On Mother's Day we blogged about memorable BBC mothers, so in the interests of fairness, and as it's Father's Day, we've drawn up a list of some of our favourite dads from BBC TV programmes.
Ricky Tomlinson as Jim Royale from BBC One's Royale Family.
Professor Robert E Kelly, whose BBC News interview about Korea went viral after his kids gate crashed.
Adam Woodyatt as EastEnders character Ian Beale - pictured here with his youngest (fictional) son Bobby.
The cast of BBC Two's Babyfather: Johnny (Don Gilet), Linvall (Fraser James) , Beres (Wil Johnson) and Gus (David Harewood).
Maurice Colbourne as Tom Howard in BBC One's Howard's Way.
Richard Dimbleby, the BBC’s first war correspondent and leading broadcaster, who is father to broadcasters Jonathan and David Dimbleby.
Hugh Dennis as dad Pete in Outnumbered with Claire Skinner as mum Sue and Ramona Marquez, Daniel Roche and Tyger Drew-Honey as Karen, Ben and Jake.
Actor Larry Lamb (here pictured as Archie in EastEnders) who is father to Radio Presenter George Lamb.
Tony Britton as Dr Toby Latimer and Nigel Havers as his son Tom in BBC One comedy Don't Wait Up.
Bill Paterson as the dad in BBC Three's award winning series Fleabag written and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
BBC Journalist Peter Snow, with his son, presenter Dan Snow.
And finally - a bit of a cheat: Grandad from Only Fools and Horses (well in order to be a grandad you'd have to be a dad first, right?) played by Edward Kitchener.
- See also Father’s Day baking for kids on BBC GoodFood
- Also take the What should you cook for Father's Day? Quiz
- Read In Praise of BBC Mothers
