Billy Liar

  • : 1973
  • : 26
  • : 0
  • Comedy

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1x1
Billy and the Party Spirit (Pilot)
Episode overview
26, 1973
A constant source of annoyance to his father, Billy's imagination works overtime to transport him away from the mundanities of modern life at the funeral parlour.
1x2
Billy and the French Connection
Episode overview
02, 1973
Billy's girlfriend Sandra is a student at Stradhoughton Art School. To Billy, painting means Paris and Paris means France, so his fantasies take on a distinctly Gallic flavour...
1x3
Billy and the Lost Weekend
Episode overview
09, 1973
Billy's idea of a cultural weekend in Stratford-Upon-Avon doesn't necessarily involve any Shakespeare. Having persuaded his parents to let his fiancee accompany them he is foiled when Barbara insists on separate rooms.
1x4
Billy and the Monster
Episode overview
16, 1973
Billy's father despairs of Billy's obsession with making model prehistoric monsters. In Billy's imagination, however, the models take on truly monstrous proportions!
1x5
Billy and the Cornish Spirit
Episode overview
23, 1973
Billy acquires a model of a Concorde and dreams of being a wartime bomber pilot. His flight of fancy crashlands when he meets a freaked out hippy friend on his way to joining a commune in Cornwall.
1x6
Billy and the Freudian Slip
Episode overview
30, 1973
Billy's parents - in cahoots with Mr. Shadrack - send him to a psychiatrist, but it would appear that Dr. Smiley is not the best choice as medical adviser...
1x7
Billy and the Night In
Episode overview
07, 1973
Billy and Barbara offer to babysit Grandma so his parents can go to the pub for a few hours. Billy has other plans, however, and they don't involve keeping Grandma company.
1x8
Billy and the Long Lunch
Episode overview
14, 1973
Billy has a plan and that plan is simple - take Barbara for a mostly liquid lunch, escort her home and invite her to lie down on the sofa. Fate, however, has other ideas.
1x9
Billy and the Gift of the Magi
Episode overview
21, 1973
Billy has his heart set on a pair of bright yellow trousers for Christmas, but there are two problems. One - they're expensive, and two - his dad is determined that he should never wear such horrible things.
1x10
Billy and the Au Pair
Episode overview
28, 1973
Barbara is planning the colour of their new bathroom and scans through House and Home. Billy is more concerned with the contents of his own glossy magazine, however...
1x11
Billy and the Key of the Door
Episode overview
04, 1974
Billy's parents go away overnight to attend his uncle's funeral. His dad is decidedly apprehensive about leaving Billy alone with Gran, a situation which is escalated when Billy is left in sole charge of the shop by Mr. Shadrack.
1x12
Billy and Pandora's Box
Episode overview
11, 1974
Billy's magpie tendencies are well-known but happily concealed until his family find the key to his secret store cupboard. Its peculiar contents start a chain of events that no-one could have foreseen.
1x13
Billy and the Alter Ego
Episode overview
18, 1974
Billy's twin brother Boris is endowed with every virtue that Billy does not possess. He is shrewd, mature, ruthless, successful, wealthy and compassionate. Naturally, Billy's girlfriends are anxious to meet this paragon of virtues.

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