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Sweet Sixteen

  • TV Series
  • 1983
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Sweet Sixteen (1983)
Comedy

Helen Walker, a 41-year-old who runs a building firm, falls in love with 25-year-old Peter Morgan and becomes pregnant by him. Issues between the two arise because of their age difference.Helen Walker, a 41-year-old who runs a building firm, falls in love with 25-year-old Peter Morgan and becomes pregnant by him. Issues between the two arise because of their age difference.Helen Walker, a 41-year-old who runs a building firm, falls in love with 25-year-old Peter Morgan and becomes pregnant by him. Issues between the two arise because of their age difference.

  • Stars
    • Penelope Keith
    • Christopher Villiers
    • Joan Blackham
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    48
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    • Stars
      • Penelope Keith
      • Christopher Villiers
      • Joan Blackham
    • 8User reviews
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    Penelope Keith
    Penelope Keith
    • Helen Morgan…
    • 1983
    Christopher Villiers
    Christopher Villiers
    • Peter Morgan
    • 1983
    Joan Blackham
    Joan Blackham
    • Jane
    • 1983
    Mike Grady
    Mike Grady
    • Dr. Ballantine
    • 1983
    John Rapley
    • Arthur Poole
    • 1983
    Victor Spinetti
    Victor Spinetti
    • Ken Green
    • 1983
    Matthew Solon
    • James Walker
    • 1983
    David Neville
    • Tony Hartshorn
    • 1983
    Sheila Fay
    Sheila Fay
    • Millie Poole
    • 1983
    Tony Millan
    • Tom Sherrin
    • 1983
    T.P. McKenna
    T.P. McKenna
    • Mr. Houston
    • 1983
    Glynn Edwards
    Glynn Edwards
    • Mr. Barnicoat
    • 1983
    Philip York
    • Roger Dean
    • 1983
    Roger Walker
    Roger Walker
    • Factory Foreman
    • 1983
    Bill Treacher
    Bill Treacher
    • Jack Barker
    • 1983
    Jan Waters
    • Moira Morgan
    • 1983
    Owen Brenman
    Owen Brenman
    • Youth
    • 1983
    Charles McKeown
    Charles McKeown
    • Alan Morgan
    • 1983
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    5pajone39

    Sweet Sixteen Could Have Worked

    Penelope Keith as a 42 middle-aged woman who was single and pregnant with her young lovers baby was seen as quite shocking back in the 80's. Penelope Keith played Helen Angela Walker/Morgan who ran a construction company started by her Father. Helen has a 19 year old son from her husband who had died years earlier.

    Christopher Villiers who at first seemed like a player who was just messing around with the boss. Upon discovering Helen was pregnant he was forced to grow up fast.

    Helen was a strong forceful woman who did not tolerate any rubbish from her employees or from those she did business with.

    The show ONLY lasted six episodes. Too bad. It has potential. There was several hilarious moments. I do NOT want to see a remake as it would take so many liberties over the original that it would be boring.

    The supporting cast was good.

    Arthur Poole the long time employee who started working for the company back when Helen's Father was alive. He has promised Helen's Father he would look after her. Poor Arthur had gotten on in age. He was also married to Millie. In one episode Arthur had gotten stuck on the roof of a home the company was constructing and was too afraid to climb back down the ladder.

    Millie Poole was a strong, bossy woman who even intimidated Helen slightly. That is why Peter hired her to being their housekeeper. Someone who would do the cooking and cleaning and could keep Helen in line.

    Ken was well played by Victor Spinetti. Ken was a low-key man who would make kind suggestions to Helen. He was the one man she would listen to.

    Joan Blackham played Jane a smart, loyal woman who was Helen's secretary and confident. She would make snarky remarks to Peter who once threatened to have her fired only for her to calmly point out if she was fired who would point out he had Helen's lipstick on his cheek.

    Mike Grady played Dr Ballantine. Helen intimidated him most of the time except in one episode when he was furious with her because her blood pressure was very high. In the very last episode he had brought Helen and Peter a pair of kissing fish as a present.
    6Sleepin_Dragon

    A sweet, mildly amusing series.

    42 year old business owner Helen Walker falls for young employee Peter Morgan, and gets pregnant by him, the pair get closer, but don't always agree.

    If you like comedies or British shows in general, you'll be aware of Penelope Keith's major sitcoms, To The Manor Born and The Good Life, I'm not many people are aware of this six part series, it's never had a commercial dvd release, and it's fair to say I can understand why.

    Don't expect outlandishly or bawdy humour, it's on the more gentle, mildly amusing scheme, it's a love story with a difference, viewers at the time would see lots of older men with younger women on TV, very little of the other way round, so from that point of view it was quite progressive.

    Too often I felt that Penelope Keith was the one doing all the hard work, she truly is a cut above here, by far and away the standout. The supporting cast are fair, but don't always get the best scripts.

    Some of the character play is nice, I enjoyed the scenes where Helen took various suits down, and that scenes with ber Doctor were always good.

    Look out for a young Richard E Grant in episode 6.

    It's worth seeing, but it is an average watch, 6/10.
    pea423

    No offense, Kay-29 ...

    ;-) ... but as a die-hard "To the Manor Born" fan since the late eighties (my formidable teen years, no less), I'm an American who was likewise horrified by "Sweet Sixteen", LOL. It wasn't 'just' the age difference ... it was the *combination* of Keith and the age difference.

    The story itself moved relatively fast, and the idea of a strong woman running a construction company ... especially back in the eighties ... was both interesting and progressive. And for that aspect of the character, Keith worked very well. But the relationship. ... Nope. I fear quite a few fans of "Good Neighbours", and especially "To the Manor Born", ran away in stark terror.

    Make no mistake, I *am* a very avid Keith fan. I know her as 'Margot', and I positively adore her as 'Audrey'. I've even seen her in snippets from her newer British shows (eg. "Next of Kin"). But no way could I handle her "Sweet Sixteen". Absolutely no offense intended though, Kay-29 ... I watched Good Neighbours pretty religiously too. :-)
    slenkermichael

    Excellect story line.

    I would say it was one of her better roles, I found the story line intriguing, I thought it was funny any way. I found the tension created by their 16 year age difference believable. I have personal knowledge of a similar coupling. It is still working for them. I would also recommend "Exectutive Stress" , although they switched leading men in the middle they still managed to pull it off, and "To the manor born", both enjoyable comic series displaying Keith's acting talents. While I loved watching Good neighbors, it was a more restricted role that Keith played as the next door neighbor to the Goods in the series. But, it does show the range of characters that Keith has played.
    kefiraragdolls

    A lovely romantic comedy

    starring Penelope Keith and Christopher Villiers "Sweet Sixteen" was named for the 16 year age difference between the older Helen Walker [Keith], and her lover, the younger Peter Morgan [Villiers]who to complicate matters is also her employee. The series works through the progression and change of their relationship brought about by Helens unexpected pregnancy. From the first episode where Peter discribes their relationship as "a bit of fun", things take quite a different turn. She knows she loves him....but does he love her?. Worth watching.. the six episodes make up a complete story.

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      Helen Morgan: I'm going to have a baby.

      Peter Morgan: What do you want a baby for?

      Helen Morgan: I don't. Well, I mean, I didn't. Now I do.

      Peter Morgan: It's about as clear as one of your memos. Don't, didn't, and do.

      Helen Morgan: I won't be asking you to marry me.

      Peter Morgan: Well, that's a great relief. I thought I was about to be your next...

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      Featured in Funny Turns: Penelope Keith: Lady of the Manor (2000)

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      • October 16, 1983 (United Kingdom)
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