1 9 6 9 – 1 9 7 1 (USA)
48 x 30 minute episodes
Following the death of his wife, college professor Michael Endicott (John Forsythe) decided to leave his native Iowa to accept a teaching position at the American Overseas School in Rome.
The adjustments made by Michael and his three daughters to a wholly alien but fascinating environment provided much of the gentle humour of this series.
Michael’s sister Harriet (Kay Medford), who tried constantly to get the family to return to Iowa, was living with them in their Rome apartment through the first half of the 1969-1970 season but gave up and returned home alone.
At the start of the second season Andy Pruitt (Walter Brennan), the father of Michael’s late wife, joined the cast. A crotchety Iowa farmer who had sold his farm in anticipation of moving to a retirement community, he arrived for a visit in Rome and somehow never left.
Michael Endicott
John Forsythe
Aunt Harriet Endicott
Kay Medford
Alison Endicott
Joyce Menges
Penny Endicott
Susan Neher
Mary Jane (Pokey) Endicott
Melanie Fullerton
Mama Vitale
Peggy Mondo
Gino Mancini
Vito Scotti
Nico
Gerald Michenaud
Grandpa Andy Pruitt
Walter Brennan
