About this season
No Place Like Home is a BBC situation comedy written by Jon Watkins and stars William Gaunt and Patricia Garwood as Arthur and Beryl Crabtree, a middle-aged couple who plan for a quiet life once their children have left home. Sadly, it is not to be. No Place Like Home was broadcast for five series between 1983 and 1987, with an early appearance by Martin Clunes.
Episodes (8)
1. Take Your Partners
Aired 8 September 1987 • 30 min
Arthur and Beryl find themselves involved in their neighbors' marriage problems and Lorraine's new advances.
2. Fortifying the Over-Forties
Aired 15 September 1987 • 30 min
Arthur challenges Beryl's handsome new squash instructor and learns a painful lesson.
3. The Dinner Party
Aired 22 September 1987 • 30 min
Arthur's managing director's visit gets mixed up in Trevor's surprise birthday party, with almost disastrous results.
4. Arthur's Home Help
Aired 29 September 1987 • 30 min
Arthur's expectations of a quiet Sunday are shattered by the local marathon.
5. A Marathon Sunday
Aired 6 October 1987 • 30 min
Arthur's and Trevor's fishing trip is ruined by a clairvoyant's prediction of an accident involving water.
6. Accidental Fishing
Aired 13 October 1987 • 30 min
Arthur is confused by his children's latest romantic attachments.
7. The Attachment
Aired 20 October 1987 • 30 min
Arthur tries to keep the peace between Lorraine and Raymond as new-found friends, romance and jealousies arise.
8. Local Hero
Aired 27 October 1987 • 30 min