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Up the Elephant and Round the Castle

Series 1

1983 · 6 episodes

  1. 1. A Cuckoo in the Nest

    1983-11-30 · 23m

    Jim London is forced to take in a lodger when some unsavoury debt collectors turn up.

  2. 2. May the Best Man Win

    1983-12-07 · 23m

    When Jim agrees to be best man at his friend's wedding, he doesn't realise his duties will include being stuck in the middle of an argument between two feuding, unhappily married wrestlers.

  3. 3. ...Up the Public Spirit

    1983-12-14 · 23m

    Jim finds himself in hot water with the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS), thanks to his busybody neighbour Councillor Bertram Allnutt.

  4. 4. Never on a Sunday

    1983-12-21 · 23m

    Jim has been partying all night and is desperate for sleep, but his attempts are constantly interrupted by a string of unwelcome visitors.

  5. 5. A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in Shepherds Bush

    1984-01-04 · 23m

    It's Good Neighbour Week and Jim intends to win first prize by looking after Wanda's parrot.

  6. 6. Every Two Minutes

    1984-01-11 · 23m

    After a night on the tiles, Jim wakes to find himself being burgled by a depressed upper-class man and a woman fast asleep in his bathtub.

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