My Parents Are Aliens (1999)

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19998 Seasons23m episodes6.7

Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

TMDB6.7

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Runtime: 23m episodes
Genre: Family
Origin: GB

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Young orphans, Mel, Josh and Lucy, can't believe their luck when they are fostered together under one roof. But just when it looks like they have the chance of a relatively normal life, they discover their new parents are aliens from planet Valux!

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Director: Tom Poole, Ben Kellett
Status: Ended
First aired: Nov 8, 1999
Network: ITV1
Studio: Yorkshire Television

Time to finish

41 hrs

106 episodes. About 6 weeks at an hour a night.

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Cast

Tony Gardner

Brian Johnson

Carla Mendonça

Sophie Johnson

Jessica Woods

Jacqueline "Jaq" Bennett

Daniel Feltham

Dan Bennett

Katie Pearson

Becky Bennett

Jake Young

Eddie Bennett

Bex l Grant

Iona

Drew Cain

Guido

SERIES

19998 Seasons23m episodes6.7

Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

TMDB6.7

Votes15

Your rating

Runtime: 23m episodes
Genre: Family
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

Region

With ads

The Roku Channel

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Nov 8, 1999
Nobodys Perfect
When Mel skips school to visit her mother's grave (she won't explain why at first) her teacher Mr Coleman decides it's time to pay a home a visit. Meanwhile, Brian has developed an allergy that causes him to sneeze and morph uncontrollably. Mel starts training Sophie to behave like a 'real' mother, while Lucy attempts to diagnose Brian's allergy. Unfortunately, during his visit Mr Coleman sees Brian sprout a new nose and ears, and resolves to return with their social worker. Josh is determined to hold a party to improve his social standing – could this somehow save the whole family from being taken back into care? Will the world find out Brian and Sophie are aliens?
E2 · Airs Nov 15, 1999
The Home Team
Brian decides that he and everyone else should become a proper family so Brian enters a quiz night, however Lucy doesn't want to join so she goes to join Wendy's team and ends up playing against her family who will win and what will happen?
E3 · Airs Nov 22, 1999
The Date
Mel arrives home late and expects to be grounded by Brian and Sophie but isn't. She keeps trying to get into trouble until she comes home with a walkman she says she stole. Josh tries to get a date with Tanya Thomas (Zoe Thorne), so he enlists Brian's help. Brian morphs into Josh and asks out Tanya's friend, Denise, who fancies him. When the two girls meet each other on the day of the date, they both start hating Josh.
E4 · Airs Nov 29, 1999
It's a Dog's Life
Lucy finds an injured dog, which she names Dennis, and starts nursing it back to health. Mel disapproves, warning Brian that Lucy will be upset when it dies. Meanwhile, Josh spends the money he raised for a charity event on a football ticket, and starts to earn the money back by putting up 'dog found' posters for Mel. When Lucy finds out, she pays him even more to bring them all back again, by which time Mel has warmed to Dennis and agrees to keep him. However, Josh returns with a 'Have you seen Woolly?' poster and Lucy and Mel realize that Dennis, a.k.a. Woolly, needs to go home to the people who are missing him.
E5 · Airs Dec 6, 1999
The Box
When Lucy calls Brian and Sophie "Mum and Dad", Mel gets angry and shows Lucy and Josh a box of things she kept to remind her of their real parents. However, a lipstick is missing from the box. Lucy realizes that it was she who had taken it and swapped it, so she must ask Josh for help. Meanwhile, after a string of Fs, Josh must resit his exams or be put back a year. To pay him back for helping with the lipstick, Lucy helps him revise, and discovers that he may be dyslexic.
E6 · Airs Dec 13, 1999
The Makeover
Lucy discovers she and her best friend are 'geeks' after they are the only two girls in the class not to be invited to a party. Mel gives Lucy a makeover, but this threatens to alienate her from Wendy, with whom she has been studying caterpillars. Sophie is struck down with a case of the flu, but enjoys her freedom from housework and responsibility and hides her recovery. Lucy decides friendship is more important than being 'cool', and she and Wendy discover that their caterpillars "were really butterflies all along."

Details

Director: Tom Poole, Ben Kellett
Status: Ended
First aired: Nov 8, 1999
Network: ITV1
Studio: Yorkshire Television

Time to finish

41 hrs

106 episodes. About 6 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Tony Gardner

Brian Johnson

Carla Mendonça

Sophie Johnson

Jessica Woods

Jacqueline "Jaq" Bennett

Daniel Feltham

Dan Bennett

Katie Pearson

Becky Bennett

Jake Young

Eddie Bennett

Bex l Grant

Iona

Drew Cain

Guido

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