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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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My Hero
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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.
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Release Year
2000
TMDB Rating
6.6
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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...
E1My Hero
Episode 1Janet 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.
E2Guess Who's Coming to Lunch
Episode 2As 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.
E3Mission Impossible
Episode 3Thermoman 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.
E4Thermoman's Greatest Challenge
Episode 4George and his dashing alter-ego (Thermoman) are invited to the same charity fundraiser.
E5Old Man Riverdance
Episode 5Thermoman's father comes to visit and starts interfering with his son's love life.
E6The Party's Over
Episode 6George decides to throw a surprise 30th-birthday party for Janet.
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