I Love Mummy
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I Love Mummy was a sitcom that ran for one season in 2002 after filming 26 episodes. The show was created by Ellis Iddon and Phil Meagher; and produced by Ellis Iddon, Phil Meagher, Mark Iddon
, Ira Levy and Peter Williamson. The show's production company is Winklemania Productions, Breakthrough Entertainment. The music was composed by Ellis Iddon, Phil Meagher and Simon Turner.
The show centred around the Barns family, who moved into their dead grandmother's house. In the attic they come across a sarcophagus
that opens up to reveal a 5,000-year-old demi-god, Prince Nuffratuti of Abu Simbel
, who is unable to ascend to the afterlife until he has completed his scroll of tasks.
, who has starred in many films and TV shows such as Dreamcatcher
, Stargate: Atlantis and The 4400
.
The show also starred Elyes Gabel
, who subsequently appeared in the UK medical drama Casualty
as a young doctor called Guppy, and Mark Caven from The Comic Strip in the UK who also starred in the BBC series The Glam Metal Detectives.
Actress Kim Poirier
guest-starred in the episode "Old Lady" as Katie.
Mark Iddon
Mark Iddon is a freelance television producer with over 11 years industry experience.He currently works for Avalon Television, Series producing Russell Howard's Good News for BBC3, which has completed it's 4th series and been recommissioned for another series in October 2011. Mark is also series...
, Ira Levy and Peter Williamson. The show's production company is Winklemania Productions, Breakthrough Entertainment. The music was composed by Ellis Iddon, Phil Meagher and Simon Turner.
The show centred around the Barns family, who moved into their dead grandmother's house. In the attic they come across a sarcophagus
Sarcophagus
A sarcophagus is a funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved or cut from stone. The word "sarcophagus" comes from the Greek σαρξ sarx meaning "flesh", and φαγειν phagein meaning "to eat", hence sarkophagus means "flesh-eating"; from the phrase lithos sarkophagos...
that opens up to reveal a 5,000-year-old demi-god, Prince Nuffratuti of Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel temples refers to two massive rock temples in Abu Simbel in Nubia, southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 230 km southwest of Aswan...
, who is unable to ascend to the afterlife until he has completed his scroll of tasks.
Notable actors
The show starred Reece ThompsonReece Thompson
Reece Daniel Thompson is a Canadian actor. Thompson started his acting career by voice acting in several animated television series and minor roles on television shows before transitioning to films. His first major role came in the 2007 film Rocket Science...
, who has starred in many films and TV shows such as Dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher (film)
Dreamcatcher is a 2003 film adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name. It was directed by Lawrence Kasdan, and co-written by Kasdan and screenwriter William Goldman...
, Stargate: Atlantis and The 4400
The 4400
The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...
.
The show also starred Elyes Gabel
Elyes Gabel
Elyes Gabel is a British Asian actor who played Dr Gupreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama, Casualty. He starred as PE teacher Rob Cleaver in BBC drama, Waterloo Road and appeared in the ITV Drama Identity...
, who subsequently appeared in the UK medical drama Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
as a young doctor called Guppy, and Mark Caven from The Comic Strip in the UK who also starred in the BBC series The Glam Metal Detectives.
Actress Kim Poirier
Kim Poirier
Kim Poirier is a Canadian actress, singer, film producer, and television host.-Personal life:Kim Jacinthe Poirier was born in Drummondville, Quebec, the daughter of actress/model Carol Laquerre who was Miss Toronto in 1976, she has one sister. She enjoys watching movies, writing, meditating,...
guest-starred in the episode "Old Lady" as Katie.
Full cast
- Reece ThompsonReece ThompsonReece Daniel Thompson is a Canadian actor. Thompson started his acting career by voice acting in several animated television series and minor roles on television shows before transitioning to films. His first major role came in the 2007 film Rocket Science...
as James Barns - Kelly Turner as Stephy Barns
- Gina Sorell as Nancy Barns
- Neil CroneNeil CroneNeil Crone is a Canadian voice actor and comedian who does the voices of Gordon the Big Engine, Splatter and Diesel 10 from the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad. He does Phillip the Concierge in the My Secret Identity episode "Sour Grapes"...
as Ed Barns - Elyes GabelElyes GabelElyes Gabel is a British Asian actor who played Dr Gupreet "Guppy" Sandhu in the BBC medical drama, Casualty. He starred as PE teacher Rob Cleaver in BBC drama, Waterloo Road and appeared in the ITV Drama Identity...
as Nuff - Earl PastkoEarl PastkoEarl Pastko an American - Canadian actor. Born December 10, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois. He stands approximately 5"9" and he's a founding member of the Remains Theater Company. He moved to Canada in 1984. He's best known for roles in as Colonel Alexi Zukhov, Highway 61 and The Sweet Hereafter...
as Hep - Mark Caven as Set
- Brooke NevinBrooke NevinBrooke Candice Nevin is a Canadian actress, best known for portraying Rachel Berenson on the science fiction series Animorphs and currently starring as Julianne "Jules" Simms on Breakout Kings, as well as Sonja Lester on Call Me Fitz...
as Brenda Hadley - Michael D'AscenzoMichael D'Ascenzo (actor)Michael D'Ascenzo is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as Rainbow "Rain" Papadakis in the children's television show Naturally, Sadie. He also co-starred in the short-lived sitcom I Love Mummy....
as Tilford