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- CreatorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesRachael StirlingThe lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.
- StarsToby JonesClaire RushbrookDanny KirraneA coach driver and single father navigates the post-Brexit world surrounding his seaside enclave.
- StarsPaul KayeSharon RooneyJames BuckleyJames Buckley is transported to a parallel world featuring "psychopathic Fairies, Shell Men, seductive Demi-Fins and vicious Throcks".
- CreatorAndy HamiltonGuy JenkinStarsNeil PearsonJeff RawleDavid SwiftPolitical satire about television news company Globe Link and its team of workers such as anchors Henry and Sally, reporter Damien, editor Dave, execs George and Helen, assistant Joy and manager Gus Hedges.
- CreatorRichard FegenAndrew NorrissStarsChris BarrieHarriet ThorpeMichael BurnsGordon Brittas is the manager of the Whitbury-Newtown Leisure Centre. Despite his good intentions, everything seems to go wrong when he's around, despite the best efforts of the center staff and his long-suffering wife, Helen.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStarsRicky GervaisTom BasdenTony WayAfter Tony's wife dies, his nice-guy persona is altered into an impulsive, devil-may-care attitude that takes his old world by storm.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsRicky GervaisAshley JensenStephen MerchantAndy Millman is an actor with ambition and a script. Reduced to working as an extra with a useless agent, Andy's attempts to boost his career invariably end in failure and embarrassment.
- CreatorDavid CraneJeffrey KlarikStarsMatt LeBlancStephen ManganTamsin GreigA couple of British TV producers move to Hollywood to export their most popular series, and find it is not what they expected.
- StarsAlan DaviesRolf SaxonIan BartholomewEnglish comic Alan Davies Is Simon Treat the Timeshare Salesman Extraordinare who puts a New Spin, on the Old Sales Adage of Selling Fridges to Eskimos. He presents his Travelogue of Ideal Timeshare Locations for his Boss Scott, played by Ian Bartholomew.
- StarsVictoria WoodThelma BarlowAndrew DunnComedy about the workers in a factory canteen.
- StarsRonnie BarkerDavid JasonLynda BaronArkwright is a miserly and eccentric shopkeeper with a stammer, who longs to marry his lifelong love Nurse Gladys. He runs a small town grocery store along with his errand boy and nephew, Granville and a particularly dangerous till.
- CreatorMaurice GranLaurence MarksStarsNicholas LyndhurstVictor McGuireChristopher EttridgeBritish sitcom in which an unhappily married man discovers he can time travel back to 1940s war-torn London where he masquerades as an MI5 agent and part-time songwriter whilst courting the local barmaid.
- StarsJudi DenchGeoffrey PalmerMoira BrookerThe Korean War, and a long lost letter, separate the lives of young lovers Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle, whose paths cross again by happenstance.
- CreatorJohn SullivanStarsJohn ChallisSue HoldernessDavid RossShifty car salesman Boycie and his wife Marlene leave their council estate in Peckham, London to start a new life in a rambling farmhouse in Shropshire.
- StarsRonnie BarkerBrian WildeFulton MackayThe prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system.
- StarsYootha JoyceBrian MurphyNorman EshleyGeorge and Mildred Roper have just moved into a middle-class neighborhood.
- StarsRichard BriersPrunella ScalesEdward de SouzaNewlyweds Kate and George Starling begin with George toiling as a junior clerk and Kate toiling as a homemaker; she's is soon bored with domesticity and he longs to go out with the boys. After several years, daughter Helen joins them.
- StarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliA rather naive, middle-class man is admitted to a hospital ward and finds that he is sharing it with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. All three of them cause headaches for the hospital staff.
- DirectorVernon LawrenceStarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliYoung Norman Binns is admitted to Dr Thorpe's hospital ward and is tricked by pessimistic patient Figgis into swapping beds with him so that Figgis can have the bed with the window view. As a result the doctor and staff nurse Gupte confuse the two men's symptoms. Then hypochondriac Glover tells Figgis that the last occupant of the bed has 'gone to a better place', scaring him into giving it back to Norman, though Glover's claim that he is dying means that Norman loses the bed again.
- DirectorAlan J.W. BellStarsBill OwenPeter SallisBrian WildePearl has confiscated Howard's bicycle. Smiler's job as lollipop man proves to be dangerous so Auntie Wainwright sells protective clothing to him. Foggy attempts to cure Norman of his Auntie-Wainwright-phobia. Barry tries to hide his new car from the in-laws.
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldThe Trotter's have fallen on hard times, largely due to Rodney's £500 investment in suntan lotion during one of the worst winters ever seen. To make things worse, the deep-fat fryer they sold to Mike, landlord of The Nag's Head, is on the blink and the tension brings Del and Rodney to boiling point. But throughout all this trouble, Uncle Albert, who Rodders blames for their bad luck, keeps telling them that something will turn up. As Albert leaves the pub, he accidentally falls through an open cellar door, and the Trotters' quickly come up with a way to get some cash - by suing the pub for damages. Albert's accident claim finally makes it to court, but to the shock of Del and Rodney, it appears that their Uncle has already sought 15 identical damages claims going back to 1944. Their case gets chucked out of court, and Albert admits he was using some of the tricks he learnt in parachute training to try and help Del and Rodney pay for Grandad's headstone.
- DirectorGareth GwenlanStarsStephanie ColeGraham CrowdenAndrew TourellLiving together is not the bed of roses that Tom and Diana were expecting. He criticizes her sloppiness and her funny little ways,such as feeding acorns to squirrels with a sling-shot. She decides to move out and goes to stay with Sarah to be a nanny to baby Diana but this is not her forte. Tom misses her,especially when Geoffrey decides to move in with him again.
- 1973–201031mTV-148.3 (50)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan J.W. BellStarsMichael AldridgeBill OwenPeter SallisThe village pedestrians and motorists are in peril as Seymour's sister Edie tries to learn to drive after having failed several driver tests.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsDawn FrenchGary WaldhornJames FleetGeraldine is at a loss for an interesting front page story for the parish newsletter. Alice and Hugo are a couple but Alice complains that Hugo has yet to kiss her so Geraldine urges her to take the initiative. As a result the couple are found, lying on a path having a kiss which lasts four hours. They can't stop kissing. Finally Hugo stands up to his hectoring father and announces that he and Alice are engaged to be married, giving the vicar her front page story. She herself though manages to talk her way out of Owen's proposal to her.
- 1994–202044mTV-148.9 (475)TV EpisodeDirectorGareth CarrivickStarsDawn FrenchGary WaldhornJames FleetGeraldine is so popular that everybody wants her round for Christmas dinner so she won't be alone - Jim and Frank, Alice and her family, who are even more bizarre than Alice herself and the Hortons. Geraldine is protective of Hugo when David bullies him and indulges in a sprout-eating contest. And then Owen turns up wanting company since he has spent every Christmas alone since 1971. As a consequence she has to be taken home on a bulldozer to sleep it off.
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsDawn FrenchGary WaldhornJames FleetWith Lent approaching Geraldine suggests that everybody give something up and contribute a pound to charity if they fail - in her case chocolate, which is difficult, though she succeeds. Mrs. Cropley, who has agreed to give up making strange food combinations dies, but on her death-bed, charges Geraldine to dress as the Easter Bunny and dole out goodies, a job Mrs. Cropley had always done. Geraldine agrees but in fact finds that everybody else has also dressed up as the Easter Bunny.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsDawn FrenchGary WaldhornJames FleetGeraldine is struck at how upset people are when their pets die and resolves to hold a special day when everybody brings an animal to church. David is appalled and tries to get the bishop to prevent it but he allows it, provided Geraldine takes the blame if it fails. A gutter press journalist turns up and tries to belittle the event with a stupid banner headline, but the day turns out to be a huge success with the furry and feathered congregation on their best behaviour.
- DirectorTony DowStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldRodney's wedding day is approaching, and Del promises him £2000 as a present. However, Del also owes the Driscoll brothers the same amount - and they want their money. Later during the wedding ceremony, Rodney's middle name is revealed - and laughter ensues.
- DirectorTony DowStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldDel is having health problems - stomach aches - and the usual cash flow problem, so, to raise money, he organizes a series of séances run by Albert's psychic friend Elsie, who correctly predicts Marlene's pregnancy. When Elsie tells him his mother wants him to go to the doctor about his pains Del reluctantly agrees and ultimately finds he has Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which is not life threatening but requires a very strict health food diet. This is not really to his liking but a bigger shock comes when Rodney tells him he and Cassandra are getting married.
- 1981–200350mTV-149.1 (753)TV EpisodeDirectorTony DowStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldRodney wins a prize in a competition he didn't even know he'd entered, and he Cassandra are going to sunny Spain as a prize. However, Del Boy's coming too... and not as his brother.
- DirectorRicky GervaisStarsRicky GervaisTom BasdenTony WayDetermined to be kind but still struggling to be happy, Tony attends a Zen meditation course with Matt, whose own marriage is on the rocks.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsPearce QuigleyDivian LadwaToby JonesCharged with finding the mayor's lost chain detectorists Russell and Hugh are disturbed to find themselves in a dogging area but since the mayor owns the field with the plane wreckage in it they are told to keep searching. Andy is less than enthusiastic when Becky tells him that she has put them both forward for voluntary work in Africa but he gets an even bigger surprise when Lance tells him the identity of the young lady with whom he has been seen.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesRob SissonsRussell and Hugh lean on the mayor to let them dig in his field but Terry discovers that Peter's grandfather did not die in a plane crash though Peter seems vague about it and instead asks Sophie to tour the country with him in a camper van. Annoyed to see that an amateur detectorist in Warwickshire unearthed a valuable cache of coins Andy is further perturbed when his interview for the job in Africa does not seem to go well. Lance meanwhile is also upset when Kate finds his attempts to connect with her overpowering.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesDavid SterneAndy passes his interview but keeps the fact a secret from Becky, which so annoys her she considers leaving him, whilst Lance is worried that his overly effusive actions have lost Kate forever. The pair discover that Peter is an impostor whose real interest is in unearthing a cache of gold coins in collusion with Simon and Garfunkel and without a licence to do so. A nocturnal stake-out results in Simon and Garfunkel being arrested though Peter escapes.
- DirectorGeoff PosnerStarsVictoria WoodThelma BarlowAndrew DunnThe factory throws a Japanese themed Christmas party in honour of a potential new client.
- DirectorGeoff PosnerStarsVictoria WoodThelma BarlowAndrew DunnWhile Tony is receiving chemotherapy his replacement alienates the entire staff.
- DirectorSydney LotterbyStarsRonnie BarkerDavid JasonLynda BaronGranville decides it is high time he did something about his single status and places an advert in the lonely hearts column of a magazine. He actually gets a result but of course he feels he has to lie about himself to the girl in question and presents himself as a yuppie. Of course Arkwright will go and ruin it for him.
- DirectorSydney LotterbyStarsRonnie BarkerDavid JasonLynda BaronArkwright has a rival corner shop owner Mr. Gupta, so he sends Granville undercover - in a sari - to check him out. Arkwright believes he can get one over on his rival by selling him a load of genuine Yorkshire clothes horses but he has reckoned without Mr. Gupta's business skills.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesSimon FarnabyDespite interruptions from curious ramblers Lance and Andy are finding more and more Roman coins. However Lance's sea-sickness leads him to see hypnotherapist Dr Hoffman so he can stay on girlfriend Toni's houseboat - though its success is questionable. Meanwhile rival detectorists Art and Paul have made their own arrangement with Photon, which Lance needs to challenge.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesLinda LusardiAfter Lance and Andy have raced Art and Paul to what they believe is a Roman burial site Andy quits his job when the boss destroys a Roman mosaic at the site. Unfortunately he fails to tell Becky when they go flat-hunting. Lance is jubilant at finding a gold coin but he is not happy when a magpie flies off with it - and Maggie, on her own again, decides to return to him when he is hoping to have Toni stay at his flat.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesRebecca CallardLance and Andy pitch a tent to guard the field but with Andy, having quit site work for killing weeds by the road-side, Lance keeps a lone vigil to catch the magpies stealing coins - and fails. Nor is Toni happy that he lied about Maggie staying with him and it is down to Kate to get rid of the unwanted visitor. Andy also finds an unusually sympathetic ear in Veronica.
- DirectorDave LambertStarsHaruka AbeJames BuckleySteve CarrollWhen Brian finds a magical amulet it transports him to Munty, a strange land peopled by even stranger creatures. Before he can use the amulet to return home a wizard called Howell sells it to a criminal mastermind - Slasher Morgan.
- DirectorDave LambertStarsJames BuckleyKenneth CollardKathryn DrysdaleHowell has concocted a charisma potion that can charm people into giving you whatever you want. Brian could use it to retrieve the amulet, but Steg wants to woo a lonely Demi-Fin with it and Barbara needs it to enter the elite Seers Guild.
- CreatorRoy ClarkeStarsPeter SallisJane FreemanKathy StaffThree old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesAimee-Ffion EdwardsAndy and Lance are members of the small but dedicated Danbury Metal Detecting Club (DMDC), who search for buried treasure with metal detectors. As boring club president Terry welcomes new member student Sophie Andy and Lance determine to look for the rumoured Saxon hoard on farm-land owned by eccentric Larry Bishop, a man once suspected of killing his wife. The pair visit Larry, now a befuddled old man, but he does tell them of an archaeological dig halted by the outbreak of World War Two and allow them to search his land.
- DirectorGeoff PosnerStarsVictoria WoodThelma BarlowAndrew DunnPhilippa, the new Human Resources lady, starts work at the factory.
- StarsDawn FrenchJames FleetTrevor PeacockA boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesSimon FarnabyExploring Larry Bishop's land Lance and Andy find nothing of interest though they do encounter Art and Paul from the rival Antiquisearchers, whom they send packing. Bishop tells them that some years ago he found some treasures which he gave to Justine but declines to say who Justine is. He also gives them some gold but they decide to keep it a secret. Actually Sophie has heard what they are doing but believes from her research that the Saxon hoard they want is in the next county. Lance meanwhile is anxious to reform his old folk duo with Andy so that he can perform a song he wrote at the open mike pub night in the hopes of winning back ex-wife Maggie from her younger new boyfriend Tony.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesSimon FarnabyAndy and Lance perform at the open mike evening but Lance is upset that Maggie does not come to support him whilst Andy's insistence that his girlfriend Becky should not turn up to see him looking foolish leads to her believing he is having an affair with Sophie. They decide to tell Terry that they have permission to dig up Larry Bishop's land and, as an ex-policeman still determined to catch Larry for the suspected murder of his wife, he is happy to join them. Unfortunately the result is rather explosive.
- DirectorTony DowStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldRodney and Cassandra's marriage is in trouble - Cassy is ambitious and wants to better herself with her banking colleagues, while Rodney is set in his ways and expects her to be an old-fashioned housewife. After a bust-up, Rodney decides to leave and return to the Trotter household. He still yearns for her though, and is unwisely advised that making her jealous might be the key to winning back her affections. He asks another girl to join him on a date to the cinema - could this be a perfect Hollywood ending for Rodney, or could the curtain finally come down on his marriage?
- 1981–20031h 15mTV-PG8.2 (626)TV EpisodeDirectorGareth GwenlanStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldAt Damien's christening, Del does a deal with the vicar to supply 'pre-blessed' Romanian altar wine, only it turns out to be white. In an effort to get Rodney back with Cassandra Del suggests a trip to Miami, Del already having bought the tickets with Rodney's pension money. However, Cassandra has a heavy work load and is unable to get time off so the Trotter brothers do Miami together.
- DirectorTony DowStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldThe Trotters arrive in Miami, where they are spotted by Mafia Don Vincenzo Occhetti and his sons, the don just happening to be Del's exact double. The Occhettis welcome the brothers but they have a plan. Occhetti is to stand trial for several crimes. If Del is found dead and it is assumed that he is the Mafioso, the don will be in a position to start a new life. Several unsuccessful attempts to kill Del follow, as does an argument between Rodney and Occhetti, whom Rodney believes to be his brother. When Del and Rodney tumble to what is happening they go on the run but are saved by Marlene and Boycie, who are on holiday in Miami. They also supply evidence of the Occhettis' drug-dealing. Back home in Peckham Del finds the crates of wine stacked up in his flat but the television news tells him that, thanks to his efforts, Occhetti has been imprisoned.
- CreatorJohn SullivanStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstRoger Lloyd PackComedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.
- DirectorMartin ShardlowStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstLennard PearceDel employs younger brother Rodney as a member of Trotters' Independent Traders, despite warnings from his business colleagues. When Rodney decides to become the Trotters' financial adviser - monitoring the accounts and keeping Del's dodgy dealings in check - Del has second thoughts about their partnership. Cracks show in the partnership when Rodney inadvertently bungles a deal with Trigger. But despite Del's anger, it turns out that Rodder's advice would have prevented the purchase of 25 briefcases that are locked with the serial number inside. Del and Rodney have yet another row and 'Little Bruv' plans a career change. Desperate to make his mark on the world, Rodney decides to leave for Hong Kong - a great plan, if only he'd remembered his passport.
- DirectorGareth GwenlanStarsStephanie ColeGraham CrowdenDaniel HillDepressed vicar Dennis Sparrow is conducting the funeral of ex-Bayview resident Jimmy but is making heavy weather of the eulogy and later he tells Tom and Diana that he is losing his faith. Geoffrey is back with Marion but their life is far from being a bed of roses and it's suggested Dennis tries to help them sort out their marriage. Not long afterwards Geoffrey announces that Marion and the vicar are now living together in Wales. Baines,meanwhile,is looking for a wife - a plan which involves Jane,though,sadly for her,not as a possible candidate but as a helper.
- DirectorVernon LawrenceStarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliExtreme right wing politician Sir Julian Briggs is admitted to the ward, angering socialist Figgis though Dr Thorpe is anxious to get him on side as the hospital is facing closure. Unfortunately Sir Julian is not sympathetic. However after he has received a death threat and a parcel, erroneously believed to be a bomb, is delivered, Dr Thorpe is able to capitalize on Sir Julian's cowardly response to pressure him into opposing the closure.
- DirectorGareth GwenlanStarsGraham CrowdenStephanie ColeJanine DuvitskiBlaming Tom for introducing Marion to Dennis Sparrow, Geoffrey asks him to babysit his two children Skye and Tarquin, but they are little monsters who run rings round him. Fortunately Diana is on hand to put them in their place. Harvey decides to try computer dating to find his wife, but Jane can't wait to interfere with that.
- DirectorGareth GwenlanStarsGraham CrowdenStephanie ColeJanine DuvitskiBaines meets a girl-friend, Lucy Maitland,at the hunt ball. His mother is coming to visit before going to stay with his sister so Jane poses as Lucy Maitland to put Mother off Harvey's new fiancee whilst Tom and Diana ham it up mercilessly pretending to be Baines' parents talking to Lucy. The result is that Lucy does not stay around and Jane has got her Baines back all to herself.
- CreatorBrian CookeJohnnie MortimerStarsRichard O'SullivanPaula WilcoxSally ThomsettSitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.
- CreatorHarry DriverVince PowellStarsSidney JamesDiana CouplandRobin StewartSid and Jean struggle to understand their teen kids' progressive ways. The couple lives in London with protest-loving son Mike and trendy daughter Sally.
- DirectorRichard LaxtonStarsRussell ToveySarah SolemaniRicky ChampIt's Steve's birthday but he just wants to stay in bed,having sex and watching Becky's present,the 'Inspector Morse' box set. When his mother turns up on her way to gate-crash a colleague's son's engagement party he tells he has swollen glands. When Dan,Laura,her friend Shelly and Paul arrive he tells them the same so they all set off for the pub,leaving him to pleasure himself making use of their presents. Then they all come back in and catch him at it.
- StarsNeil PearsonPaul ReynoldsRosalind AyresTrevor Heslop is a sports agent desperately trying to preserve his integrity even though he is surrounded by cut-throats. The biggest cut-throat of them all however being his friend and business partner, Sammy. His problems are compounded by a troubled marriage, a wayward son and arrogant self obsessed clients.
- 1973–201029m7.2 (31)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan J.W. BellStarsPeter SallisFrank ThorntonKeith CliffordAlvin purchases linoleum from Auntie Wainwright. Barry is stuck entertaining a recently divorced man that he and Glenda met on holiday. Billy, Truly and Norman hear faerie music in the woodland. The local police have car trouble.
- CreatorMathew BayntonJim HowickLaurence RickardStarsLolly AdefopeMathew BayntonSimon FarnabyA group of spirits restlessly squabble in an abandoned country house. To their despair, a young couple inherits the house with hopeful plans to renovate it into a luxury hotel.
- DirectorAlan J.W. BellStarsPeter SallisFrank ThorntonKathy StaffNora Batty is assigning "volunteers" to take out old persons for the day, despite the fact that the volunteers appear to be the same age as the "old people". The old people, Bert and Sal need help looking for an escaped "Lad" who looks just as old as the old people. Glenda has assigned Barry to "do a little something" for the Children's Concert. Howard seeks an out of the way Inn for the safety of a certain young lady.
- 1973–201029m7.7 (36)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan J.W. BellStarsPeter SallisFrank ThorntonBrian MurphyRecord seeking, Alvin Smedley para-sails into the villagers lives. Truly, Norman and Billy tell Alvin a fantastic tale of a fearsome "cat creature" that stalks the woodland. Tom intends to fix Smiler up with a widow. Glenda panics as she has invited her mother to tea.
- StarsMatthew CottleSamantha WomackNeil StukeThe misadventures of three twenty-something flatmates, bound together by circumstance. Mandy is sexually active, Martin is sexually inactive, and their troubled landlord Matthew never leaves the flat.
- DirectorNeil GibbonsRob GibbonsStarsSteve CooganSusannah FieldingFelicity MontaguAlan is in deep water when Jennie, after growing tired of his insults, walks off the set just before the show begins.
- StarsSteve CooganSusannah FieldingFelicity MontaguAlan is handed a career lifeline: the chance to stand in (temporarily) as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalize on the opportunity?
- StarsBrenda BlethynBlake HarrisonVictor McGuireA working-class woman who runs an old-fashioned café in a neglected seaside town develops a strong, if sometimes volatile, friendship with an asylum-seeking African doctor.
- DirectorAlan J.W. BellStarsPeter SallisFrank ThorntonJean AlexanderPearl has Howard assembling furniture. Auntie Wainwright intends to rent out Smiler for children's parties. The men torment Barry with false stories about a client who is behind insurance payments.
- DirectorCaroline AherneStarsCaroline AherneCraig CashSue JohnstonIt's Saturday and Jim and Barbara have had Baby David stay overnight with them so that his parents could go to the karaoke at their local, The Feathers. Now both Denise and Dave are hungover, so Barbara fixes them bacon sandwiches. They see Joe and Mary from next door getting out of a taxi--returning from hospital after Joe cut his finger grating cheese--a fact that doesn't surprise Jim. The baby starts to cry and Antony is sent upstairs to pacify him while the others slip out to the pub.
- DirectorTony DowStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldDel tries his hand at being a showbiz manager, and one of his clients is his 3-months pregnant girlfriend Raquel. But will things go to plan?
- 1981–200350mTV-148.8 (564)TV EpisodeDirectorTony DowStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstBuster MerryfieldDel is hoping to sell a load of wigs bought from Mustapha to the old ladies in the Nag's Head and is annoyed to find out that he has actually bought a box of mens' wigs. Cassandra leaves Rodney, claiming that he lacks drive. He turns vegetarian and sports a clip-on pony-tail to appear trendy but when Cassandra gets back in touch with him she tells him she prefers him just as he is. Raquel gives birth to a baby boy, which Rodney has jokingly suggested be called Damien, a name Del and Raquel are happy to give him. As dusk falls Del communes with his dead mother to tell her of his happiness.
- DirectorAlan J.W. BellStarsPeter SallisFrank ThorntonDora BryanBarry becomes obsessed with his depression. Wesley invents a go anywhere hot drink dispenser which causes havoc at the church jumble sale and on the golf course.
- DirectorAlan J.W. BellStarsPeter SallisFrank ThorntonJean AlexanderTom Simmonite is bored with village life. Mrs. Avery cleans out Compo's house. Barry lets Tom store a few "things" in his garage. A debt collector is looking for Tom.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesAlexa DaviesAs Kate moves onto Toni's houseboat allowing Toni to move in with her father, Lance and Andy call a truce with Art and Paul, allowing them to excavate the potentially valuable field. Thanks to Veronica, Andy and Becky can buy the cottage but the pursuit of treasure still proves to be elusive to the group.
- DirectorGareth GwenlanStarsStephanie ColeGraham CrowdenSandra PayneIn addition to her alcoholism Marion's fling with Bob becomes the last straw for Geoffrey,who finally decides to leave her. But where can he go? Answer,move in with his father at Bayview but Geoffrey is so boring that before long Diana and Tom are planning to get him back with Marion.
- DirectorAlan J.W. BellStarsPeter SallisFrank ThorntonTom OwenA letter arrives for Compo, and Nora takes it to Clegg. The letter is from Compo's long lost son. Clegg has to tell him his father is dead.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesSimon FarnabyAs Lance and Andy determine to save an oak tree in their field Kate puts in a good word for her father with Toni, with positive results. Andy is also pleased to discover a run-down cottage he feels he and Becky can afford to buy at auction and, in his efforts to save the tree, inadvertently comes upon the answer to his problems, despite the efforts of Art and Paul with the Bat Action Trust .
- DirectorSue ByshStarsStephanie ColeGraham CrowdenJanine DuvitskiIn order to cut costs Baines decides to employ illegal immigrant workers at Bayview. To Diana one incompetent foreigner,the gardener,is enough and, after the residents have staged a protest,order is restored. Tom has been overdoing physical exercise in his efforts to get as fit as Linford Christie and his collapse leads Diana to persuade him to slow down.
- DirectorSue ByshStarsGraham CrowdenStephanie ColeJanine DuvitskiTom has a bet with Diana that she can't be nice to people for a work. Such untypical actions only lead to confusion. Baines wants to organize a glamorous grandmother contest for the old ladies in the home,the prize being a cruise for two. Since Basil wants to marry Betty,Tom approaches his son-in-law Geoffrey,whose firm are sponsoring the contest to let Betty win, but when Betty gets cold feet and refuses to enter,Diana,having made sure a journalist friend is present to expose any 'fixing' the contest,replaces her and wins. She lets Betty and Basil have the prize.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesAimee-Ffion EdwardsA slightly jealous Andy spies on Sophie as she helps Peter with his research and on Lance as he secretly meets Internet date Kate though Lance and Andy unite to warn rival detectorists Simon and Garfunkel against joining the search for the plane wreckage. Becky meanwhile, bored with her job, considers voluntary work abroad and the mayor asks Terry to help him find his lost ceremonial chain.
- DirectorJohn McCormackStarsRobert MaxfieldRicky TomlinsonSteven PinderAt Christmas, Derek is moved to a different home for people with various mental health issues, and his coming into their lives helps them prove that the real misfits are those walking round outside doing harm to others.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsSean BuckleyMackenzie CrookToby JonesAndy's been thinking about internet dating. Not for him, but for his friend Lance who's still not over the departure of his ex-wife. A mysterious stranger arrives to tempt the Danebury Metal Detecting Club in more ways than one.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesLucy BenjaminLance learns that Maggie has known about his lottery win whilst Andy wins back Becky by selling his detecting equipment and promising to give up his activity. In the pub they meet Larry Bishop, who tells them that his wife is alive and well and the bones dug up belonged to his dead dogs. The club holds an open day but the only person to turn up is Sophie, who informs everybody that Antiquisearchers have been disqualified from the dig for placing nails on the site. Becky's excellent local history knowledge comes in very handy as everybody rallies to find the Saxon hoard and whilst they fail to unearth it there is reconciliation all round.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookAimee-Ffion EdwardsToby JonesStill puzzled as to why she left him Andy visits Becky, who shows him the incriminating photo. He does make it up with Lance, who confesses to Sophie that he has won over a quarter of a million pounds on the lottery. He does not tell her that Maggie has asked him for a loan to save her shop. Sophie is however seen to be a traitor when it transpires that she is a former member of the Antiquisearchers and with the army declaring Larry's farm a free-for-all the group considers disbanding though Terry saves the day by withdrawing his resignation. Andy discovers that Becky is pregnant but there is a more disturbing discovery - human remains found on the farm, supposedly those of the late Mrs Bishop, with Larry being charged with her murder.
- DirectorDewi HumphreysStarsDawn FrenchGary WaldhornJames FleetWhen finding someone to open the Annual Village Festival Geraldine thinks she's got one over David when Alice mentions that her cousin is Reg Dwight.
- DirectorMackenzie CrookStarsMackenzie CrookToby JonesGerard HoranHospitalized after unearthing the UXB Terry decides to retire as club president, nominating a reluctant Andy to succeed him. Next day Andy and Sophie find a gold coin on Bishop's land and share a chaste, celebratory kiss before the army arrives to declare the land out of bounds whilst they look for more bombs. Angry that Andy was with Sophie and not him when he found the coin Lance forms his own pub quiz team comprising Maggie and Tony, who beat Andy, Sophie and Becky - the deal being that the loser not only stands down as president but resigns from the club.To make matters worse for Andy somebody sends Becky a photo of him kissing Sophie and she leaves him.
- DirectorGeoff PosnerStarsVictoria WoodThelma BarlowAndrew DunnBren's mother brings a new boyfriend and total chaos to the factory.
- DirectorGeoff PosnerStarsVictoria WoodThelma BarlowAndrew DunnA minor member of the Royal Family, the Duke of Danby, visits the factory with his wife.
- DirectorGareth GwenlanStarsStephanie ColeGraham CrowdenDaniel HillIt's April and yet it's still very cold so the residents do not appreciate it when Baines turns off the central heating and suggest the residents go jogging to keep warm. Tom and Diana decide to get jobs to get out of the icy-cold home. Tom gets a job working with Geoffrey but he is such a pain that ,in order to get rid of him, Geoffrey pays Baines to put the heating back on.
- DirectorVernon LawrenceStarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliFeeling wistful that they were unable to attend the staff dance with its majority of females, the patients decide to make their own alcohol and have a party of their own, inviting Nurse Eileen. Needless to say Figgis and Glover - and Dr Thorpe - vie with each other to impress her with their dance moves whilst Norman merely gets drunk and the whole thing is ended with the arrival of Matron, who has escaped from Gupte's passionate declarations.
- CreatorGreg DaviesStarsGreg DaviesRoisin ConatyMike WozniakA deadbeat drama teacher gets a wake-up call when his girlfriend leaves him.
- StarsTom RosenthalRyan SampsonTom Basden"Plebs" follows three desperate young men from the suburbs as they try to get laid, hold down jobs, and climb the social ladder in the big city--that happens to be Ancient Rome.
- StarsShaun WilliamsonJoel FryVladimir MihaylovOffice colleague Aurelius asks Marcus to be best man at his arranged marriage to the virginal Drusilla and to organize his stag night ,which turns out to be a dismal affair with only Marcus, Stylax and his depressed driving instructor and workmate Claudius in the party. Grumio tags along but gets stoned on a bag of hen bane seeds given him by the landlord to sell. The group goes to the Kitty Club where Cynthia is a waitress but they are thrown out after Aurelius tries to grab Cynthia and the night ends disastrously with the lads dissuading the driving instructor from killing himself. Overall Aurelius decides that he does not want to get married after all.
- DirectorSam LeiferStarsKarl TheobaldRyan SampsonElena TodorovaGrumio finds a baby behind the dustbins and takes her home to raise as his own, naming her Binny. Marcus is against their keeping her but is outvoted by Stylax who can claim paternity leave and engage the services of pretty wet-nurse Philippa. Cynthia, rehearsing for her one woman show about the Trojan Horse, complains that Binny keeps her awake at night and eventually even Grumio finds it too much. He takes Binny to the orphanage but is dismayed by the conditions there and brings her home. Fortunately the landlord's strong arm man the childless Davus and his wife are happy to adopt Binny.
- DirectorSam LeiferStarsJim RosenthalTom RosenthalJoel FryMarcus and Stylax win big on the chariot race but Marcus fails to get a date with Cynthia so instead he takes out new resident Amada, unaware that she is a prostitute. Stylax uses his winnings to pose as a charioteer but cannot afford an actual chariot. He tries to blackmail Cornelius, husband of Flavia, when he sees a nude woman in his house but Cornelius explains that he is a sculptor and she is his model. Marcus ends up in Cynthia's bad books when she learns he has been with Amanda, whom she is trying to evict as a bad influence. Fortunately for Stylax Amanda helps him get his chariot when he sees Cornelius visiting her and this time the blackmail is successful.
- DirectorSam LeiferStarsJoel FryTom RosenthalRyan SampsonGrumio catches dysentery from eating an apple he picked up in a urinal but rather than pay for a doctor Marcus takes Cynthia's advice to hold a vigil with her, praying to the goddess Hygea since it allows them to kiss and he is not over-joyed when Grumio recovers. Stylax quits his job after meeting wealthy Gaius, who wants to be his patron and sponsor him as a charioteer. However, after wrongly assuming that Gaius's interest in him was sexual and fleeing from him he has to grovel to get his job back.
- DirectorSam LeiferStarsDavid SchneiderTim KeyJoel FryOn impulse Stylax buys a new slave Mushki. His efficiency and culinary skill impress Marcus but Stylax is worried that he is too attentive, bordering on the psychotic. Grumio is jealous and wanders off, getting caught and put in the slave auction but, still impressed by Mushki, Marcus is not keen to buy him back - until Mushki goes too far in taking drastic action against Cynthia and Metella, who have criticized him. Marcus has to face facts and cough up to get Grumio back.