Root Into Europe (Scripted, English)
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1992-05-17
Ended: 1992-06-14
Network: ITV1
Country: GB
Airs on: Sunday
Runtime: 60 minutes
Root Into Europe is an ITV comedy-drama based on the character from William Donaldson's book The Henry Root Letters. 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 (Pat Heywood) 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.