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a
Millionaire?' but, after having to drive a man whose tyres Barbara has slashed by mistake to Scotland, nods off when the call comes. Martin trying to emulate the dashing young investigative reporter next door, tries an aggressive approach to his interviews - with messy results - whilst Jean is appalled by the result of her face-lift.
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piano for them, finding something rather unpleasant. With Linda away Martin agrees to accompany Neil to a club where he is meeting his date but both the date and her friend are big fans of Martin 's TV spot and ignore Neil. When Neil gets home he is hit over the head with a tray by
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girl Karen's obsession with his thumbs whilst Jean, though humiliated when boyfriend Phil gets into a public fight with a rival lollipop man, relents when he proposes to her. Taxi driver Ted gets his vehicle stolen by a Mr. Spock impersonator but picks him out at the identity parade from his false ears.
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Barbara's sixtieth birthday the family, with Doreen, head off for a country cottage for the weekend, only to find it double-booked and somebody else in residence. At Martin's suggestion they decide to go to a nearby hotel but the van breaks down in the dark in the middle of nowhere. Ted
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Barbara go to offer their sympathies to his friend Frank, whose wife Edna has recently died and discover that Ted has taken up taxidermy and had Edna stuffed. They invite Ted to their bonfire night party and he brings Edna but Linda mistakes her for the guy and puts her on the fire. Ted lets
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Barbara joins the Neighbourhood Watch and hosts them at her house but so annoys the chairman Mr. Dugdale he expels her from the group. Then the lights go out and Mr. Dugdale falls down, losing his false teeth and hearing aid and, whilst groping under the
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Barbara resigns after being told that patients have complained of her rudeness but, having gone for interview at another practice with an equally acerbic receptionist, grovels for her old job back - and finds Doreen can also be rude. Ted becomes the Phone a Friend for a colleague on 'Who Wants to be
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When Barbara does her back in she does not take kindly to Ted hiring beefy Mrs. Gibbs to do her cleaning and goes behind Neil's back to persuade his masseuse ex-girlfriend Kelly to give her a healing rub-down. Neil is not pleased and nor is Mrs. Gibbs when Barbara refuses to pay for the aerial shots
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Barbara drags the rest of the family to the Yorkshire moors to scatter her mother's ashes but no sooner has she began the ritual than Linda's waters break. Everybody piles into the car to get her home but, as Martin has changed the locks, the baby is born at Barbara's - with Barbara already planning
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Linda and Martin's baby's christening is not the most smooth running of affairs. Firstly Martin's divorced parents have a violent argument at Barbara's after the father has acquired a new young Thai bride. At the church Ted is shirtless, having been thrown up on by a hung-over Neil, who will repeat
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Ted's mother Queenie, who is even ruder and more outspoken than Barbara - whom she dislikes - comes to visit and makes it clear she wants to stay but changes her mind after Barbara has accidentally broken her nose, though it makes her more human. Mike, the anchor-man at Martin's TV station moves in
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friend of Ted's stuffing and mounting his dead wife. There were also some more drama-based plots, such as Linda's discovery she can't have any more children after the birth of her son George. In a particularly dark development, the final episode ("Who Shot Barbara?") ends with an unseen assailant
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The new baby is giving Martin sleepless nights and he falls asleep on air, getting him the sack. In frustration he punches an irritating clown at a children's party but is reinstated as all his would-be replacements are terrible. Doreen gets an indecent proposal and Neil is embarrassed by his
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off a big firework which destroys the new shed that Linda has bought him along with the purchases that Jean, who has become addicted to online shopping, is hiding in it from Phil. Reflecting on the day's events Ted tells Barbara that if she dies before him he can get Frank to stuff her.
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with their twenty-something son Neil, who drifts between jobs and a succession of short-term relationships. Their daughter, the long-suffering Linda, is married to Martin Pond, a TV presenter who has his own slot on the local news,
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with Linda and Martin and makes a pass at Linda, apologising to Martin on air - which leads to a fight. Ted gives two robbers a lift to the airport without realising who they are - until the police arrive at the house.
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mascot Freddie the Fox when his car breaks down and he is pursued by a hunt whilst Phil's medication has bizarre side effects and Neil's efforts to have afternoon delight with an ex-con's wife are constantly thwarted.
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two transvestites, which spells humiliation for Jean, whilst Neil is unnerved by new girlfriend Isobel, who drops unsubtle hints about their wedding and even exposes him to the scrutiny of his potential in-laws.
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and Martin look after his boss's dog but it runs off - and Vernon adopts it, calling it Barbara. Phil meanwhile has a dispute with an undertaker whose funeral procession he has halted at the school crossing.
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in disaster, Linda suspects Martin of an affair with co-presenter Wendy though matters are resolved when Wendy gives Martin her true opinion of him - unaware that the cameras are still rolling.
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to meet his ex-girlfriend,who just happens to be Kirsty. Kirsty is still very much in love with Martin and decides that she cannot love another so she dumps Neil - much to Barbara's relief.
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party the night away with a visiting football team but next morning she and Ted end up in hospital when part of the hotel slides down the cliff in subsidence, taking them with it.
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Mrs. Gibbs' son took of the Liversedge house. Martin discovers that he has a stalker, who turns out to be a pensioner, whilst Jean overdoes the medication and sprouts facial hair.
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dirty flat and once more starts to interfere. Jean is having trouble with her breast implants and when one of them explodes has to be rushed to hospital in an ice cream van.
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57:Mark Bussell
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2516:ITV sitcoms
2122:23 May 2011
1975:within the
1728:"Honeymoon"
1576:"Valentine"
1474:Directed by
1043:Directed by
766:Directed by
681:Directed by
517:First aired
468:Mark Benton
438:Gwen Taylor
393:Gwen Taylor
370:taxidermist
341:taxi driver
278:Gwen Taylor
214:(1999–2003)
165:of episodes
122:John Arthur
113:Mark Benton
88:Gwen Taylor
2485:Categories
2254:The Mirror
2198:barb.co.uk
2153:References
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2016:The Mirror
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566:1999-06-27
540:1995-07-10
520:Last aired
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245:1995-07-10
191:25 minutes
173:Production
50:Created by
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1994:Reception
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1652:"Weekend"
1496:"Queenie"
1373:"Wedding"
1297:"Sisters"
1107:"Massage"
908:"Friends"
444:Sam Kelly
399:Sam Kelly
358:Pond Life
310:Mapperley
276:starring
154:of series
93:Sam Kelly
62:Rob Clark
2173:1 August
1937:<5.07
1899:<4.74
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1430:<4.34
1354:<5.43
1126:<7.33
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422:- Doreen
334:doctor's
81:Starring
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2463:Barbara
2452:Barbara
2441:Barbara
2421:19 July
2411:hmv.com
2391:19 July
2361:19 July
2331:19 July
2293:19 July
2203:19 July
2041:Barbara
2025:Barbara
2007:Barbara
1984:Barbara
1969:Barbara
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506:Series
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432:Series
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368:and a
345:Pudsey
274:sitcom
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44:Sitcom
2082:Ref.
2072:discs
1973:pilot
1471:Title
1259:"Fox"
1145:"Mum"
1040:Title
763:Title
695:"Job"
678:Title
529:Pilot
387:Pilot
349:Leeds
269:is a
40:Genre
2446:IMDb
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2393:2023
2363:2023
2333:2023
2295:2023
2205:2023
2175:2021
2076:BBFC
2047:and
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1861:5.02
1823:5.94
1785:5.42
1747:5.34
1709:4.97
1671:4.70
1633:6.74
1595:4.80
1557:5.40
1519:6.97
1392:5.97
1316:5.80
1278:7.59
1240:6.89
1202:7.56
1164:8.70
1088:7.55
1003:5.02
965:7.18
927:6.40
889:7.44
851:8.21
813:9.80
377:Cast
328:Plot
320:and
312:and
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2455:at
2444:at
2064:DVD
1464:No.
1457:No.
1033:No.
1026:No.
756:No.
749:No.
736:ITV
672:No.
296:in
286:ITV
232:ITV
163:No.
152:No.
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