Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20050624 | Comedy series by Marcus Powell. 1/6. Lulu's Back in Town Roy starts to feel that his place as head of the Walcott household is threatened when his wife's vivacious sister Louisa comes to stay. After she insists on taking his best friend George out for dinner, he really begins to panic. Roy ...... Don Warrington Vi ...... Yvonne Brewster George ...... Sam Kelly Barry ...... George Layton Bernadette ...... Caroline Lee Johnson Victor ...... Marcus Powell Louisa ...... Amanda Symonds Trombonist ...... Mike Kearsey Directed by Carol Smith. Afternoon Morning Evening | |||
| 20050708 | 3/6. Swingin' Down the Lane Roy and George hear that an old bandleader, Gillie Truman, is on his deathbed and George is keen to visit. But Roy fell out with Gillie 50 years earlier and sees no reason to bury the hatchet. Roy ...... Don Warrington Vi ...... Yvonne Brewster George ...... Sam Kelly Barry ...... George Layton Bernadette ...... Caroline Lee Johnson Victor ...... Marcus Powell Gillie ...... Michael Bertenshaw Laura ...... Angie Wallis Trombonist ...... Mike Kearsey Directed by Carol Smith. Afternoon Morning Evening | |||
| 20050715 | 4/6. Thanks for the Memory George is surprised when everyone seems to have forgotten his 70th birthday. Roy, concealing his real plans, offers to buy him a bag of chips on the way home from the pub. But an evening of celebration brings back some bittersweet memories. Roy ...... Don Warrington Vi ...... Yvonne Brewster George ...... Sam Kelly Barry ...... George Layton Bernadette ...... Caroline Lee Johnson Victor ...... Marcus Powell Trombonist ...... Mike Kearsey Afternoon Morning Evening | |||
| 01 | 01 | Body And Soul | 20030930 | Roy, a 70-year-old jazz trombonist and George his best friend and pianist face up to their own mortality at the funeral of a member of their old band. Meanwhile, Roy's wife Vi, is full of life as her evening class tutor begins to show more than an academic interest in her. |
| 01 | 02 | 20031007 | Roy and his newly formed quartet prepare for their first gig and decide to inject some new blood by hiring a foxy young singer. Meanwhile. all is going well as Vi helps Bernadette organise an important corporate event until their proposed band fail to make an appearancre. | |
| 01 | 03 | The Folks Who Live On The Hill | 20031014 | While lavishing care on Vi while she's sick, Roy makes matters considerably worse as Bernadette prepares for Victors Birthday party, she finds herself welcoming some very unexpected guests. |
| 01 | 04 | 20031021 | When an old musician pal turns up after 40 years abroad, Roy begins to smell a rat. But Neither Roy nor George could begin to suspect their pal's real secret. | |
| 01 | 05 | I Could Write A Book | 20031028 | Roy mourns the loss of his faithful trombone until George hits on a novel idea for finding a replacement. Bernadette suspects that Victor is seeing someone else and is totally shocked when she discovers who. |
| 01 | 06 LAST | She's Funny That Way | 20031104 | George is speechless when confronted by his Broadway idol, Francesca Marlowe. Roy is equally speechless when he realises she has taken his place in George's affections and to make matters worse, the infatuation seems to be mutual. |
| 02 | 01 | Lulu's Back In Town | 20050624 | Roy starts to feel that his place as head of the Walcott household is threatened when his wife's vivacious sister Louisa comes to stay. After she insists on taking his best friend George out for dinner, he really begins to panic. |
| 02 | 02 | I Get Along Without You Very Well | 20050701 | When Barry's wife leaves him for another man, Roy thinks he knows the best way to get her back. But at 2.00am and after many fortifying glasses of rum, it's not looking so hopeful. Don Warrington....Roy Yvonne Brewster....Vi Sam Kelly....George George Layton....Barry Caroline Lee Johnson....Bernadette Trombonist....Mike Kearsey Directed by Carol Smith |
| 02 | 03 | Swingin' Down The Lane | 20050708 | Roy and George hear that an old bandleader, Gillie Truman, is on his deathbed and George is keen to visit. But Roy fell out with Gillie 50 years earlier and sees no reason to bury the hatchet. |
| 02 | 04 LAST | Thanks For The Memory | 20050715 | George is surprised when everyone seems to have forgotten his 70th birthday. Roy, concealing his real plans, offers to buy him a bag of chips on the way home from the pub. But an evening of celebration brings back some bittersweet memories. |