S1.E1 ∙ Should Auld Acquaintance

No longer able to say "Please Sir!" when they have a problem, Form 5C from Fenn Street Secondary Modern are out in the cold hard world. But school friendships die hard and the mob determine to preserve their group identity.

S1.E2 ∙ The Start of Something Big

Things are not going too smoothly for Eric and Sharon. While Eric is busy having a brush with the Law, Sharon realizes that there are other fish in the sea. It is then that ace "tec" Frankie Abbott comes onto the scene - on his first case!

S1.E3 ∙ Leave It to Me, Darling

The Fenn Street Gang get a new member - Bernard Hedges.

S1.E4 ∙ Horses for Courses

Dennis knows who his real friends are - or does he? Things come to a head when Maureen takes him to a party.

S1.E5 ∙ Meet the Wizard

Penny (Bernard's wife) decides that a woman's place is certainly not at home but the problem is keeping her job a secret from Bernard, who has rather old-fashioned views on women. Because, when at last he does get off the dole, his new job brings him into contact with all sorts of people.

S1.E6 ∙ Distant Horizons

The course of Duffy's and Sharon's true love never did run very smoothly, but as they grow older it becomes positively bumpy. When Sharon meets a sensitive student and Duffy gets his first taste of real competition, something just has to give.

S1.E7 ∙ Change Partners

Bernard still waits to start work at London University, while at home the bills keep on piling up. When a friend suggests a lucrative part-time job, he jumps at the chance but the kind of work involved makes him wished that he had looked before he leaped.

S1.E8 ∙ The Thin Yellow Line

When private detective "Hank" Abbott's career comes to an inglorious end, the British Army opens its arms to a new recruit. Had the Army realized what it was getting, the open arms might well have become clenched fists.

S1.E9 ∙ All Mod Cons

When Dennis leaves home he finds he's taken on more than he can handle. Meanwhile, Eric has taken on Peter Craven in an optimistic attempt to contemplate a decorating job.

S1.E10 ∙ These Foolish Things

This episode chronicles the final dust-up between Duffy and Sharon, Abbott in hospital with a stab wound and Dunstable's flat as a rendez-vous.

S1.E11 ∙ Rough Justice

Dennis falls into bad company and is introduced to Russian bitter. The result is an appearance in the Magistrate's Court. This may seem bad enough, but when Duffy, Craven and their old teacher Mr. Smith appear for the defense, things go from bad to worse.

S1.E12 ∙ Who Was That Lady?

Duffy is feeling the strain of separation from Sharon but is not above chatting up a bird - especially when her father is in a position to put a bit of business his way.

S1.E13 ∙ Kill or Cure

Maureen is a bundle of nerves as she waits for her "O" level results which will affect her nursing career. What better cure for the nerves than a nice date with a "nice chap?" Duffy and Craven, with the best will in the world, pick the "nice chap." But where there is a will there is not always a way.

S1.E14 ∙ When Did You Last See Your Father?

S1.E15 ∙ A Fair Swap

The happiest day of a girl's life is her wedding day - that is unless she's being married from the Duffy household! The whole affair of the wedding of Duffy's cousin Deborah is somewhat complicated by Maureen's kidnapping and the assistance of Frankie "Nurse" Abbott.

S1.E16 ∙ The Clean Weekend

Eric and Sharon get back together and the gang have a day out at the seaside. When they decide to stay the night in a hotel, Eric and Sharon get themselves into all kinds of trouble.

S1.E17 ∙ Tally Ho

With a bit of help from Craven, Dennis Dunstable tries to make his abusive, alcoholic dad turn over a new leaf.

S1.E18 ∙ Horse of the Year

Dennis decides how to spend his birthday money and buys a horse at an auction.

S1.E19 ∙ From Sudbury with Love

Frankie Abbott hits town looking for a new girlfriend.

S1.E20 ∙ Who's Minding the Shop?

A road accident means the Fenn Street Gang become shop-keepers.

S1.E21 ∙ The Great Frock Robbers

Sharon's job at the boutique is in jeopardy when she is blamed for not spotting a gang of shop-lifters. It seems things can't get any worse - until Frankie gets the job of store detective.

S2.E1 ∙ The Crunch

Duffy discovers that running a small family business is not all beer and skittles. He can't even afford the beer!

S2.E2 ∙ Smart Lad Wanted

Bowler, the local villain who "runs everything except London Transport," offers the out-of-work Craven a job. Craven's friends warn him about getting mixed up with Bowler, but he has never been one to listen to advice that didn't suit him.

S2.E3 ∙ The Woman for Dennis

The gang is delighted when the lonely Dennis Dunstable announces he has found a girlfriend, until they meet the "girl" - battle-scarred and pushing forty. Sadly, it appears Cupid may need a little correction.

S2.E4 ∙ Ménagerie à trois

Abbott's hypochondriac mother throws off her bandages when she falls for a man. Abbott's jealousy drives him from home and he decides to inflict himself on Dennis. However, Abbott and his mother deserve each other too much for the parting to be permanent.

S2.E5 ∙ That Sort of Girl

Struggling to stay in business, Duffy needs - but cannot afford - some new ladders. Sharon enters a beauty contest to try to get enough money to buy them, but Duffy has strong views on beauty contests. Meanwhile, Maureen has strong views on men who have strong views on beauty contests.

S2.E6 ∙ The Left Hand Path

Working for the crooked Mr. Bowler has brought Craven a flash car and flash clothes. Working for himself has brought Duffy packed lunches and overalls. Craven cannot resist showing off, although showing off with Bowler's money is not only silly, but very dangerous.

S2.E7 ∙ The Lady with the Lamp

At last Maureen passes her "O" levels and begins her career as a "real" nurse. Little do the patients and staff realize what they are in for with the arrival of a modern-day Florence Nightingale gone berserk!

S2.E8 ∙ The Loneliest Night of the Week

Dennis and Frankie are desperate to meet women. Dennis thinks dancing lessons might help them, but Frankie has a better idea...

S2.E9 ∙ Father's Day

Mr. Dunstable's wife leaves him after their last drunken row. He decides to move in with Dennis. But Dennis, now making sweet, if slow, progress with his girlfriend, has other ideas.

S2.E10 ∙ Low Noon

While Mr. Bowler likes Peter Craven working for him because he has "style," he very much wants Duffy on his payroll too. Duffy says no, but Mr. Bowler is a determined man who thinks anyone will change their mind - with a little persuasion.

S2.E11 ∙ And Baby Makes Four

Craven moves away from home and gets himself a flat - which he regards as a potential "come up for coffee and do you have to go home?" set-up. Then, he gives a lift to a heavily-pregnant hitch-hike, and his love-nest begins to look like a nursing home.

S2.E12 ∙ Is That a Proposal, Eric?

Sharon has been Eric Duffy's girlfriend since the Third Form at Fenn Street School and, while drawing their pensions, she is beginning to think that is all she'll ever be. This leads Sharon to take drastic steps. Meanwhile, Eric only takes one step - but it's a big one.

S2.E13 ∙ Private Eye & Public Nuisance

Frankie Abbott is enjoying life on the dole, spending his days in bed and only waking occasionally to play with his new camera. His mother meets private investigator Mr. Drew and persuades him to re-employ her son.

S2.E14 ∙ Dypsomania on Sea

When Dennis is persuaded to take a holiday by the sea, his father goes too and takes the cure. However, much to the horror of elderly residents of a certain hotel, the sea air revives the spirits in both father and son!

S2.E15 ∙ Is Anybody There?

The gang go other-worldly when Maureen sprouts an interest in spiritualism. At a meeting held by local medium Mr. Grout, he reveals that one of them could easily turn out to be a medium too. Abbott immediately assumes that he has psychic powers, but a surprise is in store for Maureen!

S2.E16 ∙ How to Handle a Woman

The relationship between Craven's parents consists of Mrs. Craven yelling and Mr. Craven obeying. He decides to incite his father to rebellion and succeeds - in splitting them up!

S2.E17 ∙ Business Deficiency

The writing is on the wall for Eric Duffy. What he needs to get his decorating business more firmly established is to put the whole thing on a more formal footing.

S2.E18 ∙ Absent Friends

Duffy and Sharon's engagement is made official at last - so, of course, there has to be a party. What better time than now for the happy couple to have all their old school friends around them? Or is it?

S3.E1 ∙ An Englishman's Home

Duffy and Sharon are engaged and looking for a home of their own. They think they've found one but Frankie Abbott loses them the chance to buy it. Full of remorse, Abbott sets out to try to make amends.

S3.E2 ∙ Mother Knows Best

Taking a girlfriend home for the first time is always a nerve-racking experience. However, when you have a mother like Frankie's, the confrontation is particularly difficult!

S3.E3 ∙ Alone at Last

Wedding bells are finally ringing for Duffy and Sharon and after all the traditional marriage day hang-ups, all they want is to be alone - but fate has one more trick in store.

S3.E4 ∙ Making Whoopee

Honeymoons should be unforgettable. Duffy and Sharon will always remember theirs in Majorca - but not for the usual reasons.

S3.E5 ∙ After the Ball

Craven has been walking the tightrope of life too long. Naturally, it is the idiot Abbott who makes him lose his balance. The question is - can Duffy provide the safety net?

S3.E6 ∙ The Ant and the Grasshopper

Duffy has taken Craven on as first assistant painter, but their industrial relationship is soon strained. Something has to give, and it looks as though the result might be a rise in the unemployment figures.

S3.E7 ∙ Abbott of Arabia

Mrs. Abbott exerts her authority over Frankie one too many times. It changes him into a latter-day "Red Shadow" and he gallops off with his new girlfriend Celeste to the registry office.

S3.E8 ∙ Full Circle

Sharon has a little secret. Unfortunately, it is somewhat difficult to share with Eric when they aren't even talking.