EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS

SERIES 1 | 2 | 3 | Xmas Specials

SERIES 1
*Number in parenthesis following program description is BBCWA tape number.
1. GETTING A JOB - Frank Spencer is enthusiastic, well meaning…and accident prone. Looking for a job, he attempts to become a wholesale ironmongery salesman. (1)

2. NO TITLE - Frank spends the weekend with his brother-in-law --an electronics expert--and wrecks one of his household gadgets. (2)

3. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR - Cross the road and phone the doctor? Easy - but not for Frank... (3)

4. NO TITLE - Frank and Betty are off to the seaside for a second honeymoon - Frank got on the wrong train for the first one. Things seem better this time - until they reach the hotel... (4)

5. NO TITLE - Betty is in hospital and Franks visits cause havoc in the wards. (5)

6. PSYCHIATRIST - Frank, having come to the conclusion that he is a failure, goes to see a psychiatrist... (6)

7. NO TITLE - The new manager at the labour exchange refuses to believe that Frank is unemployable... (7)

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SERIES 2
1. NO TITLE - Disaster-prone Frank manages to find a job as salesman for farm products, and with the job goes a car...and when they go for a picnic on a seaside cliff-top... (8)

2. RAF REUNION - Today, Frank attends his RAF reunion & the hidden story of his short but eventful spell in the service unfolds in flashback - of how the massed forces of the RAF were mobilized to get him out! (9)

3. NO TITLE - Frank goes into public relations - & relations deteriorate... (10)

4. NO TITLE - Frank finds himself headed for fatherhood & stardom. But, in the second role, he is fired before he is hired... (11)

5. NO TITLE - Frank is gently introduced to the responsibilities of fatherhood and takes up rollerskating. (12)

6. JESSICA'S BIRTH - The great day has at last arrived, and the son or daughter of the accident-prone Frank Spencer is about to appear on the scene. (13)

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SERIES 3
1. MOVING HOUSE - Moved out because his DIY activities have made the house unfit to live in, our hero decides the new residence needs improvement. (14)

2. WENDY HOUSE - Having lost most of his furniture in the move, Frank returns to evening woodworking class. His attempt at building Jessica a doll's house, however, gets out of hand. (15)

3. SCOTTISH DANCING - Frank has a fling when he goes Scottish country dancing but the rest of the set need time to recover. (16)

4. NO TITLE - Helpful as ever, Frank steps in to replace one of the Ugly Stepsisters in the local hospital's production of Cinderella. (17)

5. MOTORBIKE - The local labour exchange provides Frank with a job guaranteed to produce instant chaos - delivering packages by motor bike. (18)

6. AUSTRAILIA HOUSE - When his Australian grandfather comes over for a visit, Frank and Betty decide to emigrate. But it is difficult to see just what the former has to offer his prospective new homeland. (19)

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CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
1974 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - JESSICA'S FIRST CHRISTMAS - Frank is experiencing his first Christmas as a father, and he is determined that it will be an eventful one for Jessica. Fortunately, his pride and joy is not always present to see the chaos he creates, especially when he gets involved in the Christmas Nativity Play in the local church. (Xmas 74)

1975 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - Frank has managed to land himself a job as a pixie in the enchanted grotto of a large store's toy fair. After being sacked, Frank decides to try for his driving license to increase his career prospects. (Xmas 75)

1978 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - Frank is thrilled when his grandfather offers to pay for flying lessons so that he can help on his vast Australian sheep farm. He sees himself as a flying cowboy of the sheep ranges. Betty is not too happy about the idea, but she at least stays on the ground. (Xmas 78)