Series 2 (1989)
Episodes: 14
Star Cast: Prunella Scales , Joan Sanderson , Janine Wood , Jonathan Newth ,
Episodes List
Ep.0 A Quiet Christmas
Air Date: 1988-12-26
Sarah plans a traditional Christmas but finds that Russell isn't interested at all. And Eleanor has her own slightly outdated take on 'traditional'!
Ep.1 Intellectual Aspirations
Air Date: 1989-01-17
Clare gets into an intellectual challenge with her new boyfriend whom she believes to be terribly brainy. Eleanor decides it's a contest she can't be left out of.
Ep.2 Open Secrets
Air Date: 1989-01-24
When Sarah is invited out for lunch by a man, she has to make contingency plans to prevent her mother's 'Geriatric Mafia' finding out about it.
Ep.3 Memory Games
Air Date: 1989-01-31
It's quiz night and Clare and Eleanor are in opposing teams, while Sarah seems to be having problems with the accuracy of her memory.
Ep.4 The Cold
Air Date: 1989-02-07
Sarah feels lousy, but in her family she's last on the list of casualties allowed to be treated if other people feel ill as well.
Ep.5 Wedding Bells
Air Date: 1989-02-07
Eleanor wants to have a family wedding because she has heard that Vera Polling is having one and that, of course, puts the pressure on Sarah and Clare.
Ep.6 Lines of Communication
Air Date: 1989-03-07
Sarah and Eleanor have fallen out and there seems little chance of a reconciliation. But Clare decides to use one of her old school games to alleviate the problem.
Ep.7 Gossip
Air Date: 1989-03-14
Sarah is accused of scandal-mongering after inadvertently starting a rumour about the pension counter's sister.
Ep.8 Out on a Limb
Air Date: 1989-03-14
With Eleanor off to the Bridge Club dinner and dance with Vera Polling, Sarah decides to invite Dr. Sam Greenland over for a quiet dinner but things do not go according to plan.
Ep.9 Upstagers
Air Date: 1989-03-21
With Eleanor off to the Bridge Club dinner and dance with Vera Polling, Sarah decides to invite Dr Sam Greenland over for a quiet dinner. But the best laid plans...
Ep.10 Idle Speculation
Air Date: 1989-03-28
Sarah, Eleanor and Clare are enlisted by the local amateur dramatic society when it suddenly loses its leading players.
Ep.11 Efficiency
Air Date: 1989-04-04
Eleanor is left in charge of the bookshop when Russell and Sarah go off for a special lunch. She initiates an efficiency drive, which goes badly wrong.
Ep.12 Going Away
Air Date: 1989-04-11
Eleanor is left in charge of the bookshop when Russell and Sarah go off for a special lunch. She initiates an efficiency drive, which goes badly wrong.
Ep.13 A Week of Sundays
Air Date: 1989-12-25
Sarah makes plans to escape to Portugal for two weeks with her glamorous friend, Alison. But Eleanor brings all her emotional blackmailing skills to the fore to scupper the plans.
