Across six series, 51 episodes were broadcast. The series was written by a team of writers, a trait that is typical of most American sitcoms. The main team of writers for each series included writer and creator Paul Mendelson, Paul Mayhew-Archer, Paul Alexander, James Cary, Simon Braithwaite, Gary Lawson, John Phelps, Ian Brown and James Hendrie. All 51 episodes were directed by John Stroud and filmed in front of a live audience at Teddington Studios in London. Location footage was often filmed in Pinner, London. Each series featured a varying number of episodes, with the first and second series containing six episodes, series three through five containing 10 episodes each and series six containing 8 episodes. The first series also included an additional Christmas Special. Some of the episode titles are a play on the titles of famous novels and movies; for example, "How Green Was My Ollie" is a pun on the novel "How Green Was My Valley", and "The First Husbands Club" is a pun on the movie "The First Wives Club".