Martin Bryce (Richard Briers) is a committee man. He has numerous schemes and committees organized around the neighborhood. He is so obsessive about every detail of everything he does, he is driving his long-suffering wife, Anne (Dame Penelope Wilton), slowly crazy. Then the new neighbor Paul Ryman (Peter Egan) arrives. He has a more worldly outlook than those who liv... Read all
Cast:Richard Briers , Penelope Wilton , Peter Egan , Stanley Lebor , Geraldine Newman , Gabrielle Daye , Timothy Bateson , Ann Davies , Pamela Salem , Ronnie Stevens , Suzan Crowley , Brian Gwaspari , Harriet Reynolds , Ray Winstone , James Grout , Vivienne Martin , Peter Blake , Fiona Curzon
Martin agrees to take delivery of some manure for Paul's garden. Things don't quite go according to plan. Paul clears everything up in record time when he gets home.
Martin is abroad on a business trip. He wakes up in a compromising position. What if word gets back to Ann?
Some neighbours move out of The Close. Paul buys their house as an investment and plans to rent it out. But who will Paul choose as tenants?
Martin performs an act of heroism. But how will he handle the fame and adulation?
Ann is campaigning for support for OU students. Martin thinks it's a plot by the Kremlin. Will it affect his attempts to join a local club?
Paul & Martin face each other at a local Cavaliers and Roundheads event. Paul has had a run of bad luck recently, can Martin actually beat him at something?