My Hero

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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...

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About 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.

Quick Facts

Streaming Snapshot

Release Year

2000

TMDB Rating

6.6

Available Sources

20

Watch Path

/tv/my-hero-354

Seasons & Episodes

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6 seasons available

Season 1

6 episodes | 2000-02-04

The first series of British television comedy My Hero ran from February 4, 2000, to December 22, 2000. The series featured seven episodes, and introduced the main cast of George Sunday, Janet Dawkins, Piers Crispin, Tyler, Mrs. Raven, Ar...

Season 1 My HeroE1

My Hero

Episode 1
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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
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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
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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
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George and his dashing alter-ego (Thermoman) are invited to the same charity fundraiser.

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Old Man Riverdance

Episode 5
Runtime TBA2000-03-03TMDB N/A

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
Runtime TBA2000-03-10TMDB N/A

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