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- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenBarry AndrewsRobert wants Dorothy to buy a Rolls-Royce but Dorothy is having second thoughts. She relents in the end so that they can go to the opera in style.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenRenée AshersonDorothy is staying as a guest at a country house. Robert is mistaken as her partner and put in the guest suite. Fearing he'll have to stay in the servants' quarters if the truth is discovered, they decide to keep up the pretence. Things get difficult when mutual friends arrive.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenRichard O'CallaghanRobert and Dorothy disagree about the type of tiles to get for the kitchen. When Robert buys the tiles he wanted a silence ensues. Things are resolved when Dorothy employs a couple of mediators.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenIain BlairDorothy is extremely nervous when her accountant visits to check her books. However, she shouldn't have worried as her accountant says she should be spending more to take advantage of the tax breaks.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenJohn RinghamDorothy and Robert encounter an extremely pushy door to door encyclopedia salesman who won't take no for an answer.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenFrank MiddlemassDorothy offers her old dressing table to the boy scouts thinking it's to raise money for charity. When she finds out it's actually for a bonfire she says it's worth £300 pounds. It's not long before every charity wants a share.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenGerald CaseDorothy and Robert argue about who can control the heating thermostat. Dorothy and Robert agree that if she can enter his exclusively all male club for three hours within three days, she can take control of the heating.
- DirectorRoger DuchownyStarsMarlo ThomasTed BessellTani GuthrieStuck in an elevator, Donald and Ann reminisce about their last five years together as we see the last of "That Girl!"
- DirectorVernon LawrenceStarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliNorman has to have an operation for his appendix to be removed but Figgis's doom-laden description of operations and Dr Thorpe's tiredness do not give him confidence and he hides in the toilet, having to be coaxed out. Gupte uses a hypodermic syringe to knock him out but accidentally injects Glover so that the only way Norman will be persuaded to have the operation is if he is accompanied by Figgis - who, to Dr Thorpe's glee, hates the sight of blood.
- DirectorVernon LawrenceStarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliDr Thorpe is telling Gupte that his dog Victor is not well but Gupte misunderstands and thinks he is talking about his son. The patients also fall prey to the misunderstanding, for various reasons each of them believing that they are going to die. Dr Thorpe manages to tell Figgis and Norman the truth but by this time Glover has rung up his boss to tell him exactly what he thinks of him.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenDavid RyallDorothy has two Members of Parliament as guests and Robert's class prejudice comes to the surface.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenPaddi EdwardsIt's Dorothy's birthday and Robert is taking her on a picnic. A couple of Dorothy's friends want to tag along but they get lost in convoy.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenBeatrix MackeyDorothy's book gets a bad review in the newspaper from an anonymous critic. Dorothy is not happy when she finds out it was Robert that wrote the review.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenRuby HeadDorothy is in bed with a virus. Robert is looking after her but when he takes to his bed, Dorothy has to look after him.
- DirectorJohn ReardonStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenColin JeavonsDorothy's chauffeur Vincent is after Robert's job. Dorothy is tempted but realizes maybe it's better the devil you know.
- DirectorVernon LawrenceStarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliGlover has been seeing a Greek girl Anna and panics when her violent boyfriend Nico comes looking for him so Figgis wraps his head in bandages and says he is a burns victim. Aware that Nico will want to see him with the bandages removed Figgis then swathes Norman in bandages so that he can be the one to face Nico - and for good measure covers his own head up, causing Dr Thorpe no end of confusion.
- DirectorVernon LawrenceStarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliThe patients find the hospital food disgusting and decide to go on hunger strike but soon weaken. However Clegg, who serves the food then decides to go on strike himself, but has his foot run over by Dr Thorpe whilst on the picket line outside the hospital. Eventually he is persuaded to go back to work and the patients can eat again - only to be confronted by the irate cook demanding to know who is criticizing her food.
- DirectorVernon LawrenceStarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliNorman is reading 'Tangled Web', a hospital romance, when he sees new nurse Sally, who is exactly like the book's heroine. He is keen to express his feelings for her but finds he has rivals in Glover, Dr Thorpe and Gupte, who are all keen to pursue. Eventually Figgis sets Thorpe and Gupte against each other and gets rid of Glover but even Norman is surprised by his idol's passionate response.
- DirectorVernon LawrenceStarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliGlover is discharged and Figgis is unhappy as he has nobody with whom to argue so he goes to the local pub pretending to be a doctor and diagnosing people with terrible illnesses, filling the ward. When Dr Thorpe finds out he goes after Figgis, giving Gupte instructions to hit him but when Gupte sees Thorpe examining a patient he assumes it is Figgis in his doctor's guise and hits him instead. As a result the doctor ends up as a patient with Norman, Figgis - and Glover, who has been readmitted as not well enough to go home.
- DirectorJohn RichStarsMarlo ThomasTed BessellLew ParkerUncle Herbert drops in on Ann and Donald with a bunch of get rich quick schemes.
- 1971–197926mTV-PG8.2 (291)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn RichStarsCarroll O'ConnorJean StapletonRob ReinerArchie is depressed at Christmas because his boss canceled his holiday bonus (purportedly for screwing up a work order) and he doesn't know how to break the news to his family.
- DirectorStuart AllenStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenDorothy McNab - an American writer, living in England, is looking for a new butler. Robert Hiller applies for the job, knows he'll take the position, but not until he's secured enough concessions.
- DirectorStuart AllenStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenPeter CarlisleDorothy is expecting to host a U.S.senator for dinner, but Robert has other ideas about how the evening should go.
- DirectorStuart AllenStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenTony SelbyRobert thinks the electrician that Dorothy has employed is not competent to carry out household repairs. Dorothy does not agree, but when the electrician messes up how will Dorothy save face?