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- DirectorDick ClementStarsRodney BewesJames BolamBartlett MullinsFreda Windsor, the new canteen manageress, is turning heads despite being older than the likely lads and Terry bets Bob he can pull her. When she asks him home he thinks he has scored but is in for a surprise. Bob, on the other hand, gets off with the younger Sandra.04-01-2017
- DirectorDick ClementStarsJames BolamRodney BewesSheila FearnTerry's sister Audrey is dating an 'Italian' hair-dresser called Mario (real name Ernie) and Terry is disapproving. Knowing that Audrey dislikes drunken men he takes Mario to the pub to get him legless before his date whilst Bob is to divert Audrey. But Audrey is wise to the subterfuge and plays along by throwing herself at Bob.05-01-2017
- DirectorLouis HeatonStarsAlan BennettJohn BirdEleanor BronA documentary about the life of British comedian and journalist Peter Cook.06-01-2017
- DirectorSusan BelbinStarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDoreen MantleThe Meldrews and Mrs. Warboys embark upon a hellish holiday to Portugal. After an entanglement with the police, they finally arrive at their unpleasant villa.08-01-2017
- DirectorDick ClementStarsJames BolamRodney BewesSheila FearnThe lads are attracted to Angela and Lynn, two girls who work in a department store and, in order to stand a chance of pulling them, they pretend to be well off, spending a great deal of money in the store. Unfortunately this means that, come the double date, the girls assume they are wealthy - which, thanks to their throwing their cash around, they are anything but.08-01-2017
- DirectorJo HaywoodStarsVeronika HyksTerry JonesJohn EllisThe history of the British Broadcasting Corporation's once prevalent, but short-sighted, policy of wholesale disposal of recorded television content, and the efforts to mitigate that loss.08-01-2017
- DirectorDick ClementStarsJames BolamRodney BewesCarole MowlamBob buys a moped in the hopes that it will give him a cool image and enable him to get pretty young girls as pillion passengers. Terry offers to help him with lessons to enable him to pass his driving test on it. Unfortunately an accident with the emergency stop ends up with Terry being admitted to hospital.08-01-2017
- DirectorDick ClementStarsRodney BewesJames BolamSheila FearnBob seems to have found his ideal woman in Thelma Chambers, but when she drops him he is despondent and decides to join the Army. Not wishing to be parted from his best friend, Terry decides to join up with him. However, in the event it is Bob who is turned down whilst Terry finds that he has signed on for the duration.08-01-2017
- 1973–197428m8.3 (81)TV EpisodeDirectorJames GilbertStarsJames BolamRodney BewesBrigit ForsythBob is now engaged to Thelma with plans to move onto a middle class housing estate. On a visit to London, he visits a strip club, as does Terry, just demobbed from the army, though they miss each other. However on the train home the pair share a railway carriage but the lights go out and only go back on again after Bob has regaled the 'stranger' with the tale of how his friend Terry joined the army by default. The remainder of the journey home is not without incident.08-01-2017
- 1973–197429m8.3 (67)TV EpisodeDirectorJames GilbertStarsRodney BewesJames BolamBrigit ForsythTerry pays a surprise visit to his parents but they are away at a funeral so Bob agrees to his staying in his and Thelma's new house until they return. After telling Bob he is separated from his German wife, Terry goes to sleep on the bed settee but gets a shock when he wakes to find that Thelma has turned up and, thinking he was Bob, has hopped into bed with him. Needless to say Thelma is even more taken aback.08-01-2017
- DirectorJames GilbertStarsJames BolamRodney BewesBrigit ForsythWith their wedding only a matter of weeks away Bob is beginning to wonder whether he and Thelma should actually get married as he has always regarded her as socially superior and wonders whether they are compatible. Terry gives him advice - not exactly cheering, positive advice, as a result of which Bob makes his mind up. He should be marrying Thelma - probably.08-01-2017
- DirectorTom VaughanStarsSuranne JonesBertie CarvelTom TaylorBrilliant, vivacious GP Gemma Foster has her life torn apart when she investigates whether her husband is harbouring a dark secret. The truth will shock her to the core.09-01-2017
- DirectorTom VaughanStarsSuranne JonesAdam JamesVictoria HamiltonReeling from the secrets she has uncovered, Gemma has a decision to make - but a visit from a surprise patient means she also faces an acute professional dilemma.09-01-2017
- DirectorTom VaughanStarsSuranne JonesAdam JamesBessie CursonsGemma plays the perfect wife, while concocting a plan to ensure she comes out on top.09-01-2017
- DirectorBruce GoodisonStarsTom TaylorBertie CarvelSuranne JonesGemma decides on a new start with Simon, but her medical career begins to fall apart due to a series of complaints. Pushed to the brink, can she find the strength to carry on?09-01-2017
- DirectorBruce GoodisonStarsSuranne JonesSara StewartNeil StukeGemma is determined to expose Simon at last and ensure that he loses everything. She'll stop at nothing to achieve her goal - and the consequences will be explosive.09-01-2017
- DirectorColin TeagueStarsKelly AdamsDorothy AtkinsonAisling BeaThe intertwining lives of town residents are revealed when a middle-aged couple die in an apparent double-suicide.10-01-2017
- DirectorColin TeagueStarsKelly AdamsDorothy AtkinsonAisling BeaMark gets temp work at the council where his mother used to work and uncovers a secret about her personal life, which has devastating repercussions for the family.10-01-2017
- DirectorColin TeagueStarsKelly AdamsAisling BeaMartin ClunesWhen a new piece of information from his parents' past comes to light, Mark knows he has to keep pushing until the truth is finally revealed.10-01-2017
- DirectorJohn HardwickStarsDamien MolonyClare-Hope AshiteyFay RipleyA two year old child is reported missing. Her father and his estranged wife are questioned along with their son, Is it a simple kidnap case or is there more than meets the eye.11-01-2017
- DirectorJames GilbertStarsRodney BewesJames BolamSheila FearnBob takes Terry on a tour of their old haunts, by which Terry finds out that most of them have been demolished, and becomes despondent because of this. Terry, declaring that he will get a good job, decides to move to Berwick to look up his old army mate Hughie, for whom the sky's the limit. After he has been absent for a while Bob travels to Berwick, to find that Terry is working in a car wash and living in a grubby bedsit, while Hughie is mortgaged to the hilt to buy his café. Bob brings his friend home.11-01-2017
- 1973–197429m8.3 (60)TV EpisodeDirectorJames GilbertStarsJames BolamRodney BewesBrigit ForsythBemoaning the fact that all the girls in his little black book seem to have moved or married Terry comes across one who really turned him on on an outing to Blackpool but when he rings her number it turns out to be Thelma. Bob tries to fix his friend up with a couple of dates but both girls remember Bob, not Terry, as being the red hot lover.11-01-2017
- DirectorJames GilbertStarsRodney BewesJames BolamBrigit ForsythTerry thinks everybody has forgotten his birthday but Bob and Thelma have organized a surprise party for him and send two girls to the pub to collect him. Unfortunately they have never met him and bring back total stranger Colin, who thinks he has been abducted by a coven. Bob eventually fetches the birthday boy and blindfolds him to keep the surprise going. However, not realising which guests are present, while blindfolded, Terry inadvertently offends and drives them all away with only Colin left to congratulate him.11-01-2017
- 1973–197428m9.1 (98)TV EpisodeDirectorJames GilbertStarsJames BolamRodney BewesSheila FearnEngland are playing Bulgaria at football and Flint, whom the lads meet in the hairdressers, bets the pair they cannot get through the day without learning the result. Despite Flint's efforts to pass the news on to them, they survive, or so they think, but Bob has left his front door open ....11-01-2017
- 1973–197429m8.6 (66)TV EpisodeDirectorJames GilbertStarsRodney BewesJames BolamBrigit ForsythBob invites Terry to a trendy dinner party.11-01-2017
- 1973–197429m8.3 (63)TV EpisodeDirectorJames GilbertStarsJames BolamRodney BewesBrigit ForsythBob plans to move some of his old belongings into his new house but Thelma, regarding them as junk, gives them to the vicar for the church jumble sale. Unaware of this Bob reports them stolen. Later he buys them back from the vicar but gets arrested for the 'burglary' he reported. Ultimately he disposes of his memorabilia only to find Thelma filling the house with her old things.11-01-2017
- DirectorJames GilbertStarsRodney BewesJames BolamAnita CareyAs Terry recovers from the Chilean Flu, Bob has to break it to him that, as he began planning his wedding before they met up again, he had already asked Frank Clarke to be his best man, denting Terry's expectations. So, to make it up to him Bob takes Terry for a meal where, for old times' sake, they test out whether they still have the old pulling power on two girls they meet. Unfortunately one of them turns out to be Thelma's younger sister Susan, who has returned from Canada for the wedding.11-01-2017
- DirectorJames GilbertStarsJames BolamRodney BewesBrigit ForsythPreparations for Bob and Thelma's wedding are in full swing, largely down to Thelma's mother, who is organizing everything. Feeling redundant Bob and Terry join Thelma's father, all of them in their wedding suits, in the pub and drown their sorrows. After a few pints and shorts they decide to return their morning suits to the outfitters as a sign of rebellion but back down when they encounter Thelma's mother.12-01-2017
- DirectorJames GilbertStarsJames BolamRodney BewesBrigit ForsythThe wedding day dawns with Terry, now reinstated as best man, less than happy about it being on a Saturday when he could be watching sports and bitter about Jutta, his estranged wife back in Germany. Nonetheless he is a tower of strength to nervous Bob in church and, at the reception, presents the happy couple with a photograph album and makes a complimentary speech about Thelma. As he sees the newly-weds off at the airport for their honeymoon in Norway he and Bob agree that it is the end of an era.12-01-2017
- 1973–197428m7.8 (53)TV EpisodeDirectorDick ClementStarsRodney BewesJames BolamBrigit ForsythThelma and Bob are on honeymoon in Norway but Bob has omitted to tell his wife that he gave Terry a key to the house whilst they were away. Terry makes several unsuccessful calls but finally gets through and tells Bob not to worry. In returning the call Bob learns that Terry and Thelma's sister Susan are in the house together. Thelma is far from pleased.12-01-2017
- 1973–197429m8.0 (52)TV EpisodeDirectorBernard ThompsonStarsJames BolamRodney BewesBrigit ForsythBack from honeymoon Thelma is far from pleased to learn that Terry is seeing Susan, who has a boyfriend Peter back in Canada. Then Terry comes round for a heart to heart with Bob, telling him that he is afraid things are getting serious between him and Susan. However he is ultimately relieved to hear that Susan is going back to Peter in the knowledge that things did not go too far with her.12-01-2017
- 1973–197429m7.8 (51)TV EpisodeDirectorBernard ThompsonStarsRodney BewesJames BolamBrigit ForsythBob is working himself too hard whilst Terry is enjoying a life of leisure. Bob can only just stay awake when he meets Terry and a glamorous girlfriend in a restaurant but soon Terry is bemoaning his lack of ambition so Bob sends him for a job interview. He doesn't go but spends the fare on a bet, which sees him nicely in pocket. Now it's Bob's turn to reflect on his carefree bachelor days when he had no responsibility.12-01-2017
- DirectorTony BillStarsJames WoodsRandy QuaidKate CapshawMatt and Karen have inconsiderate neighbors whose lawn sprinkler drowns their flowers. A feud erupts and a series of tit-for-tat actions develop and escalate.13-01-2017
- DirectorCraig KellmanStarsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonKarl is back from holiday where he decided to start a diary. Ricky begs to read some of it, revealing a new invention Karl has come up with: A watch that counts down the days and time to one's death.15-01-2017
- DirectorCraig KellmanStarsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonKarl discusses his unusual approach to teaching. Examples of discussion topics include a dishwasher being found on Mars and dinosaurs as a form of population control. In Monkey News: A man with failing eye sight who ends up at a chimp doctor.15-01-2017
- DirectorDan FragaStarsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonRicky, Stephen and Karl discuss capital punishment, the Ten Commandments and hostage negotiation.15-01-2017
- DirectorDan FragaStarsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonKarl, Stephen and Ricky shed new light on charitable causes.16-01-2017
- DirectorBernard McEveetyStarsPeter FalkVic MorrowPeter LawfordThree financially down-and-out buddies plot to pull a bank robbery to cure their financial woes.16-01-2017
- DirectorDan FragaStarsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonKarl discovers he has a kidney stone and spends time in the hospital. Ricky stops by to visit and mock him. Karl considers animalsthat look like things and wonders if that's difficult for them.18-01-2017
- DirectorDan FragaStarsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonKarl says he wouldn't mind life as a littler person, since everything from food portions to cities would be bigger for him. Stephenrecounts his night out at a London club.19-01-2017
- DirectorDan FragaStarsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonAfter contemplating the concept of memory, Ricky and Karl role-play as the two lobes of Karl's brain. Karl describes a childhood weekend of talkative ghosts and befriending pocket calculators.19-01-2017
- DirectorDan FragaStarsRicky GervaisStephen MerchantKarl PilkingtonKarl pitches a bizarre idea for a film, in which the comatose hero, played by 'Clive Warren,' has his brain transplanted into hiswidow's head.19-01-2017
- 1973–197429m8.5 (49)TV EpisodeDirectorBernard ThompsonStarsJames BolamRodney BewesBrigit ForsythBob is arrested for being over the limit whilst driving home and taken to the police station, where he meets Terry, who has been arrested for fighting at a football match. As Bob is scared that he will lose his licence, Terry agrees to change identities with him for the blood test. Bob subsequently spends a night in the cells (as Terry), and then appears in court and is fined. Just when they are celebrating the success of their swap, Bob realises that Terry had also been drinking the previous evening and the blood sample he gave (as Bob) is even more likely to prove over the limit.20-01-2017
- StarsGene SiskelRoger EbertSiskel and Ebert choose the stinkers of 1982, including Inchon (1981), Yes, Giorgio (1982), Porky's (1981), Amityville II: The Possession (1982), Six Weeks (1982) and more.22-01-2017
- Episode: (1985)1982–1986TV EpisodeStarsRoger EbertGene Siskel22-01-2017
- DirectorDuncan WoodStarsAlan BennettPeter CookJonathan MillerA TV version of the stage show originally performed at the Edinburgh Fringe (August 1962) and subsequently in London (Fortune Theatre) and Broadway.22-01-2017
- 1986–2010TV-PGTV EpisodeStarsRoger EbertGene Siskel22-01-2017
- DirectorJonathan MillerStarsAnne-Marie MallikFreda DowieJo Maxwell MullerA girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange Wonderland.23-01-2017
- StarsRavi Shankar23-01-2017
- 1982–1986TV EpisodeStarsRoger EbertGene Siskel24-01-2017
- 1986–2010TV-PGTV EpisodeStarsRoger EbertGene Siskel24-01-2017
- Episode: (1988)1986–2010TV-PGTV EpisodeDirectorDon VoigtStarsRoger EbertGene Siskel24-01-2017
- Episode: (1989)1986–2010TV-PGTV EpisodeDirectorJim MurphyStarsRoger EbertGene Siskel24-01-2017
- Episode: (1989)1986–2010TV-PGTV EpisodeDirectorJim MurphyStarsRoger EbertGene Siskel24-01-2017
- DirectorEllen-Raissa JacksonStarsClive AndersonTony BlackburnTerry Christian25-01-2017
- DirectorAngus McIntyreStarsClive AndersonMichael AspelBeatrice Ballard25-01-2017
- DirectorTerry JohnsonStarsRhys IfansAidan McArdleJodie RimmerThis affectionate documentary examines the turbulent partnership of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, the double act that re-defined the comedy genre. It follows their beginnings in London's West End through their rise to stardom which won them accolades but forced a wedge between them.30-01-2017
- DirectorKen O'NeillStarsDudley MoorePeter CookChristopher Cross30-01-2017