Happy Families was a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC in 1985 and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. It starred Jennifer Saunders as Granny Fuddle, Dawn French as the Cook and Adrian Edmondson as her imbecilic grandson Guy. The plot centred around Guy's attempts to find his four sisters - also played by Saunders, for a family reunion.
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Stephen Fry
Doctor De Quincy (6 episodes)

Jennifer Saunders
Granny Fuddle (6 episodes)

Adrian Edmondson
Guy Fuddle (6 episodes)

Dawn French
Cook (6 episodes)

Helen Lederer
Flossie (6 episodes)

Una Stubbs
Mother Superior (2 episodes)

Jim Broadbent
Dalcroix (2 episodes)

Hugh Laurie
Jim (2 episodes)

Tom Wilkinson
Jack (1 episode)