Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em his daughter, also named Jessica; references to Frank's mother suggest that she was very like her son. The final series was written by Allen based on stories by Michael Crawford (not written by Crawford himself as sometimes reported) and made five years after the previous one (although there had been two Christmas specials in between). Frank's character changes noticeably in this series, becoming more self-aware and keen to make himself appear more educated and well-spoken. He develops an air of pomposity which is always best demonstrated when someone would approach and enquire "Mr Spencer?" to which he would always reply,
Jane Hylton series such as "Dixon of Dock Green", "Journey to the Unknown", "The Troubleshooters" and "Take Three Girls". Her most identifiable TV role was Beryl Fisher, the mother of the hapless Betty Spencer (Michele Dotrice) in the BBC comedy series "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em". The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane praise her "quite unusual intensity and a real capacity for depicting working-class lives", and note of her extensive B movie career in the 1950s: "Virtually everything she did is worth watching, for her if sometimes for little else." They add that each of her films "benefits from the