
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 (7)
1. Everything In The Garden's Lovely
Aired 14 May 1981 • 30 min
Albert is offered a job as a gardener. Though he claims to have green fingers, in fact he knows almost nothing about gardening....
2. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
Aired 28 May 1981 • 30 min
Albert and Ethel are shocked when their son Billy (Kevin Lloyd) tells them that he and his family are emigrating to Australia. Albert takes it very badly indeed...
3. I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
Aired 4 June 1981 • 30 min
Albert and Ethel take a day trip to out-of-season Blackpool.
4. All Through The Night
Aired 11 June 1981 • 30 min
Albert, outside in the dark wearing only pyjamas to investigate the crash of a milk bottle, finds himself locked out of the house...
5. Men Were Deceivers Ever
Aired 18 June 1981 • 30 min
Albert meets old flame Lily Higgins and proves that there's no fool like an old fool! Ethel gets suspicious, and eventually finds him with his trousers down...
6. Love Is
Aired 25 June 1981 • 30 min
Albert seizes the opportunity to give Norman some very unhelpful advice about women...
7. Easy Come, Easy Go
Aired 2 July 1981 • 30 min