SERIES 1
1. Tom is a reluctant new member of the Bayview Retirement Village. He
meets Diana, a sharp-tongued spinster who lives next door. They strike
up an uneasy alliance which portends many an adventure ahead. (1)
2. Diana commandeers her niece's Porsche for a trip to Brighton and
brings Tom along for company. By the time their journey ends, the police
have been alerted about two renegade senior citizens on the loose in a
sports car. (2)
3. Diana has discovered that Tom has taken to his bed where he
protests that he is dying. Diana might not be the best to cheer up her
friend. She admits to having last been happy herself in 1955. (3)
4. Diana has a secret illness that Tom is afraid it may put her
residential status in jeopardy. He conjures up an outrageous plan to
blackmail the management of Bayview. Tom and Diana also disrupt the
christening of Tom's great-nephew. (4)
5. The arrival of a new matron creates a great rift between Tom and
Diana. The matron promptly gets rid of flower beds, removes the piano
from the dining room and plots to have Diana voted out of the retirement
home. (5)
6. The Bayview management attempt to remove Tom and Diana by having
them certified. The psychiatrist passes them both as mentally sound even
though Tom announces that he is Sir Edmund Hillary and has just
conquered Everest. (6)
7. Diana relives her past as a photo journalist with a bit of aerial
photography from a helicopter. Tom has accompanied her but is not too
keen on the event. "Up here is far too close to God." (7)
SERIES 2
1. Tom and Diana continue to be rebel senior citizens determined to
squeeze the most from life before meeting their Maker. This week the duo
also take up counseling for the dying. (8)
2. Tom is in a decline. He admits to Diana that he is feeling lonely
and suggests that they "shack up" together. Diana's immediate reaction
is to erect a partition between their quarters. (9)
3. There is still a wall dividing Tom and Diana. But while Diana
waits for an apology from Tom, she must witness Daisy Williams, the
newcomer to the Bayview Retirement Home, taking charge. (10)
4. Mysterious thefts at Bayview set Diana and Tom off on a bit of
sleuthing. However, the ingenuity leads Tom into hot water as he finds
himself taking the rap for a shop lifting offense. Diana defends him as
"the most harmless, boring person in the world." (11)
5. Tom decides that honesty is the best policy and vows to tell the
truth at all times. Diana must deal with her ghastly niece, alias "The
Clapham Strangler." (12)
6. To Tom's great concern, Diana breaks her hip and has to go into
hospital. Diana's great concern is that she get out in time to ruin her
niece's wedding. (13)
7. The Glamorous Granny Competition has come to Bayview Retirement
Village. On a bet, Diana tries her hand at being nice and entering the
competition. She loses the bet. (14)
8. Harvey, the despicable manager of Bayview, has determined to cut
costs by employing a group of short foreigners. And there is the nasty
business of knife fights on the croquet lawn. (15)
9. The unimaginable occurs. Young people come to Bayview. Diana is
thrilled by their visit while Harvey works overtime trying to get her
thrown out. (16)
10. Tom is proud of his son Geoffrey when he summons courage to leave
his awful wife. But when he moves in with Tom and begins boring everyone
stiff, Diana leaps into action. (17)
SERIES 3
1. A local vicar has a nervous breakdown at one of the resident's
funeral. Tom and Diana set him off on an interesting pat to sanity.
Tom's son has a spot of bother with his dipsomaniac and nymphomaniac
wife. (18)
2. It falls on Tom and Diana that they must look after two rather
nasty children. Diana decides to teach them a thing or two. (19)
3. Life at Bayview Retirement Village is not exactly hectic. Tom and
Diana decide they are so bored that they will have to get jobs. (20)
4. An unexpected guest and Harvey's fiancée are the sources for some
malicious fun on the parts of Tom and Diana. (21)
5. As they sort through what to do with their time, Tom and Diana
turn their attentions to the local area outside of Bayview. In doing so
they lock horns with an estate agent. (22)
6. When Diana is found in Tom's bed, the shock waves reverberate
around Bayview. Tom is suddenly the center of attention of the ladies
bowling team. (23)
7. Tom and Diana decide they should to away on holiday. First they
will have to outwit Harvey's building plans and raise some money. (24)
8. Diana decides she needs to broaden her horizons to encompass her
energies and talent. She launches herself into politics only to find Tom
and Harvey running against her. (25)
9. Diana falls ill and believes herself to be in critical condition.
She takes matters into her own hands and asks Tom for sleeping pills.
(26)
10. Diana's niece Sarah goes into labor. Despite the great aunt's
protestations of being too squeamish for such stuff, Diana and Tom are
pressed into service. (27)
SERIES 4
1. Diana has run into severe financial difficulties, and the management
of Bayview delight in the prospect of losing her as a resident. Will
soul-mate and fellow "inmate" Tom come to her rescue? (28)
2. The always abrasive but now penniless Diana is forced to live with
Tom. A new resident turns them into a most unlikely pair of love birds.
(29)
3. After only a few weeks spent together "living in miserable sin,"
Diana is in desperate need of a few months of solitary confinement. Tom
scrutinizes his lease agreement for a get out clause to rid himself of
his acid-tongued flat mate. (30)
4. Diana is away and greatly missed at Bayview, especially by Tom.
His son Geoffrey has insisted on living him and is driving him insane
with his hobby - building shelves. (31)
5. A spiritualist is hell-bent on splitting up Diana and Tom who are
"living in sin." At a seance, she puts Tom in touch with his dear
departed wife and Tom falls under he powers. Diana decides she will
remove the spell. (32)
6. Harvey wants to produce a glossy video on Bayview to help him set
up franchises around the country. When Diana discovers what is going on
she is determined to sabotage the film. (33)
7. When the local council cancels Tom's and Diana's favorite classes
as the Adult Education Centre, Diana looks to roll some heads. But when
they take on City Hall, Tom and Diana are put firmly in their place.
(34)
8. Diana causes Harvey to have what he terms a nervous breakdown. For
once the other residents side with management and cause Diana to be sent
away to Coventry. (35)
9. Tom has a night out at his regimental reunion, and Diana has
reason to believe he has met up with a girlfriend. Have Tom and Basil
turned into geriatric Lager Louts? (36)
10. Bad news for Tom as his doctor alerts him to impending problems
with his prostate. Diana senses that Tom's doctor is not telling him
everything there is to tell. (37)
SERIES 5
1. Tom has a spell in hospital with prostate trouble. When he returns
home he finds his son Geoffrey has finally left his completely flipped
out wife and wants to stay with Tom and Diana. They will have none of
it. (38)
2. Harvey has asked a Japanese designer to look at Bayview with a
view to "packing in more oldies per square foot." This leads him into
immediate confrontation with Tom and the newly formed Bayview
Conservation Society. (39)
3. Diana is less than thrilled with the prospect of a Royal visit to
Bayview. Her stern views on the British class system and the Royal
family are directly opposed to Tom's pronounced sense of patriotism.
(40)
4. With no sign of improvement to her suppurating foot. Tom presses
Diana into a trip to the doctor. The prognosis is not good. Neither is
her mood when she is told to adopt a new diet. (41)
5. Diana is surprised to find she has something in common with Jane.
They are both being driven to distraction by men. Jane is being pursued
by Harvey. (44)
6. Tom lands in jail after a driving lesson goes awry. Jane grows
increasingly more religious and Harvey orders a mail-away ordination in
order to become a priest. (43)
7. Following Diana's rejection of his proposal of marriage, Tom
decides to go bungee jumping. At the very edge of his leap Diana
withdraws her refusal but lays down strict ground rules for their future
married life. (44)
8. Two weddings are on order - that of Tom and Diana and that of
Harvey and Jane. The betrothed couples are surprised to find that they
are sharing their marriage with a funeral. (45)
CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
CHRISTMAS 1992 - Diana refuses to join the Christmas spirit so Tom sends
for Baby Diana and also invites some homeless people to stay in Harvey's
flat for the holiday.
CHRISTMAS 1993 - Diana is asked to direct the Nativity play for the
elderly of the parish. She and Tom play a trick on Harvey who then has
an accident and undergoes a personality change.
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