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Episodes: All (126)

Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13  |  14
Year: 1961  |  1962  |  1963  |  1964  |  1965  |  1966  |  1967  |  1968  |  1969  |  1970  |  1971  |  1972  |  1973  |  1974  |  1975


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Clicquot et Fils

Original Air Date—15 December 1961

Season 1, Episode 2: Lunch in the Park

Original Air Date—22 December 1961

Season 1, Episode 3: The Private Lives of Edward Whiteley

Original Air Date—29 December 1961

Season 1, Episode 4: The Offer

Original Air Date—5 January 1962
Pilot for BBC's "Steptoe and Son" (1962) series.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Reunion

Original Air Date—12 January 1962
The reunion of a group of old school friends doesn't go quite as planned.

Season 1, Episode 6: The Telephone Call

Original Air Date—19 January 1962
Worried Lionel Baxter decides to use his phone to do something about what he sees as a troubled world.

Season 1, Episode 7: The Status Symbol

Original Air Date—26 January 1962
Garage owner Cyril Bradley doesn't want to give Wilfred Swann his Rolls Royce back because he likes the way it looks on his forecourt.

Season 1, Episode 8: Visiting Day

Original Air Date—2 February 1962

Season 1, Episode 9: Sealed with a Loving Kiss

Original Air Date—9 February 1962
A pair of pen pals decide to meet for the first time, but neither has strictly told the truth about their lives.

Season 1, Episode 10: The Channel Swimmer

Original Air Date—16 February 1962

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: Our Man in Moscow

Original Air Date—1 March 1963
The Ambassador to Moscow, Sir William Hunter, has trouble when a Russian musician applies for political asylum.

Season 2, Episode 2: And Here, All the Way From...

Original Air Date—8 March 1963
District Commissioner Donald Lawrence travels to London from Borneo in order to be a guest on his brother's "This Is Your Life", but the show is called off.

Season 2, Episode 3: Impasse

Original Air Date—15 March 1963
Two drivers meet halfway along a country lane. Neither will reverse and an impasses ensues.

Season 2, Episode 4: Have You Read This Notice?

Original Air Date—29 March 1963
Norman is beset by nerves as he tries to sneak a watch through the 'Nothing To Declare' channel at an airport.

Season 2, Episode 5: A Clerical Error

Original Air Date—5 April 1963

Season 2, Episode 6: The Handyman

Original Air Date—12 April 1963

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: On the Knocker

Original Air Date—28 September 1963

Season 3, Episode 2: Underworld Knights

Original Air Date—5 October 1963

Season 3, Episode 3: Fools Rush In

Original Air Date—12 October 1963

Season 3, Episode 4: Shamrot

Original Air Date—19 October 1963

Season 3, Episode 5: The Bachelor Girls

Original Air Date—26 October 1963

Season 3, Episode 6: The Plan

Original Air Date—2 November 1963

Season 3, Episode 7: A Picture of Innocence

Original Air Date—9 November 1963

Season 3, Episode 8: Nicked at the Bottle

Original Air Date—16 November 1963

Season 3, Episode 9: The Chars

Original Air Date—23 November 1963

Season 3, Episode 10: Comrades in Arms

Original Air Date—30 November 1963

Season 3, Episode 11: The Walrus and the Carpenter

Original Air Date—14 December 1963

Season 3, Episode 12: The Bed

Original Air Date—28 December 1963
Pilot for BBC's "Meet the Wife" (1964) series.

Season 3, Episode 13: The Mate Market

Original Air Date—3 January 1964

Season 3, Episode 14: The Hen House

Original Air Date—10 January 1964

Season 3, Episode 15: The Siege of Sidney Street

Original Air Date—17 January 1964

Season 3, Episode 16: The Mascot

Original Air Date—24 January 1964

Season 3, Episode 17: Good Luck Sir, You've Got a Lucky Face

Original Air Date—31 January 1964

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: Barnaby Spoot and the Exploding Whoopee Cushion

Original Air Date—28 May 1965

Season 4, Episode 2: Mother Came Too

Original Air Date—5 June 1965

Season 4, Episode 3: Here I Come Whoever I Am

Original Air Date—11 June 1965

Season 4, Episode 4: Happy Family

Original Air Date—18 June 1965

Season 4, Episode 5: Memoirs of a Chaise Longue

Original Air Date—2 July 1965

Season 4, Episode 6: Murray and Me

Original Air Date—8 July 1965

Season 4, Episode 7: Hudd

Original Air Date—15 July 1965

Season 4, Episode 8: Till Death Us Do Part

Original Air Date—22 July 1965
Pilot of "Till Death Do Us Part".

Season 4, Episode 9: The Time and Motion Man

Original Air Date—29 July 1965

Season 4, Episode 10: Sam the Samaritan

Original Air Date—5 August 1965

Season 4, Episode 11: The Vital Spark

Original Air Date—12 August 1965
Pilot for series "The Vital Spark".

Season 4, Episode 12: Betsy Mae

Original Air Date—19 August 1965

Season 5


Season 5, Episode 1: The Bishop Rides Again

Original Air Date—17 May 1966
Pilot for BBC's "All Gas And Gaiters" series.

Season 5, Episode 2: Beggar My Neighbour

Original Air Date—24 May 1966

Season 5, Episode 3: A Little Learning

Original Air Date—31 May 1966

Season 5, Episode 4: Judgement Day for Elijah Jones

Original Air Date—7 June 1966

Season 5, Episode 5: Room at the Bottom

Original Air Date—14 June 1966

Season 5, Episode 6: The End of the Tunnel

Original Air Date—21 June 1966

Season 5, Episode 7: Seven Year Hitch

Original Air Date—28 June 1966

Season 5, Episode 8: The Mallard Imaginaire

Original Air Date—5 July 1966
Pilot for BBC's "The Whitehall Worrier" series.

Season 5, Episode 9: The Reluctant Romeo

Original Air Date—2 August 1966

Season 6


Season 6, Episode 1: Hughie

Original Air Date—19 May 1967

Season 6, Episode 2: House in a Tree

Original Air Date—26 May 1967
Pilot for BBC's "Not In Front Of The Children" series.

Season 6, Episode 3: Spanner in the Works

Original Air Date—2 June 1967

Season 6, Episode 4: Heirs on a Shoestring

Original Air Date—9 June 1967

Season 6, Episode 5: Uncle Fred Flits By

Original Air Date—16 June 1967

Season 6, Episode 6: Loitering with Intent

Original Air Date—23 June 1967

Season 6, Episode 7: To Lucifer: A Son

Original Air Date—29 June 1967

Season 6, Episode 8: The Old Campaigner

Original Air Date—30 June 1967

Season 7


Season 7, Episode 1: State of the Union

Original Air Date—26 April 1968

Season 7, Episode 2: View by Appointment

Original Air Date—3 May 1968

Season 7, Episode 3: The Family of Fred

Original Air Date—10 May 1968

Season 7, Episode 4: Stiff Upper Lip

Original Air Date—17 May 1968

Season 7, Episode 5: Wild, Wild Women

Original Air Date—24 May 1968

Season 7, Episode 6: Thank You Sir, Thank You Madam

Original Air Date—31 May 1968

Season 7, Episode 7: B-and-B

Original Air Date—7 June 1968

Season 7, Episode 8: Me Mammy

Original Air Date—14 June 1968

Season 7, Episode 9: The Gold Watch Club

Original Air Date—28 June 1968

Season 8


Season 8, Episode 1: The Liver Birds

Original Air Date—14 April 1969
Pilot for BBC's _"Liver Birds, The" (1969)_ series.

Season 8, Episode 2: The Valley Express

Original Air Date—21 April 1969

Season 8, Episode 3: Tooth and Claw

Original Air Date—28 April 1969

Season 8, Episode 4: As Good Cooks Go

Original Air Date—5 May 1969

Season 8, Episode 5: The Loves of Larch Hill

Original Air Date—12 May 1969
A one-off "Comedy Playhouse" episode, this is the story of the Love family. They bring disruption to the otherwise quiet community of Larch Hill.

Season 8, Episode 6: The Making of Peregrine

Original Air Date—19 May 1969

Season 8, Episode 7: Up Pompeii!

Original Air Date—17 September 1969
Pilot for "Up Pompeii".

Season 9


Season 9, Episode 1: Joint Account

Original Air Date—18 December 1969

Season 9, Episode 2: The Jugg Brothers

Original Air Date—1 January 1970

Season 9, Episode 3: An Officer and a Gentleman

Original Air Date—8 January 1970

Season 9, Episode 4: Who's Your Friend

Original Air Date—15 January 1970

Season 9, Episode 5: Keep 'Em Rolling

Original Air Date—11 March 1970

Season 9, Episode 6: Better Than a Man

Original Air Date—18 March 1970

Season 9, Episode 7: Last Tribute

Original Air Date—25 March 1970

Season 9, Episode 8: Haven of Rest

Original Air Date—1 March 1970

Season 9, Episode 9: Mind Your Own Business

Original Air Date—8 July 1970

Season 9, Episode 10: The Old Contemptible

Original Air Date—15 July 1970

Season 9, Episode 11: Don't Ring Us... We'll Ring You

Original Air Date—29 July 1970

Season 9, Episode 12: Meter Maids

Original Air Date—5 August 1970

Season 10


Season 10, Episode 1: Just Harry and Me

Original Air Date—1 April 1971

Season 10, Episode 2: Uncle Tulip

Original Air Date—8 April 1971

Season 10, Episode 3: It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling

Original Air Date—15 April 1971

Season 10, Episode 4: The Rough with the Smooth

Original Air Date—22 April 1971

Season 10, Episode 5: Equal Partners

Original Air Date—29 April 1971

Season 10, Episode 6: The Importance of Being Hairy

Original Air Date—6 May 1971
The staff at the University of Wessex try to elect a new Reader in the Popular Arts whilst all around them their students are creating havoc.

Season 11


Season 11, Episode 1: Idle at Work

Original Air Date—14 January 1972
The misadventures of one George Idle.

Season 11, Episode 2: And Whose Side Are You On?

Original Air Date—21 January 1972

Season 11, Episode 3: Born Every Minute

Original Air Date—28 January 1972

Season 11, Episode 4: The Dirtiest Soldier in the World

Original Air Date—27 March 1972

Season 11, Episode 5: No Peace on the Western Front

Original Air Date—30 August 1972

Season 11, Episode 6: Weren't You Marcia Honeywell?

Original Air Date—7 September 1972

Season 11, Episode 7: Are You Being Served?

Original Air Date—8 September 1972
Pilot for BBC's "Are You Being Served?" (1972) series.

Season 12


Season 12, Episode 1: Of Funerals and Fish

Original Air Date—4 January 1973
Pilot for BBC's "Last of the Summer Wine" (1973) series.

Season 12, Episode 2: The Rescue

Original Air Date—11 January 1973

Season 12, Episode 3: Elementary My Dear Watson

Original Air Date—18 January 1973

Season 12, Episode 4: The Birthday

Original Air Date—25 January 1973

Season 12, Episode 5: Marry the Girls

Original Air Date—1 February 1973

Season 12, Episode 6: Home from Home

Original Air Date—8 February 1973

Season 13


Season 13, Episode 1: No Strings

Original Air Date—16 April 1974

Season 13, Episode 2: Franklyn and Johnnie

Original Air Date—23 April 1974
Two old rivals decide to make up at the funeral of a friend.

Season 13, Episode 3: Howerd's History of England

Original Air Date—30 April 1974

Season 13, Episode 4: Happy Ever After

Original Air Date—7 May 1974
Pilot for BBC's "Happy Ever After" series.

Season 13, Episode 5: The Dobson Doughnut

Original Air Date—14 May 1974

Season 13, Episode 6: The Big Job

Original Air Date—21 May 1974
Pilot for BBC's "Mr. Big" series.

Season 13, Episode 7: It's Only Me: Whoever I Am

Original Air Date—28 May 1974

Season 13, Episode 8: The Last Man on Earth

Original Air Date—4 June 1974

Season 13, Episode 9: Sitting Pretty

Original Air Date—11 June 1974

Season 13, Episode 10: Pygmalion Smith

Original Air Date—25 June 1974

Season 13, Episode 11: A Girl's Best Friend

Original Air Date—3 July 1974

Season 13, Episode 12: The Reverend Wooing of Archibald

Original Air Date—9 July 1974

Season 14


Season 14, Episode 1: The Melting Pot

Original Air Date—11 June 1975

Season 14, Episode 2: Only on Sunday

Original Air Date—18 June 1975

Season 14, Episode 3: For Richer... For Poorer

Original Air Date—18 June 1975

Season 14, Episode 4: Captive Audience

Original Air Date—2 July 1975

Season 14, Episode 5: Going, Going, Gone... Free?

Original Air Date—9 July 1975

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