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S02E61 - "Pastures New"
Emitido el Aug 4, 1977, 11:00 AM
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Ruth
Ruth Harris leaves her husband and takes up residence; existing ground floor tenant Mrs Beale is none too happy to undertake landlady's duties.
Jan 4, 1977
30 min
Ruth: Part Two
Landlady Mrs Singer (Ann Curthoys) appears and is told by Mrs Beale that tenant Linda Todd is a prostitute.
Jan 5, 1977
30 min
Carol & Ian
Carol and Ian West have set up home together in one of the rooms in Mafeking Terrace with their new baby, but Carol's disapproving mother (Pat Ashton) cannot stop constantly imposing her own opinions on the conditions that the couple find themselves in. Meanwhile Carol and Ian can't stop bickering over every trivial little incident.
Jan 6, 1977
30 min
Mrs Beale
Mrs Beale continues repeating her poisonous remarks about Linda Todd's loose morals with neighbour Brian Kettle, but he finds out from more than one source that Linda really is leaving to get married. When new landlord Mr Singer pays Mrs Beale a visit she turns her malicious tongue on separated tenant Mrs Harris, implying that having single female tenants could give the place a bad name.
Jan 11, 1977
30 min
Lonely Hearts
Young tenant Lesley is feeling lonely and confides to her friend that she might start looking for a boyfriend. She decides to answer an advert in a lonely hearts column, but her intended date not only turns up very late, and drunk, but he isn't exactly what she was hoping for.
Jan 12, 1977
30 min
Ian & Carol
When Ian has an evening out with their neighbour, Carol's father thinks he's found a way to break up her marriage.
Jan 13, 1977
30 min
Short Fuse
Ruth and Brian get acquainted over a blown fuse; Brian's daughter comes to tea.
Jan 18, 1977
30 min
Nosy Neighbours
Rose returns to her lodgings after a failed attempt at marriage and on the way in tells Mrs Beale in no uncertain terms she's back for good. Mrs Beale has an uncharacteristically pleasant conversation with artistic tenant Geoff but things turn sour when he berates her for listening to his private conversations on his cassette recorder whilst he is out of the room. An apologetic Mrs Beale tries to explain that she thought she was listening to a play on a radio. Meanwhile Rose's 'intended' Lawrence turns up to try and persuade her to change her mind and come back with ...
Jan 19, 1977
30 min
Tough Love
With Linda Todd back in her room Mrs Beale wastes no time stirring up trouble with landlady Mrs Singer. There are some harsh words between Geoff and his girlfriend Marcia when she turns up after receiving a letter from him ending their relationship, and she wants some answers. Mrs Singer pays Linda a visit to ask whether she plans to stay or go. She tells her that her 'intended' was already married and no longer has any reason to leave.
Jan 20, 1977
30 min
Gone to the Dogs
Carol seems to be leading a life of domestic drudgery while others are having a good time. Lesley has a date with Ian's workmate Tony, who just happens to be Ian's excuse for his being late home from work, but Carol already knows he wasn't working as Tony is next door with Lesley. However all is well because Ian has a pleasant surprise for Carol's birthday. Brian and Ruth go for a night out at the greyhound races, followed by a cosy meal for two in his flat.
Jan 20, 1977
30 min
Friendship
Not for the first time, alcoholic Arthur Hatchett vomits on the stairs and Mrs Beale has to clean it up.
Jan 26, 1977
30 min
Dear Marge
Ruth invites snobby friends the Wisharts to dinner and neighbour Brian to make up the numbers; he drinks too much and upsets Ruth by insulting them. Meanwhile Ian takes Carol and the baby to a pub in his three wheeler.
Jan 27, 1977
30 min
What's Best For Alison
An inspection of the West's less than ideal living conditions by a child health visitor prompts Carol to suggest that she and Ian separate.
Feb 1, 1977
30 min
Uninvuted Visitors
Ian contacts the health visitor Vera Pusey and asks her to return to their room to try and clear up some issues he has with her report, seeing that he wasn't there on her first visit. All is fine to start with before Ian starts to lose his temper with her apparent attitude towards their plight. Things calm down and after she leaves Ian and Carol consider what steps they can take to improve on their current living situation. Someone turns up to view a vacant room but she is not the friendly well travelled potential tenant she portrays herself as.
Feb 2, 1977
30 min
Part Time Jobs
Mrs Singer is having trouble trying to evict the non-paying sub-let squatters living illegally in the basement, but not without a heated argument about its legality. Brian Kettle steps in to calm things down and give Mrs Singer some moral support. She confides in Brian that she and her husband are thinking of selling off the basement as separate premises to try and alleviate financial problems. Meantime Lesley and friend Meryl consider becoming door to door cosmetics sales girls to make extra money. Brian offers to redecorate the now empty basement to save Mrs Singer ...
Feb 3, 1977
30 min
Getting Old
Mrs Beale wakes to the sound of the Electric Light Orchestra (on the radio) and the Wests (upstairs) going out. Then a policeman calls to say her cat has been found dead.
Feb 8, 1977
30 min
The Big Con
Lesley and Meryl raise the money needed to buy into their cosmetics business but soon find out that the products they've been supplied are worthless and won't sell. Ruth pays her estranged husband a visit only to find he's moved a new girlfriend in, prompting Ruth to seek legal advice about getting a divorce. Brian's plans to redecorate the basement flat gets the approval of landlord Mr Singer.
Feb 9, 1977
30 min
Surprises
Lesley and Meryl have been taken for a ride, so they trick their supplier Mr Brannigan into delivering more products to their room, then use the opportunity to lock him in and accuse him of being a con artist - and they want their money refunded. Linda intervenes on the girls' behalf because she recognises him as conman previously known to her as Jimmy Doyle. Brian's runaway teenage daughter Jennifer turns up out of the blue just as he and and Ruth are beginning an intimate relationship.
Feb 10, 1977
30 min
the Artist
Landlady Kathy Singer's artist brother Eric moves into one of the rooms and Mrs Beale wastes no time in introducing herself to him. As Jennifer Kettle and Brian's girlfriend Ruth Harris get to know each other better Brian is already calling his ex wife Pat to arrange for her to take Jennifer back. Linda Todd gets acquainted with Eric and persuades him to do a portrait of her. Pat turns up and makes an arrangement to return runaway Jennifer back home and back to school.
Feb 15, 1977
30 min
Repairs
Lesley gets a visit from Dave Marsden, an admirer from the laundrette, and together with Meryl all three get acquainted. Dave asks Lesley for a date, which she accepts. Ian and Carol invite her parents for a conciliatory lunch that turns out better than expected.
Feb 16, 1977
30 min
Portraits
Mrs Beale as ever sticks her nose into the other tenants' business when she reproaches Brian Kettle for having his daughter residing as an extra tenant, threatening to report him. Linda is delighted with artist Eric Prentiss's portrait of her. Over dinner Brian and Ruth persuade Jennifer that it would be in her best interest to return home and complete her education. Landlady Kathy Singer has a long heart to heart with her brother Eric, and Jennifer finally decides to go home with her mother.
Feb 17, 1977
30 min
House Party
Ian is questioned by the police about a minor accident his car was reported for, but his wife Carol discovers he's covering for someone else as the car was actually being driven by New Zealander tenant Geoff. Ian pretended he was driving because Geoff has overstayed his visa and if the police found out about him he feared he'd be deported. Lesley organises a party in her room and invites a few of her neighbours for drinks.
Feb 22, 1977
30 min
Broken Hearts
Lesley is getting serious with her boyfriend Dave, even asking if he would like to meet her parents, but Dave initially doesn't seem as keen. Ian and Carol decide to treat themselves to a night out and fellow tenant Geoff babysits. When Lesley wonders why Dave isn't with her for the evening Meryl suspects she may be in for a disappointment.
Feb 23, 1977
30 min
We Are All Pawns
Mrs Beale complains to landlady Mrs Singer about her brother Eric running a photography business from his room. When Ruth's husband Don comes to discuss their divorce she demands that he sells the marital home so she can get her own place with her share of the proceeds. The visit turns sour when Ruth makes it clear she is not happy with his current girlfriend moving into the house, and Don in return makes disparaging remarks about her own love life. Kathy tries to get her brother Eric his old job back, but he is having none of it and decides to quit the house.
Feb 24, 1977
30 min
