Goodnight Sweetheart
British sitcom in which an unhappily married man discovers he can time travel back to 1940s war-torn London where he masquerades as an MI5 agent and part-time songwriter whilst courting the local barmaid.
Cast:Nicholas Lyndhurst , Victor McGuire , Christopher Ettridge , Elizabeth Carling , Emma Amos , Dervla Kirwan , Michelle Holmes , Eve Bland , David Ryall , David Benson , John Rapley , Yvonne D'Alpra , Nimmy March , Peter Halliday , Ronnie Stevens , Sonya Walger , Katie Donnison , Regina Freedman
S1.E1 ∙ Rites of Passage
TV repairman, Gary Sparrow, takes a wrong turn on the way to his next assignment.
S1.E2 ∙ Fools Rush In
Gary has a job interview in the present and hopes to take Phoebe dancing in the past.
S1.E3 ∙ Is Your Journey Really Necessary?
Gary learns that a devastating daytime air raid is due, so he heads to the Royal Oak to warn Phoebe.
S1.E4 ∙ The More I See You
Ron agrees to print Gary some ID papers which will pass muster in the 1940s, on one condition.
S1.E5 ∙ I Get Along Without You Very Well
On his way to the Royal Oak during the blackout, Gary is involved in an accident.
S1.E6 ∙ In the Mood
King George VI is set to visit the local hospital. Ron entices Gary to make a financial investment in the past which will benefit them in the present.
S2.E1 ∙ Don't Get Around Much Any More
When Gary needs money for a new house, Ron convinces him to try his investment idea for the second time.
S2.E2 ∙ I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
Gary is left feeling unwanted when a Czech officer takes an interest in Phoebe.
S2.E3 ∙ Just One More Chance
Gary is due in court after his arrest for drink-driving.
S2.E4 ∙ Who's Taking You Home Tonight?
Gary attempts to have simultaneous dinner dates with Yvonne and Phoebe with a little help from Ron.
S2.E5 ∙ Wish Me Luck...
When Yvonne lands her dream job up north, Gary feels he must finally choose between the two women he loves.
S2.E6 ∙ ...As You Wave Me Goodbye
The daily hardships of wartime life begin to take their toll on Gary and he contemplates returning to the present. Reg is disappointed when Gary fails to turn up for fire-watching duty.
S2.E7 ∙ Would You Like to Swing on a Star
Since Ron is unable to pay him for his fictional sales job, Gary finds an alternate way to earn some quick money. Gary decides to enter a talent contest in the hope of winning a gramophone for Phoebe.
S2.E8 ∙ Nice Work If You Can Get It
After Gary's success in the talent contest, Wix books him to play some more shows.
S2.E9 ∙ Let Yourself Go
Yvonne is convinced she's pregnant. Gary and Phoebe spend a weekend in the countryside.
S2.E10 ∙ Don't Fence Me In
Phoebe's worried when she learns her pub licence is set to be revoked. Meanwhile, Gary's in danger of losing his route to the past when a development project begins in Duckett's Passage.
S3.E1 ∙ Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
The construction on Duckett's Passage is finally complete, and Gary hopes to secure one of the vacant units to allow him access to the time portal. Back in the past, Gary tries to warn the Americans of the impending attack on Pearl Harbor.
S3.E2 ∙ It Ain't Necessarily So
Stella is hosting a New Year's Eve party, but Ron is not invited. Due to the difference in time zones, Gary is able to ring in the new year with both Phoebe and Yvonne.
S3.E3 ∙ One O'Clock Jump
Unbeknowst to Yvonne, Gary applies for a job on her behalf. After bumping into Reg's present-day doppelganger yet again, Gary is surprised to find he claims to have no children.
S3.E4 ∙ It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Gary, Reg and Phoebe attempt to apprehend a Nazi spy.
S3.E5 ∙ Change Partners
As Ron's marriage problems hit a new low, an overconfident Gary offers him some seemingly sound advice.
S3.E6 ∙ Goodnight Children Everywhere
Ron unexpectedly turns up at the Sparrow household with suitcase in hand. Phoebe suggests Gary should assume teaching duties for the local children who haven't been to school in months.
S3.E7 ∙ Turned Out Nice Again
Gary bumps into his former talent agent, Sidney Wix, which leads to an unwelcome collaboration with superstar ukulele player, George Formby.
S3.E8 ∙ There's Something About a Soldier
Phoebe's husband Donald, who has escaped from the prison camp in Italy, returns. Gary feels he must give Phoebe up for good - Ron suggests he tell her he is an alien from the planet Zircon - but both Phoebe and Donald tell Gary separately that they allowed themselves to be pushed into a somewhat passionless marriage by relatives. It is implied in what Donald tells Gary that his real love was Steve, with whom he planned to emigrate but was killed in North Africa. Donald takes his leave, bidding Gary to take care of Phoebe. Yvonne is devastated because Gary again fails to come home and she has arranged a job interview for him with her firm.
S3.E9 ∙ Someone to Watch Over Me
When Phoebe is ill with pneumonia Gary brings her penicillin, the bottles belonging to Yvonne and Ron, who had some for his poorly dog Sheba. Phoebe recovers and, seeing the name Sheba on the label, suspects Gary is seeing another woman. He decides to tell her the truth about Yvonne but she has already fallen asleep.
S3.E10 ∙ The Yanks Are Coming
When the Yanks come to the Royal Oak Gary is able to get Ron the parts he needs to build his own jeep and Reg discovers he has a black cousin, in the area to trace his ancestors. A racist corporal called Billy Joe tries to ban the black soldiers from the pub so Gary gets him drunk and knocks him out. Yvonne is so thrilled by the success of the memorabilia shop that Gary is worried by her zeal and takes steps to dampen her enthusiasm.
S3.E11 ∙ Let's Get Away from It All
Gary's parallel lives run parallel as Yvonne puts their house in Cricklewood on the market to move to 'yuppy heaven' with a gym and a pool and Phoebe rents a house in the suburbs from a woman who is moving to Devon for the war's duration. Both women are pregnant by him but, as he tells Ron, Phoebe needs him more, meaning he must spend less time in the present.
S4.E1 ∙ You're Driving Me Crazy
Determined to show Yvonne that his memorabilia shop can be highly profitable, Gary heads to the past to get his hands on some rare watches.
S4.E2 ∙ In the Mood
With a child of their own on the way, Yvonne thinks Gary would do well to get some practice in by minding their 6-year-old nephew, Arthur.
S4.E3 ∙ Out of Town
Whilst Yvonne is away on business, Gary plans to take a week-long countryside holiday with Phoebe.
S4.E4 ∙ And Mother Came Too
Donald is killed when a sniper falls out of a tree and Ron gets arrested.
S4.E5 ∙ The Leaving of Liverpool
Gary and Phoebe take a trip to Liverpool to meet her no-nonsense grandmother. After bumping into Ron's grandfather, Gary finds himself in a bit of a space-time pickle.
S4.E6 ∙ How Long Has This Been Going On?
Margie has finally had enough of the domestic abuse from her husband and turns to Reg for help. Yvonne is rushed to hospital and her mum arrives to help out.
S4.E7 ∙ Easy Living
As Yvonne now has plenty of time on her hands since quitting her job, Gary is finding it hard to slip off to the past to plan his impending wedding with Phoebe.
S4.E8 ∙ Come Fly with Me
Gary spends his last night as a free man flitting between his two stag dos - one with Ron and the other at the Royal Oak.
S4.E10 ∙ Careless Talk...
Gary is alarmed when he discovers that Ron has divulged his time-travelling escapades to Kate, Yvonne's journalist friend.
S4.E11 ∙ The Bells Are Ringing
Phoebe is due to give birth, but her cantankerous midwife is a little the worse-for-wear having had one too many drinks.
S5.E1 ∙ A Room with a View
Gary and baby Michael are caught outside during an unexpected air raid.
S5.E2 ∙ London Pride
Gary suspects Yvonne may be having an affair with her business partner. Phoebe undertakes elocution lessons by Noel.
S5.E3 ∙ When Two Worlds Collide
When an unexploded bomb in Duckett's Passage finally goes off, the explosion plays havoc with the time portal.
S5.E4 ∙ Mairzy Doats
When Ron wanders through the time portal, he proves to be a rampant liability for Gary.
S5.E5 ∙ Pennies from Heaven
Short of 1940s white fivers, Ron suggests Gary should try his hand at gambling.
S5.E6 ∙ We Don't Want to Lose You...
Gary is coerced into undertaking a special mission by impersonating a french colonel.
S5.E7 ∙ ... But We Think You Have to Go
Gary realises he's been left to fend for himself in Nazi-occupied France.
S5.E8 ∙ Have You Ever Seen a Dream Walking?
Gary is disturbed by a bout of endless nightmares.
S5.E9 ∙ Love the One You're With
Gary fears his life will end in the past by way of a terrible accident, but he intends to alter his destiny.
S5.E10 ∙ My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Gary meets his son, Michael, in the present-day.
S6.E1 ∙ Mine's a Double
After he's struck by lightning, Gary is confronted with an evil clone.
S6.E3 ∙ California Dreamin'
Gary has his work cut out when both Phoebe and Yvonne reveal they'd like to emigrate to California.
S6.E4 ∙ Grief Encounter
Phoebe is offered a small part in a feature film. Yvonne has business troubles.
S6.E5 ∙ ...The 'Ouses in Between
When Gary enters Duckett's Passage from the wrong end, he finds himself in the 1880s.
S6.E7 ∙ How I Won the War
Gary and Phoebe get stranded in Nazi-occupied Belgium. Ron attempts to discover if Yvonne is having an affair.
S6.E8 ∙ Something Fishie
Gary and Phoebe's nightclub falls foul to a protection racket. Ron is heartbroken after being dumped by Flic.
S6.E9 ∙ Flash, Bang, Wallop
When Gary discovers his photo in a biography of Noel Coward, he heads back in time to try and erase it from existence before Yvonne gets a chance to see it.
S6.E10 ∙ Accentuate the Positive
Yvonne suspects Gary is having an affair, so she follows him to the shop. Back in the past, VE Day approaches.
S7.E0 ∙ Many Happy Returns
It's 1962, seventeen years after Gary got stuck in 1945, and he now has the chance to be at his own birth.
