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Season 1

  • S01E01 Sardine Sandwiches

    • October 27, 1970
    • ITV1

    Former couple Geoffrey and Beryl are reunited more than a year after their breakup.

  • S01E02 The Date

    • November 3, 1970
    • ITV1

    Beryl's ideas about male and female dating behavior cause her to wish that Geoffrey would exert more dominance.

  • S01E03 Freckle Face

    • November 10, 1970
    • ITV1

    Beryl's mother seems to have had a sudden change of opinion about Beryl's lifestyle.

  • S01E04 Brainwashing

    • November 17, 1970
    • ITV1

    Beryl takes Geoffrey to meet her friend Sandra, a new bride and mother.

  • S01E05 A Pipe and a Moustache

    • November 24, 1970
    • ITV1

    Beryl fixes to improve Geoffrey's appearance and intelligence.

  • S01E06 The Truth Game

    • December 1, 1970
    • ITV1

    The results of a game of truth played by Beryl and Geoffrey nearly spell the end of the couple.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Engagement

    • October 7, 1971
    • ITV1

    Beryl and Geoffrey argue in a record shop and call the relationship off.

  • S02E02 Breaking It Off

    • October 14, 1971
    • ITV1

    Despite Beryl's happiness, Geoffrey is not quite sure how he proposed or whether he wants to be married.

  • S02E03 Birthday

    • October 21, 1971
    • ITV1

    Beryl and Geoffrey's relationship hangs in the balance after the disastrous melodrama of a birthday party.

  • S02E04 Joint Bank Account

    • October 28, 1971
    • ITV1

    With the engagement back on, Geoffrey doesn't share Beryl's eagerness and outlook on financial matters.

  • S02E05 The Better Homes Exhibition

    • November 4, 1971
    • ITV1

    Geoffrey tires of Beryl's enthusiastic patter about houses.

  • S02E06 Trial Marriage

    • November 11, 1971
    • ITV1

    Geoffrey may be forced to stay over at Beryl's if he misses the last bus.

  • S02E07 The Best Laid Plans

    • November 25, 1971
    • ITV1

    As Geoffrey learns of the full extent of Beryl's plans for the wedding, the pressure begins to build again. A chat with Roland could hold an escape plan, but just how will Beryl react - and does he really want to take a way out?

  • SPECIAL 0x1 The Lovers! (The Film)

    • May 14, 1973

    Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…