The WORST episodes of Goodnight Sweetheart
Every episode of Goodnight Sweetheart ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Goodnight Sweetheart!
Gary Sparrow is an underachieving TV repairman, unhappily married to the loud and often mocking Yvonne Sparrow. However, Gary's life is changed forever upon discovering a time portal taking him back to a war-torn London, leading to an East End pub (the Royal Oak) and an attractive barmaid named Phoebe, who becomes his girlfriend. From then on, Gary leads a double life, going back and forth across time to please the two women in his life closest to his heart, but furthest apart.
#1 - ...As You Wave Me Goodbye
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/27/1995
Gary realises that life in 1941 is not what he expected. The water supply is interrupted by a bomb, and he is put on fire-watching duty. Phoebe is incensed to discover that her relationship with Gary is the subject of gossip. But how can Gary go home to 1995, when he has ""committed suicide"" there?
#2 - Who's Taking You Home Tonight
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/13/1995
Phoebe invites Gary for a meal, and Yvonne makes plans with him. How can he be in two places and times at once?
#3 - The More I See You
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/1993
Gary asks Ron, who is a printer, to forge him some 1940s identity papers. Although he dresses for the part, Ron finds that only Gary can go back to 1940. While walking in a cemetery, Phoebe asks Gary to take her back to the 1990s with him. Back in the 1990s, Ron is angry, and Gary drives all the way to Huddersfield, where Yvonne has gone for her OU degree course, worried that Ron has told her about Phoebe.
#4 - Would You Like to Swing on a Star
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/3/1995
Yvonne becomes an amateur actress and lands a lead role, while Gary only gets a backstage role. Gary decides to do some ""import/export"" between 1941 & 1995 to make some money.
#5 - Just One More Chance
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/6/1995
In 1941, Gary faces a court appearance after a drinking bout. It seems he will lose his driving licence and his job. When their marriage looks like it's falling apart, Yvonne decides to seek help. Meanwhile Phoebe is pining for Gary and feeling sorry for herself.
#6 - Turned Out Nice Again
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/5/1996
The famous entertainer George Formby arrives at the Royal Oak wanting to record one of Gary's songs. Gary has doubts about tampering with history. Stella has a deep discussion with Yvonne about the men in her life.
#7 - I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/27/1995
In 1995, Yvonne is thinking about having a family, and wants to move house. In 1941, Phoebe meets someone tall, dark & handsome, and gives Gary a cool reception.
#8 - Out of Town
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/17/1997
Gary plans to go on holiday with Phoebe while Yvonne is away on Korea, but then he receives a visitor.
#9 - All About Yvonne
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/18/1999
Yvonne throws Gary out of their Thameside penthouse apartment, which makes Gary edgy, which in turn makes Phoebe suspicious that there's someone else in his life. Ron has new girlfriend, Flic, who is so classy she's out of his league, and he is desperate to impress her, but Gary is more concerned about getting back with Yvonne.
#10 - There's Something About a Soldier
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/12/1996
Yvonne pressures Gary to take a sensible job with her new company, and arranges an interview for him. Gary's life with Phoebe is threatened by a returning hero, so should he forsake the past and stay in the 1990s?
#11 - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/20/1995
Gary returns to the 1940s to try to make a fortune using his knowledge of the future. He finds that there are some changes at the Royal Oak. When he makes an appointment to see the local bank manager, he gets a surprise.
#12 - Flash, Bang, Wallop
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/13/1999
Gary must take drastic measures to ensure that a compromising photo from the Forties isn't seen in the present day.
#13 - Let Yourself Go
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/1995
Gary gets scared when Yvonne thinks they are going to become parents. When he goes to see Phoebe, she is about to go to Buckinghamshire to visit her orphan cousins. Yvonne arranges to make a weekend visit to her mother. Gary goes with Phoebe to Buckinghamshire, but meets someone else, while Phoebe is attracted to a handsome American airman.
#14 - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/10/1995
Gary goes back to 1941 to give a concert in Palmer's Green, but only returns home in the early hours. Wix wants to sign a contract with Gary to publish ""his"" songs, which Phoebe thinks is a good idea. When an air raid occurs, it prevents Gary from playing in Plaistow and from returning as he intended to make his theatrical debut? And what were those pills the doctor has prescribed for Gary's nerves?
#15 - Wish Me Luck
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/20/1995
When it looks Yvonne may be promoted at work, she wants them to move far away from London. Gary thinks of a risky scheme to get himself out of the situation.
#16 - In the Mood
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/23/1993
Gary decides to make another visit to 1940, following an ultimatum from Yvonne. Ron forges some 1940s money so that Gary can make a killing on the Stock Exchange. PC Deadman brings news of the King's visit to East London and Gary arranges to visit the London Hospital. Gary takes Phoebe for a meal at the Savoy to say goodbye, and secretly books the Imperial Suite. Phoebe's father, Eric, brings her some important news. Gary gives Yvonne an unexpected present, and she points out someone who looks rather familiar in an old 1940s newsreel.
#17 - Mairzy Doats
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/16/1998
Ron takes advantage of the new ability to use the time gate, and as Gary's supposed commanding officer can do anything he wants. Since Reg has been promoted to a position in Scotland Yard, Ron takes everyone to a West End club to celebrate, but becomes a huge liability for Gary. Unfortunately, Yvonne obtains complimentary tickets to a Chelsea soccer match for the very same evening.
#18 - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/15/1996
Gary helps Yvonne with her OU work with a WW2 tale of a Nazi spy and counterfeit money. Ron and Stella are still causing each other grief.
#19 - Come Fly with Me
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/29/1997
Can Gary cope with two stag nights?
#20 - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/26/1995
Gary buys a shop for his new business selling World War Two items, and Ron terrifies the protagonist when suggesting he might have influenced the Americans' decisions over Pearl Harbor. Thus to prevent putting a dint in history, back in the 1940s Gary tries convincing a senior American of the Japanese attack.
#21 - Change Partners
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/22/1996
The Ron and Stella saga continues. All seems well with both Phoebe and Yvonne, but while Gary's away the girls get up to things. Gary's nearly late as the belle of the ball. Meanwhile, in the cellar Reg is making a present for Frankie.
#22 - In the Mood
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/1997
It seems that Gary may not be the only one who can go back to 1942.
#23 - How I Won the War
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/30/1999
A trip to northern France to entertain the troops forces Gary to play the hero following the sudden invasion by the Germans.
#24 - And Mother Came Too
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/24/1997
Yvonne's absence isn't making Gary's life any easier as Ron needs his help, and Phoebe's mother-in-law turns up at the Royal Oak.
#25 - Pennies from Heaven
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/23/1998
When Gary runs short of money, he decides he must break his own rules to get out of trouble, and starts betting on the horses. Phoebe is distraught, as her father was a gambler, and repeatedly tries to dissuade him.