• Premiered: Apr 1971
  • Episodes: 26
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • ITV1
  • Unknown
  • Drama

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Season 1
Air date
Apr 09, 1971
Budgie has just been released from prison, and has been given the job of looking after one of Charlie Endell strippers called Charity the Salford stripper. Budgie and his Irish mate .. show full overview
1x2
Some Mothers' Sons
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 16, 1971
Budgie seems to have fallen on his feet - a flat right in the centre of Soho all to himself for six weeks. But why is Charlie doing him a favour - and Hazel's mother has plans for him too.
1x3
Brains
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 23, 1971
Budgie's on to something big. It means "playing at home" in Watford for a change. It means seeing his wife Jean; but Budgie knows he's sure of a welcome there isn't he?
1x4
Grandee Hotel
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 30, 1971
An evening of "luxury"- Spanish nosh and chateau-bottled "plonk"at the Grandee Hotel on the North Orbital Road - gives Budgie the chance of clinching an important business deal.
1x5
In Deep
Episode overview
Air date
May 07, 1971
Budgie's in the money - it's unheard of. But it's true. But how did he get it, and more importantly how can he hang on to it?
1x7
Best Mates
Episode overview
Air date
May 21, 1971
"A man's best mate is his best mate" they said, especially when he is in trouble. But Budgie finds that in the case of Maguire that trouble leads to trouble, and still more trouble - 500 troubles to be exact.
1x8
Everybody loves a Baby
Episode overview
Air date
May 28, 1971
Budgie is in the farming business - but not the kind that includes furry creatures or our feathered friends. The only "birds are two- legged ones.
1x9
A Pair of Charlies
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 04, 1971
Budgie is asked to join a gang of criminals to rob a bank, but the police are one to it. But Charlie Endell's sex shop is hit instead.
1x10
Fiddler on the Hoof 1
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 11, 1971
It's domestic problems for Budgie - one of them being his dad and, to quote Budgie; "What is a dad? A dad is a bloke who skives from home and tries to tap you for a couple of quid.
1x11
Fiddler on the Hoof 2
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 18, 1971
Budgie's sister, Vi , wants to marry Tony , and Budgie says he'll fix it. But one problem is how to get Tony to the alter, and another is the "paying guest" - Zip.
1x12
Sunset Mansions
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 25, 1971
Budgie, avoiding the police as usual, meets Janey and Denzil, an odd couple, gets involved in the throbbing world of show business. But he finds that every silver lining there is a cloud.
1x13 Season finale
And in again
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 02, 1971
Budgie gives Charlie Endell a birthday present, but Charlie shows his gratitude in a very peculiar way - and Budgie finds himself back in the company of old friends.
1x6
Could Do Better
Episode overview
Air date
May 14, 2001
Budgie's got a job working in Charlie Endell's bookshop. He's saving up for a holiday. But Hazel has a problem that starts off a sequence of events which leads Budgie back to his old school and into a tricky situation.

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