Episodes
Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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01 | 01 | Over The Top | 19860724 | 20120503/04 (BBC7) 20140715 (BBC7) 20140716 (BBC7) 20191104 (BBC7) 20191105 (BBC7) 20240314 (BBC7) 20240315 (BBC7) | The Smollett family attempt to make a man of their son, a self-employed train spotter. |
01 | 02 | Henry The Vee | 19860731 | 20120510/11 (BBC7) 20140722 (BBC7) 20140723 (BBC7) 20191111 (BBC7) 20191112 (BBC7) 20240321 (BBC7) 20240322 (BBC7) | The King fights the French at Agincourt but will the Bard or Barbara Cartland win the day? |
01 | 03 | Twenty-twenty Vision | 19860807 | 20120517/18 (BBC7) 20140729 (BBC7) 20140730 (BBC7) 20191216 (BBC7) 20191217 (BBC7) | Professor Quarterpound gathers Britain's top scientists to witness his new time machine. |
01 | 04 | Railway '86, The Movie! | 19860814 | 20120524/25 (BBC7) 20140805 (BBC7) 20140806 (BBC7) 20191125 (BBC7) 20191126 (BBC7) 20240328 (BBC7) 20240329 (BBC7) | British Rail's new 'Silver Bullet' train ends up as a runaway express to Aberdeen. |
01 | 05 | Voodoo Island | 19860821 | 20120531 (BBC7) 20120601 (BBC7) 20140812 (BBC7) 20140813 (BBC7) 20191202 (BBC7) 20191203 (BBC7) | A missionary expedition leads to peril in the far flung Caribbean. |
01 | 06 | Dead Men Don't Eat Pilchards | 19860828 | 20120607/08 (BBC7) 20140819 (BBC7) 20140820 (BBC7) 20191209 (BBC7) 20191210 (BBC7) | A witness protection programme goes badly awry. Stars Roy Hudd. From August 1986. |
02 | 01 | The Curse Of The Smollett's Curse! | 19880607 | 20120906/07 (BBC7) 20140103 (BBC7) 20140104 (BBC7) 20151021 (BBC7) 20151022 (BBC7) 20151024 (BBC7) 20191118 (BBC7) 20191119 (BBC7) | Melissa and Compton win a holiday, but spurn Herne Bay for an adventure in ancient Egypt. |
02 | 02 | The Dead Walk At Midnight! | 19880614 | 20120913/14 (BBC7) 20140110 (BBC7) 20140111 (BBC7) 20151028 (BBC7) 20151029 (BBC7) 20200203 (BBC7) 20200204 (BBC7) | A reporter arrives to investigate mysterious happenings at a haunted manor. |
02 | 03 | The Idiots Have Landed! | 19880621 | 20120920/21 (BBC7) 20140117 (BBC7) 20140118 (BBC7) 20151104 (BBC7) 20151105 (BBC7) 20200210 (BBC7) 20200211 (BBC7) | A Second World War tale of derring-do, to dispose of Adolf Hitler at his Bavarian lodge. |
02 | 04 | Dead Dames Don't Dance With Danger | 19880628 | 20120927/28 (BBC7) 20140124 (BBC7) 20140125 (BBC7) 20151111 (BBC7) 20151112 (BBC7) 20200217 (BBC7) 20200218 (BBC7) | Top American cop Bert Chisel is called in to solve a murder mystery for Scotland Yard. |
02 | 05 | Tom Smollet's Schooldays | 19880705 | 20121004/05 (BBC7) 20140131 (BBC7) 20140201 (BBC7) 20151118 (BBC7) 20151119 (BBC7) 20200224 (BBC7) 20200225 (BBC7) | A pupil faces up to boarding school life with a fearsome headmaster and a head boy bully. |
02 | 06 | The Fall Of The House Of Slaithwaite | 19880712 | 20121011/12 (BBC7) 20140207 (BBC7) 20140208 (BBC7) 20151125 (BBC7) 20151126 (BBC7) 20200302 (BBC7) 20200303 (BBC7) | A black pudding maker must deal with the consequences of some unexpected ingredients. |