Credit

Episode 3 • Aug 22, 2003

Its spend, spend, spend, as George finds out about credit cards. Janet to the rescue, as she uses baby Ollie's powers to predict future lottery numbers to pay for George's spending habit,

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It's All in the Mind
Episode 4

It's All in the Mind

Episode 4 • Aug 29, 2003

George looks into the mind's of people and discovers what they are really thinking. He is not at all happy about it and Janet gets him out of it once again and none too gently.

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Space Virus
Episode 5

Space Virus

Episode 5 • Sep 05, 2003

Termoman - space virus - George - passing it onto those closest to him. Now he has to fix it.

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The Mayor of Northolt
Episode 6

The Mayor of Northolt

Episode 6 • Sep 12, 2003

George is standing for mayor - his policy - to fix Stan and Ella's broken street light. His opponent is Piers. Piers sticks it to George by treating him as a joke in the hope that George can't possibly win. Janet is so incensed by George's attitude of becoming mayor, with him secretly being Thermoman; she leaves home taking Ollie with him. Piers hatches a plan to disgrace George, now that Janet is out of the way, but the broken street light has a way of interfering when Stanley comes to get some much needed sleep and Pier's setup deos not go according to plan.

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Season 5

10 episodes
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The Foresight Saga
Episode 1

The Foresight Saga

Episode 1 • Jan 07, 2005

George 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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Illegal Aliens
Episode 2

Illegal Aliens

Episode 2 • Jan 14, 2005

George and Arnie become the subject of an investigation by the Immigration Department.

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The First Husband's Club
Episode 3

The First Husband's Club

Episode 3 • Jan 21, 2005

When 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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Cassie Come Home
Episode 4

Cassie Come Home

Episode 4 • Jan 28, 2005

Janet'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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Nothing to Hide
Episode 5

Nothing to Hide

Episode 5 • Feb 04, 2005

Thermoman 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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Brain Drain
Episode 6

Brain Drain

Episode 6 • Feb 11, 2005

George 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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Season 6

8 episodes
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Footloose
Episode 1

Footloose

Episode 1 • Jul 21, 2006

Desperate for money after the health shop is closed, George takes part in a poker game on Ultron, but ends up losing all his body parts, aside from his foot and his soul. When he is placed into a new body, Janet has problems coping with the change.

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Heres One I Made Earlier
Episode 2

Heres One I Made Earlier

Episode 2 • TBA

Janet and the children are having trouble adjusting to George's new body, and things just get worse when George learns he had a secret love child. Meanwhile, Janet plans a meeting with an old boyfriend.

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My Kingdom for a Cat
Episode 3

My Kingdom for a Cat

Episode 3 • Aug 04, 2006

Desperate for Janet's affections, George asks Ella's cat what makes him so endearing. He discovers it's the cat's essence, so he starts extracting it and spraying himself with it.

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Sidekick
Episode 4

Sidekick

Episode 4 • Aug 11, 2006

In effort to lighten his workload, George makes a sidekick out of one of his ribs, a beautiful woman called Lula. But she turns out too well, replacing everyone at the health centre, and she even takes George's job as protector of Earth.

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Not for Prophet
Episode 5

Not for Prophet

Episode 5 • Aug 18, 2006

When Ollie's pet spider dies, Thermoman resurrects it, then kills it because it frightens him. Wanting to teach Cassie about Ultronian religion, George tries to organise it on Earth. He winds up resurrecting Piers from a fatal overdose of Mrs Raven's human testing pills, which leads people to believe he is "The Chosen One.

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Dermoman
Episode 6

Dermoman

Episode 6 • Aug 25, 2006

When Thermoman attempts to fly faster than the speed of light, he is caught and has to resit his superhero theory test or he will lose his license and be sent back to Ultron. Meanwhile, George's attempts to be attractive to Janet have interesting results, both at the gym and when he tries to reverse the effects.

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