Season 2
Episodes
0. A Quiet Christmas
1988-12-26
Sarah plans a traditional Christmas but finds that Russell isn't interested at all. And Eleanor has her own slightly outdated take on 'traditional'!
1. Intellectual Aspirations
1989-01-17
Clare 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.
2. Open Secrets
1989-01-24
When 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.
3. Memory Games
1989-01-31
It's quiz night and Clare and Eleanor are in opposing teams, while Sarah seems to be having problems with the accuracy of her memory.
4. The Cold
1989-02-07
Sarah 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.
5. Wedding Bells
1989-02-07
Eleanor 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.
6. Lines of Communication
1989-03-07
Sarah 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.
7. Gossip
1989-03-14
Sarah is accused of scandal-mongering after inadvertently starting a rumour about the pension counter's sister.
8. Out on a Limb
1989-03-14
With 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.
9. Upstagers
1989-03-21
With 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...
10. Idle Speculation
1989-03-28
Sarah, Eleanor and Clare are enlisted by the local amateur dramatic society when it suddenly loses its leading players.
11. Efficiency
1989-04-04
Eleanor 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.
12. Going Away
1989-04-11
Eleanor 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.
13. A Week of Sundays
1989-12-25
Sarah 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.