Root Into Europe

Root Into Europe
Created by	William Donaldson
Written by	William Donaldson Mark Chapman
Directed by	Mark Chapman
Starring	George Cole Pat Heywood
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producers	Mark Chapman Justin Judd
Running time	60mins
Production company	Aspect Film & TV for Central Independent Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	17 May (1992-05-17) – 14 June 1992 (1992-06-14)

Root Into Europe is an ITV comedy-drama based on the character from William Donaldson's popular book The Henry Root Letters. Five episodes written by Donaldson and Mark Chapman and produced by Aspect Film & TV for Central Independent Television, were first broadcast in May and June 1992. The series starred George Cole as Henry Root, and Pat Heywood as his wife, Muriel.

Henry Root, a fish dealer who disapproves of the impending European Union, declares himself England's 'European regulator' in a letter to the British Prime Minister, then John Major. He takes his wife Muriel on a tour of Europe to represent English values to mainland Europe. His adventures are captured on a camcorder by his wife to be sent to the BBC upon his return for a future documentary, which one expects will never be made. The episodes bring him to France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.

External links

• Comedy Guide – Root Into Europe at bbc.co.uk
• Root Into Europe at IMDb
• BFI database