| Title |
Airdate |
Overview |
| "You Must Remember This" |
12 January |
After being sent a bad secretary by Type for You, Lionel Hardcastle is visited by Judith Hanson, who apologises. He then invites her out to dinner, and when Lionel picks Judith up, he recognises Judith's mother Jean Pargetter, the boss of Type for You, who also recognises him. When Judith returns, Jean tells her that she and Lionel were in love 38 years ago, but when he was sent to Korea on National Service he never wrote to her. The following day, Lionel tells Judith that he wrote, but Jean never replied. When they finally meet at the hotel Lionel is staying at they discover that Lionel's letter got lost in the post. Guest starring Cheryl Hall. |
| "Getting To Know You — Again" |
19 January |
Lionel checks out of his hotel, without telling anyone, but as he is leaving his publisher Alistair Deacon arrives and persuades him to continue with the revisions to his book My Life in Kenya, so Lionel checks back into the hotel. Meanwhile, Sandy, Jean's secretary at Type for You, arrives to work for Lionel but is told he has checked out. When Lionel finds this out, he goes to see Jean and they then agree not to see each other again. But, very shortly afterwards Lionel invites Jean to go a party being held by Alistair that evening. Jean agrees, and at the party Alistair chats her up. Guest starring Cheryl Hall, Roy Heather and Mark Tandy. |
| "The Copper Kettle" |
26 January |
After visiting Jean to tell her he is going to Norwich, Lionel joins her and Judith when they go out to dinner. Judith leaves early to give them time together. The following day they go to Buckinghamshire, where they spent time when they first dated in 1953. The come across a hotel called The Copper Kettle, where as youths they first made love. On a whim they decide to stay the night, but they both soon back out of the idea. |
| "Surprise, Surprise" |
2 February |
Jean and Judith travel to Norwich to surprise Lionel as he gives a lecture about his life in Kenya. On the train, they are joined by Alistair who spends the whole journey chatting up Jean. Lionel stays with a "friend" called Denise Cropper, and Jean is not impressed when they surprise Lionel before the lecture. The lecture is disrupted by students who think Lionel killed elephants. After dinner, Jean goes for a drink with Alistair, Judith has a drink with the Master of the College (played by Paul Rogers) and Lionel goes back to Denise's. However, after having an argument he leaves. Guest starring Karl Collins. |
| "Relationships" |
9 February |
Alistair tells Lionel that My Life in Kenya needs "humanising", so Lionel checks back into the hotel and goes to see Jean for some secretarial assistance. Sandy agrees to work for him, but Lionel has problems doing what Alistair wants him to do, so Jean invites him round one evening so she can help. After Lionel gives a slightly depressed Judy a bit of confidence, she falls for him and Alistair sends flowers and chocolates to Jean. Meanwhile, Type for You gets a second branch in Brompton Road. |
| "The Picnic" |
16 February |
Alistair sends a band to Jean's at 8am and later sends her a gorillagram. Judy insists that she, not Sandy, go to the hotel to be Lionel's secretary but tells Lionel that Sandy is ill. When Lionel discovers that Judy fancies him, he tells Jean that he feels uncomfortable. Jean, Lionel, Judy and Alistair go on a picnic together, and Jean and Lionel plan to make Judy and Alistair fall for each other. After the picnic, Judy and Alistair go for a walk while Jean and Lionel kiss. |
| Title |
Airdate |
Overview |
| "White Hunter" |
10 January |
Alistair decides that the front cover of My Life in Kenya will be a photograph of Lionel. Lionel is nervous about the photo shoot and asks Jean to come with him. Initially she does not as she is expecting an important client, but she later decides to leave Judy, who is now over Lionel, and Sandy to deal with the client and goes to give Lionel support. At the photo shoot, Lionel is dressed as a white hunter holding a rifle with a young woman at his side. He gets annoyed when Jean laughs, but when they get back to the office, Judy tells Lionel that Jean lost thousands of pounds of business because she missed the client. |
| "Weekend Away" |
17 January |
Judy tells Jean she is going away for the weekend, but refuses to where or who with. Later, when Alistair tells Lionel he is going to Paris for the weekend, Jean thinks that he must be going with Judy, who refuses to confirm or deny it. Over a "working breakfast", Lionel is shown a dummy copy of My Life in Kenya that is to be published in three weeks. After both Judy and Sandy encourage Jean to have time alone with Lionel while Judy is away, Jean does the opposite on the Friday and tells Lionel she is busy all weekend. The following day, after seeing Alistair, who did not go to Paris after all, Lionel goes round to Jean's house. However, Judy returns home early and tells them that she went to Pangbourne on her own to give Jean and Lionel time alone. |
| "Visiting Rocky" |
24 January |
Lionel gets depressed about what he can no longer do after he and Jean go boating. The following day, Lionel takes Jean down to Hampshire to meet his father. His father tells them how he is going to get married to 78-year-old Madge, and he asks Jean to be a bridesmaid. They also meet his housekeeper, Mrs Bale. As they leave, Lionel's father tells him to marry Jean. When Lionel later tells Jean this they both decide they are "too set" to get married. |
| "Why?" |
31 January |
Lionel has problems when trying to buy a new suit for the book launch. He later wonders why a successful publisher like Alistair is spending so much time personally on helping Lionel. After asking him twice, Alistair eventually tells him that in 1947 Lionel's father lent his father £500 to start a publishing firm and Alistair is returning the favour. Also, Lionel explains to Jean that he needs the money from the book sales as the money he earned in Kenya can only be spent in Kenya and Judy spends the night with Alistair. |
| "Misunderstandings" |
7 February |
While in a record shop, Lionel and Jean bump into Jean's sister-in-law Penny. They then have tea at Jean's house, and Jean tells Penny that she and Lionel have only known each other a few months. That weekend, Jean and Lionel stay with Penny and husband Stephen. When Penny starts talking about the years after Jean's husband died, Jean tells them that Lionel is a psychiatrist to change the subject. Later when Penny calls their relationship "companionship", Jean leads her to believe that she and Lionel sleep together, which then means they are given a double bed to share. |
| "The Cruise" |
14 February |
When they return from Penny's, Lionel realises he has left his watch behind and rings Penny to ask her to look for it. When Penny rings back, she speaks to Judy and tells her that Jean and Lionel shared a bed. Meanwhile, Lionel is offered a cruise where he will deliver a lecture on My Life in Kenya, but Jean is not flattered when he says she can come along for free. Alistair suggests that for the sake of the book, Jean does not accompany Lionel when going to book signing and other public appearances, but Lionel soon rubbishes the idea. Guest starring Dean Harris. |
| "The Book Signing" |
21 February |
Lionel signs copies of My Life in Kenya at Waterstone's in London and Alistair has "stacked" the queue with people paid to ask him to sign the book. Meanwhile, Jean, Judy and Sandy ring everyone they known to tell them to buy the book and Jean buys 140 copies personally. Later, Lionel tours Britain to promote the book. After reading the inscription in the book, which read "To Pooh", Alistair correctly guesses that refers to Jean (Pooh as in Winnie-the-Pooh, as when they first met Jean liked honey) and then suggests that they make a story out this mystery woman. When Lionel finds out, he destroys the idea and then tells Jean he has booked them two tickets to Paris. |
| Title |
Airdate |
Overview |
| "We'll Always Have Paris" |
2 January |
Jean and Lionel are in Paris. After returning from a walk, Jean befriends Ann (played by Jessica Lloyd), an English woman whose husband Terry (Sam West) has walked out on her on their honeymoon after they had an argument when he made an "unreasonable demand" during the night. Jean then goes to lunch with Ann, while Lionel by accident meet Terry in the hotel bar. Terry then gets drunk, so Lionel takes him to his and Jean's room to sleep. Later, when Ann goes to Jean and Lionel's room to say she is leaving she sees Terry, who was getting ready to see her, getting changed and gets the wrong idea. Jean then leaves them to make up while Lionel tells Jean that the "unreasonable demand" was asking Ann to open a window. |
| "Rocky's Wedding Day" |
9 January |
Lionel, Jean, Judy and Alistair gather to take Sandy, who has just split from her boyfriend Nick, out to dinner at Simpson's. However, when Lionel's father Rocky arrives he insists they go to the Hard Rock Cafe instead and then invites Judy, Sandy and Alistair to his wedding. On the wedding day, the best man Mr Fishwick injures himself so Lionel becomes best man which means Alistair has to give Madge away, while Jean and Mrs Bale are bridesmaids. At the reception, Jean gets annoyed with Lionel for being so miserable. Shortly after Lionel gets a phone call from his father's doctor who tells him that Rocky will be lucky if he lives another year. Lionel then gives a very good best man's speech. On the way home Nick apologises to Sandy and they go off on his motorbike while Jean and Lionel agree to live together. |
| "Living Together, But Where?" |
16 January |
The day after Rocky's wedding, Lionel and Jean agree to move into together at noon the following day. However, both think the other is moving in with them. The following day, when Judy and Alistair realise this they try and find Lionel and Jean, but both have gone looking for each other which means neither is at home when the other arrives. Lionel then gets taken in by the Police for looking suspicious outside Jean's house. After Jean goes to the Police Station to vouch for him, they go back to Jean's and talk. While they want to live together, both want the other to move and they can not come to an agreement. |
| "Covering Up" |
23 January |
When Penny rings, Jean tells her that she and Lionel are getting on like a "house on fire", but actually they are not talking following the argument about where to live. Judy goes to Lionel's and persuades him to go to Jean's when Penny and Stephen will be there to pretend everything is fine. However, when Judy rings Jean to tell her he this, Alistair's car phone cuts off, so when Penny and Stephen arrive Jean tells them Lionel is in hospital with a broken ankle. When Lionel then arrives, he puts on a limp. Jean soon panics and gets rid of Penny and Stephen by pretending she has a judo class and they arrange to meet the following day, and Jean says that Stephen may see Lionel, who he thinks his a psychiatrist. Stephen confesses to having fantasies about his dental nurse Miss Breeze. When they all meet in the evening Jean tells Penny the truth about when she and Lionel first met and Lionel then says he will move in with Jean. |
| "Moving In" |
30 January |
With Alistair and Sandy's help, Lionel moves to live with Jean. While unpacking, Jean insists of removing her bedside photo of David, her first husband, but Lionel say she should not. Alistair meets Lionel in the pub and talks about Lionel writing a TV mini-series on his and Jean's romance, but he dismisses idea. Alistair then suggests that he take Jean to dinner at "The Caffe", an exclusive restaurant he knows, and Alistair then books them a table. However, Jean has already started cooking a special meal, and after an argument Lionel cancels the table. Later they end up eating a fish and chips restaurant when Jean's cooking goes wrong. |
| "Branching Out" |
6 February |
Jean opens the second Type for You branch, and needs a manager to run it. Meanwhile, Alistair offers Sandy a tempting job as his PA. Judy expects to be chosen as the new manager, but Jean has to tell her that she is not up to the job. Jean then offers the job to Sandy, who then tells her of Alistair's job offer. She then goes to see Alistair about this. Alistair tells Jean of his idea that Lionel should write a TV mini-series. Later, after Sandy and Judy have talked, Sandy turns down the job of branch manager. Jean tries to persuade Lionel to write the mini-series while Alistair leaves for America to discuss the idea with a TV company. |
| "The Mini-Series" |
13 February |
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| "A Trip to Los Angeles" |
20 February |
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| "Dealing with Sally" |
27 February |
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| "Problems, Problems" |
6 March |
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