About this season
The lives of married couple Albert and Ethel Collyer, after Albert, a pottery worker for 50 years, is forced into retirement aged 65.
Episodes (6)
1. Pastures Green And New
Aired 14 April 1980 • 30 min
2. There's No Place Like Home
Aired 21 April 1980 • 30 min
3. Ashes To Ashes
Aired 28 April 1980 • 30 min
Albert is advised to find a friend of his own age, and decides to visit an old pal. Unfortunately his old friend has just died, and Albert ends up at the funeral, and he resolves to make arrangements for his own passing...
4. Come Back, All is Forgiven
Aired 5 May 1980 • 30 min
Albert is still trying to find something useful to do with his new-found days of leisure, but tries to resist Ethel's persuasion that he joins the local over-60s club...
5. Oh What A Tangled Web
Aired 12 May 1980 • 30 min
Albert feigns illness to get out of helping with the spring cleaning. A medical student is called upon to teach him a lesson he won't forget...
6. And They Said It Wouldn't Last
Aired 19 May 1980 • 30 min
Albert and Ethel are celebrating their 45th anniversary, and he intends to buy her a diamond ring. Unfortunately, times have changed, and Albert's £50 budget won't go very far...