Series 2
Episodes • 1989

0. A Quiet Christmas
30 minSarah plans a traditional Christmas but finds that Russell isn't interested at all. And Eleanor has her own slightly outdated take on 'traditional'!
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1. Intellectual Aspirations
30 minClare gets into an intellectual challenge with her new boyfriend whom she believes to be terribly brainy. Eleanor decides it's a contest she can't be left out of.
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2. Open Secrets
30 minWhen Sarah is invited out for lunch by a man, she has to make contingency plans to prevent her mother's 'Geriatric Mafia' finding out about it.
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3. Memory Games
30 minIt's quiz night and Clare and Eleanor are in opposing teams, while Sarah seems to be having problems with the accuracy of her memory.
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4. The Cold
30 minSarah feels lousy, but in her family she's last on the list of casualties allowed to be treated if other people feel ill as well.
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5. Wedding Bells
30 minEleanor wants to have a family wedding because she has heard that Vera Polling is having one and that, of course, puts the pressure on Sarah and Clare.
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6. Lines of Communication
30 minSarah and Eleanor have fallen out and there seems little chance of a reconciliation. But Clare decides to use one of her old school games to alleviate the problem.
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7. Gossip
30 minSarah is accused of scandal-mongering after inadvertently starting a rumour about the pension counter's sister.
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8. Out on a Limb
30 minWith Eleanor off to the Bridge Club dinner and dance with Vera Polling, Sarah decides to invite Dr. Sam Greenland over for a quiet dinner but things do not go according to plan.
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9. Upstagers
30 minWith Eleanor off to the Bridge Club dinner and dance with Vera Polling, Sarah decides to invite Dr Sam Greenland over for a quiet dinner. But the best laid plans...
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10. Idle Speculation
30 minSarah, Eleanor and Clare are enlisted by the local amateur dramatic society when it suddenly loses its leading players.
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11. Efficiency
30 minEleanor is left in charge of the bookshop when Russell and Sarah go off for a special lunch. She initiates an efficiency drive, which goes badly wrong.
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12. Going Away
30 minEleanor is left in charge of the bookshop when Russell and Sarah go off for a special lunch. She initiates an efficiency drive, which goes badly wrong.
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13. A Week of Sundays
30 minSarah makes plans to escape to Portugal for two weeks with her glamorous friend, Alison. But Eleanor brings all her emotional blackmailing skills to the fore to scupper the plans.
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