The BEST episodes written by Maurice Gran

Accentuate the Positive
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8.38
34 votes

#1 - Accentuate the Positive

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 6 - Episode 10

With the war coming to an end, there are surprises in store for Gary, his two wives and Ron.

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Let's Get Away from It All
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8.33
3 votes

#2 - Let's Get Away from It All

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 3 - Episode 11

Both Yvonne and Phoebe want to move house, but moving is the least of Gary's worries, as he is hit by bombshells in both his lives.

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Rites of Passage
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8.19
146 votes

#3 - Rites of Passage

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 1 - Episode 1

Lost in the East End of London, TV repairman Gary Sparrow walks down Ducketts Passage, through a time warp into 1940. In the Royal Oak pub there, without either gasmask or identity papers, he is suspected of being a spy. His eye is drawn by the barmaid Phoebe, but she is a married woman whose husband is away in the war. In the cellar during an air raid he teaches the pub regulars some songs. He also helps Eric, Phoebe's father, who is injured during the raid. But what will he tell his wife Yvonne, when, and if, he gets home?

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Love the One You're With
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7.97
35 votes

#4 - Love the One You're With

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 5 - Episode 9

Yvonne is signing copies of her just published autobiography. Meanwhile, Gary finds out from the porter in the 1990s that the owner of his 1940s West End flat is going to be killed in a road accident - what is he to do? He finds a new occupier. Then, racked with guilt, he decides to cause a happier ending.

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Grief Encounter
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7.91
33 votes

#5 - Grief Encounter

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 6 - Episode 4

Phoebe loses her patience when Gary backs out of a part in Noël Coward's new film, because he doesn't want to be recognised in it in the 1990s. She gets a part as an extra, but does she have more than a Brief Encounter on her mind? Gary thinks so, and barges in on the set.

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Is Your Journey Really Necessary?
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7.82
93 votes

#6 - Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 1 - Episode 3

Gary & Yvonne argue about her preoccupation with her OU degree course and his obsession with WW2. Warning Phoebe that the bombing will start early that evening, Gary takes her to Holborn Underground station to shelter overnight. When they return to the Royal Oak next morning, he is questioned by the police. Back in their Cricklewood home, Yvonne is worried when Gary fails to return from work that evening.

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Don't Fence Me In
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7.76
37 votes

#7 - Don't Fence Me In

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 2 - Episode 10

Phoebe is told that the brewery have another tenant for the Royal Oak and that she has to leave. When Mr Harrison visits her, he makes a proposition. Building work starts in Ducketts Passage, and a Portakabin blocks Gary's way when he wants to visit Phoebe to wish her a happy birthday.

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London Pride
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7.72
29 votes

#8 - London Pride

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 5 - Episode 2

Gary is moving up the social ladder in both eras, though not smoothly in either. Noël Coward helps Phoebe to cope with living in the West End when she has trouble with the butcher, by showing her how to improve her accent. As Yvonne's business makes her a celebrity, she plans a new house, and is invited to the Woman of the Year awards, which is followed by a party at No 10 Downing Street. Gary and Phoebe get their revenge on the butcher.

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How Long Has This Been Going On?
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7.71
31 votes

#9 - How Long Has This Been Going On?

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 4 - Episode 6

Gary is preparing for Yvonne's return from Korea, but an unexpected arrival at the Royal Oak could cause him even more trouble.

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One O'Clock Jump
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7.70
44 votes

#10 - One O'Clock Jump

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 3 - Episode 3

Gary is having some success with his shop, but this makes the unemployed Yvonne depressed, until she gets a job interview. Phoebe becomes broody. Gary makes a trip to Streatham bus garage, which leads to a revelation for PC Deadman.

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Fools Rush In
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7.69
94 votes

#11 - Fools Rush In

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 1 - Episode 2

Ignoring Yvonne's advice, Gary goes for a promotion interview but does not wear a suit. His friend, Ron, hearing Gary's call to a radio phone-in program, is intrigued to know if he really did travel back in time. After another argument with Yvonne, Gary does buy a suit, though not quite what she had in mind. He returns to Duckett's Passage to see if he can go back to 1940, and what he found there.

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A Room with a View
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7.66
32 votes

#12 - A Room with a View

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 5 - Episode 1

An unexpected wartime bomb hits Ducketts Passage and blows Gary and his son into to the present. Yvonne returns early from Switzerland, her holistic cosmetics business becoming increasingly successful, and Gary has to explain away the lad's existence when they bump into each other at Ron's. Meanwhile, Gary & Phoebe consider moving to Mayfair, which should be safer, and find they have a famous neighbor.

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You're Driving Me Crazy
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7.65
40 votes

#13 - You're Driving Me Crazy

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 4 - Episode 1

With both his ladies expecting babies, the demands on Gary's time become greater, but not as great as those on his wallet.

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It Ain't Necessarily So
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7.64
45 votes

#14 - It Ain't Necessarily So

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 3 - Episode 2

When Gary returns from the skiing holiday, he goes to see Phoebe, but makes an error in front of Mrs Bloss. This creates problems for Phoebe, but Mrs Bloss has a secret too. Stella Wheatcroft arranges a New Year's Eve party but doesn't invite Ron. Gary benefits from British Summer Time.

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I Get Along Without You Very Well
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7.64
58 votes

#15 - I Get Along Without You Very Well

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 1 - Episode 5

Wanting to improve their marriage, Yvonne decides to share an interest with Gary. News of an old lady leads Gary to believe he must return once more to 1940. Ron goes to Lithuania to watch an England football match as a cover. Gary is knocked down and comes to in the hospital with Phoebe & PC Deadman by his bedside. With Gary's stay in 1940 extended, Ron decides to tell Yvonne that Gary has been held by the Lithuanian police.

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Change Partners
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7.57
44 votes

#16 - Change Partners

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 3 - Episode 5

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.

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Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
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7.57
46 votes

#17 - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 3 - Episode 1

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.

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In the Mood
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7.54
56 votes

#18 - In the Mood

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 1 - Episode 6

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.

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Nice Work If You Can Get It
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7.51
43 votes

#19 - Nice Work If You Can Get It

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 2 - Episode 8

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?

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Don't Get Around Much Anymore
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7.46
56 votes

#20 - Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 2 - Episode 1

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.

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I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
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7.41
46 votes

#21 - I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 2 - Episode 2

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.

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Just Visiting
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7.33
43 votes

#22 - Just Visiting

Birds Of A Feather - Season 1 - Episode 2

Sharon and Tracey try to come to terms with the husbands' imprisonment—and to explain the situation to Tracey's son Garth.

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Would You Like to Swing on a Star
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7.32
41 votes

#23 - Would You Like to Swing on a Star

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 2 - Episode 7

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.

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The More I See You
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7.29
83 votes

#24 - The More I See You

Goodnight Sweetheart - Season 1 - Episode 4

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.

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Love on the Run
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7.23
13 votes

#25 - Love on the Run

Birds Of A Feather - Season 2 - Episode 11

Darryl has been taken to hospital with appendicitis, and plans to escape and spend the night with his wife. Meanwhile, Sharon sees this as an opportunity to do some entertaining of her own.