My Hero is a BBC sitcom Made by Paul Mendelson. The plan ran for six series, first broadcast and finishing in September 2006. The series follows the antics of the dim-witted super-hero"Thermoman", depicted by Ardal O'Hanlon in string one to five and by James Dreyfus at the final series. The series was regularly directed by John Stroud. Although the string has yet to appear on the station, in the united kingdom, the station Gold the programme. At the United States it was shown on PBS as well as briefly, BBC America. While BBC Entertainment provided repeats in Australia, UKTV offered reruns of their first three string.