• : 1986
  • : 74
  • : 1
  • BBC One
  • 20
  • Comedy

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4x1
Episode 1
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25, 1987
News of Freddie's impending court case has spread and Nellie has to face up to the neighbors once again.
4x2
Episode 2
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01, 1987
The family attend Freddie's court case in order to provide moral support. Billy, however, has other plans as he is marrying Julie in secret. Meanwhile, Grandad has a visit from his .. show full overview
4x3
Episode 3
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08, 1987
Adrian and Eddie are abducted by Yizzel and his mate because of a gambling debt they claim is owed to them - Joey, as usual, has to sort the problem. Freddie is sleeping on the sofa, jobless and depressed and Jack is concerned about his health
4x4
Episode 4
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15, 1987
After learning from the doctor that he doesn't have kidney trouble, Jack accidentally parks his van in the river! Nellie gives Freddie his marching orders after being unimpressed with his new job as a hot dog vendor!
4x5
Episode 5
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22, 1987
Nellie, Aveline, Adrian and Jack have all started work on the same day. They all return home with a disastrous tale to tell. Freddie is involved in an accident when a lorry runs into the .. show full overview
4x6
Episode 6
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29, 1987
Freddie has a broken leg and under Nellie's feet again. Roxy has been thrown out by her husband and Joey is caught in the crossfire. When he hears she has a child, and another one on the way, he wrestles with conflicting emotions.
4x1
Episode 1
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18, 1988
Jack has left home to go to America for a while and Nellie is missing him greatly. Cousin Shifty is coming out of prison and heading for the Boswell home, and Aveline is engaged to a protestant vicar who none of the family have met.
4x2
Episode 2
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25, 1988
Aveline brings Oswald home and he finds a family in chaos when they all show him their true colours. Adrian is accepted as a male model after a less than impressive interview and Shifty is back to his old ways.
4x3
Episode 3
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02, 1988
Freddie's visit to the doctor has left him unsure of his future, but only Joey notices that his father is suffering from a serious heart complaint. Celia Higgins arrives in the street .. show full overview
4x4
Episode 4
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09, 1988
Yizzel's mate involves Shifty in an insurance job on his car but forgets that he didn't have an MOT certificate. Meanwhile, Shifty's romance with Martina continues and Celia starts to bond with Nellie.
4x5
Episode 5
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16, 1988
Billy and Adrian both leave home and Nellie decides to teach them a lesson by delivering their belongings to them personally. They both realise that the grass is not so green on the .. show full overview
4x6
Episode 6
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23, 1988
Nellie advises the family against fussing over their dad, but she knows that she's wasting her breath. Shifty attempts to move in with Martina but finds it impossible to leave Grandad .. show full overview
4x7
Episode 7
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30, 1988
Joey gives Freddie an ultimatum - Lilo Lill or his mum. Linda McCartney opens an Animal Rescue Centre and, while getting her autograph, Billy invites her round for tea if she's ever .. show full overview
4x8
Episode 8
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06, 1988
Adrian buys gifts for the family when his poems are published but, when he purchases some dodgy video machines he gets both himself and Billy in trouble with the police. As if her two .. show full overview
4x9
Episode 9
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13, 1988
Nellie has a chance encounter with a man in the park and finds it difficult to put him out of her mind. Aveline has split up with Oswald, and Joey confronts Roxy about an anonymous letter sent to his mother.
4x10
Episode 10
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20, 1988
The family seems to have enough problems without Nellie worrying about her friendship with Derek. Joey tries to help out Roxy by giving her money, and Adrian gives Billy a fruitless lesson in tact and diplomacy.
4x11
Episode 11
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27, 1988
Billy is on the edge of a nervous breakdown as an injured pigeon triggers an outpouring of emotion, while Nellie and Adrian suffer some embarrassing moments.
4x12
Episode 12
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04, 1988
Freddie has a turn for the worse and returns to the family, but a battle over who should look after him breaks out when Lilo Lill turns up. Aveline's wedding is now finally confirmed, and Joey misses another rendezvous with Roxy.
4x13
Episode 13
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11, 1988
The preparations for Aveline's wedding are chaotic with arguments aplenty, but these things never run smoothly ... especially when Yizzel and his mate are in charge of the wedding cars.
4x14
1988 Christmas Special
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25, 1988
In this Christmas Special the Boswells holiday in Rome and find their time is filled with happy memories, and new or renewed relationships.

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