Season 5

Episodes • 1996

Judi Dench
Geoffrey Palmer
Moira Brooker
Jenny Funnell
Philip Bretherton
The Country Set

1. The Country Set

30 min

Jean and Lionel spend a weekend in the country at Rocky's house. Upon arriving, they are visited by ""the country set.""

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Lionel's Ex-Wife

2. Lionel's Ex-Wife

30 min

Lionel's ex-wife, Margaret, asks him out for a drink, and he asks Jean to go with him. When Margaret arrives she isn't at all like Jean anticipated. Turns out she has changed a lot since the divorce and is now rich with a very young boyfriend.

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Lionel's New Hobby

3. Lionel's New Hobby

30 min

Lionel starts building model boats as a way to pass the time. Jean worries about Lionel. Alistair trys to get Lionel to work on another book.

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Avoiding the Country Set

4. Avoiding the Country Set

30 min

Jean and Lionel visit the country house again but, this time try to avoid the townspeople that caused them so much trouble the last time they visited.

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Broadcast Plans

5. Broadcast Plans

30 min

Alistair trys to get Lionel and Jean to go with him to the screening of the miniseries in the states. Lionel not liking the changes refuses to go so Alistair invites Sandy and Judy to go instead.

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At Death's Door

6. At Death's Door

30 min

The miniseries based on Lionel's book is finally aired on U.S. television. When Jean's sister-in-law Penny has to go into the hopital she thinks things are worse than they are and makes a big fuss.

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Showered with Gifts

7. Showered with Gifts

30 min

Lionel and Jean befriend the villagers who shower the couple with gifts.

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