List of Fresh Fields episodes
This is a list of episodes for the British television series Fresh Fields.
Series overview
| Series |
Episodes |
Premiered: |
Ended: |
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1 |
6 |
1984.03.07 |
1984.04.11 |
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2 |
6 |
1984.09.05 |
1984.10.10 |
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3 |
6 |
1985.09.04 |
1985.10.09 |
|
Special |
1 |
1985.12.25 |
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4 |
8 |
1986.09.04 |
1986.10.23 |
DVD releases
The following DVD sets were released by Acorn Media.[1]
| DVD set |
Episodes |
Release date |
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Fresh Fields: Set 1 |
12 |
2011.02.22 |
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Fresh Fields: Set 2 |
14 |
2011.10.04 |
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Episodes
- Nº = Overall episodes number
- Ep = Episode number by series
Series 1: March–April 1984
| Nº |
Ep |
Title |
Directed by: |
Written by: |
Air date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Dish of the Day" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 7 March 1984 (1984-03-07) |
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Hester spices things up with a foray into haute cuisine, landing a job as a part-time chef at a local restaurant. However, she's missing one vital ingredient for her debut, and only William can save the day. |
| 2 | 2 | "Middle-Age Dread" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 14 March 1984 (1984-03-14) |
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Suddenly feeling her years, Hester is determined to prove she's not too old to start a new career, but her confidence is shaken after she gets turned down for a job at a trendy boutique. |
| 3 | 3 | "Hook, Line and Sink Her" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 21 March 1984 (1984-03-21) |
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William plans to get away from it all with a day's fishing. But there's a catch — his wife and mother-in-law want to come along, too. The addition of yet another person to the party threatens to change the whole trip entirely. |
| 4 | 4 | "The Naked Truth" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 28 March 1984 (1984-03-28) |
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Keen to impress a prospective client visiting from the Middle East, William enlists Hester's help to ensure the trip goes off without a hitch. The Fields soon discover that the man has an unusual understanding of mixing business with pleasure. |
| 5 | 5 | "Des Det Res" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 4 April 1984 (1984-04-04) |
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With property taxes due, William comes up with a drastic solution: He decides it's time to sell their home and move to a smaller place. Hester has other ideas and enlists two co-conspirators to help execute her plan. |
| 6 | 6 | "Something in the Oven" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 11 April 1984 (1984-04-11) |
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Hester is unnerved when she learns that a food critic will be at the restaurant during her shift. She gets edgier still when her unmarried daughter Emma tells her she's going to have a baby. |
Series 2: September–October 1984
| Nº |
Ep |
Title |
Directed by: |
Written by: |
Air date |
| 7 | 1 | "A Night to Remember" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 5 September 1984 (1984-09-05) |
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William organizes a special getaway to mark their 24th wedding anniversary. He surprises Hester by taking her back to the hotel where he first proposed — but an even bigger surprise is waiting for them when they get there. |
| 8 | 2 | "A Brief Encounter" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 12 September 1984 (1984-09-12) |
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Hackles arise when William notices that Hester's fencing instructor — a known Casanova — is paying her quite a bit of attention. Hester, however, sees no cause for alarm. Only when she lowers her guard does she realize William might have a point. |
| 9 | 3 | "Alright on the Night" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 19 September 1984 (1984-09-19) |
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Hester gets roped into organizing the church bazaar and concert while William plans to escape it all by going fishing for the day. But when one of the performers call in sick, Hester finds an unexpected role for William, too. |
| 10 | 4 | "In the Spring" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 26 September 1984 (1984-09-26) |
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A scandalous affair in the neighborhood gets Hester's creative juices flowing. She begins a new writing project, much to William's dismay. Meanwhile, Hester's father takes an entirely different kind of inspiration from the whole affair. |
| 11 | 5 | "Business Contacts" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 3 October 1984 (1984-10-03) |
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When William's secretary calls in sick, the ever-helpful Hester volunteers to run the office. She has to get creative when an important new client shows up for an appointment and William is nowhere to be found. |
| 12 | 6 | "Get Me to the Church" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 10 October 1984 (1984-10-10) |
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Emma finally sets a date for her wedding. The church is booked, the jet-setting parents of the groom fly in, and the wedding party assembles for the grand occasion. But no one can make an entrance quite like Hester. |
Series 3: 1985
| Nº |
Ep |
Title |
Directed by: |
Written by: |
Air date |
| 13 | 1 | "Do It Yourself" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 4 September 1985 (1985-09-04) |
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It always pays to call in an expert when you decide to redecorate. But unfortunately the one Hester finds falls down on the job — literally. |
| 14 | 2 | "A Waiting Game" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 11 September 1985 (1985-09-11) |
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Hester attempts to cater a large party, and is reduced to persuading William to stand in as butler — which becomes complicated when some of William's clients turn up as guests. |
| 15 | 3 | "Moveable Feasts" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 18 September 1985 (1985-09-18) |
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Hester attempts to deliver "meals-on-wheels" while babysitting her newborn grandson. |
| 16 | 4 | "Tipping the Scales" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 25 September 1985 (1985-09-25) |
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According to Hester, slimming is easy. You just give up food and drink. After a starvation diet, William is ready to give up Hester. |
| 17 | 5 | "Crossed Lines" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 2 October 1985 (1985-10-02) |
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Hester is up for election to a local committee, and meets her rival — an attractive blonde — head-on at a wine tasting party. |
| 18 | 6 | "Alarums And Excursions" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 9 October 1985 (1985-10-09) |
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Sonia reads Hester's fortune, and predicts both travel and a secret admirer. |
Christmas special
| Nº |
Title |
Directed by: |
Written by: |
Air date |
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| 19 | "A Dickens of a Christmas" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 25 December 1985 (1985-12-25) |
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Hester cooks up more than she bargained for when she spices up William's dinner.[2] |
Series 4: 1986
| Nº |
Ep |
Title |
Directed by: |
Written by: |
Air date |
| 20 | 1 | "A Nose for Trouble" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 4 September 1986 (1986-09-04) |
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William's snoring keeps Hester awake night after night. |
| 21 | 2 | "The Old Folks at Home" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 11 September 1986 (1986-09-11) |
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Upset that a Victorian mansion is to be torn down and replaced by "a block of flats," Hester starts a campaign to persuade local councillor Mr. Gardner to convert the premises into a seniors' residence. When he doubts the need for such a facility, Hester invites him home, having persuaded Nancy, her sister Winnie, and Guy to pretend senility. The appalled Gardner not only approves the home but telephones to notify William and Hester that he has arranged for their dotty dependents to move in immediately. |
| 22 | 3 | "One Damned Ming After Another" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 18 September 1986 (1986-09-18) |
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The Fields hope to get their Chinese vase onto a locally filmed episode of Antiques Roadshow. Returning home, they surprise a burglar at work — enabling Hester to use her newly acquired martial arts skills. |
| 23 | 4 | "Life Is Full of Ups and Downs" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 25 September 1986 (1986-09-25) |
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William and Hester go shopping in Boulogne. |
| 24 | 5 | "Takes Two to Tango" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 2 October 1986 (1986-10-02) |
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William and Hester go abroad for their second honeymoon. |
| 25 | 6 | "Caught in the Act" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 9 October 1986 (1986-10-09) |
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William insists on mending a leaky kitchen tap himself, necessitating an expensive visit from the plumber. Meanwhile, Hester gets a call from Peter's parents, the Richardsons, who are coming from Dorset to London for the day and invite themselves to dinner and to stay overnight. Driven mad by overbearing Margaret and epically boring Henry, and dismayed when their guests decide to stay another night, the Fields invent a dinner engagement at a Bournemouth hotel, but actually bundle themselves and Nancy next door to Sonia's for the night. Then Margaret and Henry turn up to chat with Sonia, and the Fields flee to Nancy's granny flat — only to be mistaken for burglars. They excuse their return by claiming that Nancy has come down with flu; but next morning Margaret cheerfully announces that Henry has caught it from Nancy and will have to remain in bed for several days. |
| 26 | 7 | "Brighton or Bust" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 16 October 1986 (1986-10-16) |
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Hester signs up for a charity bicycle race. |
| 27 | 8 | "Happy Returns" | Peter Frazer-Jones | John T. Chapman | 23 October 1986 (1986-10-23) |
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After a sojourn in Italy, the Fields return home to celebrate Hester's 45th birthday. Despite William's back going out, and some complications arising from misunderstandings, they settle on dinner out to celebrate — whereupon Hester is summoned to deal with an emergency at Lucy's Kitchen. This turns out to be a ruse as the restaurant is packed with their friends for a surprise party, and Guy and Nancy announce that they were re-married that morning, leaving Hester in floods of happy tears. |
Sources / references
- ↑ Fresh Fields at TVShowsOnDVD.com
- ↑ "A Dickens of a Christmas" at LocateTV.com