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In the aftermath of Upstairs Downstairs, chauffeur Thomas Watkins and housemaid Sarah Moffat have gone their separate ways. But when a near fatal auto accident reunites them, the duo team up to hatch get-rich-quick schemes, pose as wealthy investors, or take on various odd jobs—often at the expense of others.
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- E1 Birds of a FeatherNext upJan 14, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
A near tragic car accident between mechanic Thomas Watkins in his auto and nanny Sarah Moffat results in the one-time couple reuniting.
Guest stars: Graham Cull (Tubby), Maria Charles (Madge), Jessica Benton (Grace Laughton), Sally Home (Lady Selina Weillingham), Ian Thompson (The Reverend Horkesly), Barbara Bolton (Edna), Gillian Hawser (Nanny), Maxwell Shaw (Monsieur Defarge)
- E2 The Silver GhostJan 21, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
When Thomas is tasked with selling the Bellamy's Silver Ghost, he finds himself involved in a high risk smuggling scheme involving stolen jewelry.
Guest stars: Graham Cull (Tubby), Maria Charles (Madge), Peter Thornton (Charlie), John Castle (Sid Pollitzer), John Bryans (Louis Pollitzer), Richard Grant (Lord Pendleton), Barbara Keogh (Lady Pendleton), Dave Carter (Fred)
- E3 The Biters BitJan 28, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
Circumstances put Thomas and Sarah at a costume party for the gliteratti dressed as servants and it's assumed that the two are aristocrats.
Guest stars: Sarah Badel (Felicity 'Filly' Stokeleigh-Pomeroy), Rupert Frazer (Lord Peter Purley), Georgina Melville (Lady Victoria Arlington), Christopher Godwin (Sir Roger Arlington), Norman Ettlinger (Duke of Lindfield), Prudence Rennick (Duchess of Lindfield), Timothy Vaughan-Hughes (Lord Edward Barking), Lucinda MacDonald (Lady Emma Barking)
- E4 The Vanishing LadyFeb 4, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
After Madge's friend, an ex-policeman, locates Sarah performing in a music hall, she and Thomas decide to sell the garage and collaborate on a magic act.
Guest stars: Graham Cull (Tubby), Maria Charles (Madge), Peter Thornton (Charlie), Norman Bird (Gilbert), Zoe Bright (Dolly), Peter Gordon (Maurice), Andy Ho (Chang Le Yen), Jacqueline Chan (Naomi)
- E5 Made in HeavenFeb 11, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
While caretaking the townhouse of vacationing aristocrats, Thomas and Sarah take the opportunity to use the premises as a matrimonial agency.
Guest stars: Hilary Mason (Mrs Sedley), Anne Blake (Mrs Hoo-Fung), Nina Thomas (Hilda Armitage), Daphne Anderson (Mrs Armitage), Lucinda Gane (Emily Rudge), Helen Lindsay (Lady Rudge), Hugh Walters (Harold Entwistle), Thora Hird (Mrs Entwistle)
- E6 Alma MaterFeb 18, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
Sara is working at a private boys' school when Thomas arrives and brazens himself into becoming a teacher.
Guest stars: Derek Godfrey (Dr Groom-Crombie), John Welsh (Mr Chater), Pat Keen (Mrs Battersby), John Saunders (Mr Drew), Norman Scace (Bishop), Geoffrey Toone (General), Matthew Ryan (Talbot), Adam Godley (Tomlinson)
- E7 A Day at the MetropoleFeb 25, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
Thomas' mechanical skills earn him a holiday as the seashore Metropole Hotel, where Sarah meets an old chorus girl friend now married to a rich sportsman.
Guest stars: Geoffrey Whitehead (Sir George Truscott), Yvonne Antrobus (Lady Elise Truscott), Ruby Head (Madame Gladwin), Jill Hellerman (Ronnie), Victor Brooks (Phelps), Elena Secota (Mathilde), Pam St. Clement (Mrs Hill), Philip Ryan (Mr Hill)
- E8 The Poor Young Widow of PeckhamMar 4, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
While trying to win a photography contest run by a local tabloid, Thomas comes down with pneumonia, and the prognosis is grim.
Guest stars: Norman Jones (Cyril Warboys), Rosemary Martin (Mrs Burridge), Eve Pearce (Sister Teresa), Hilary Gasson (Nurse Cecilia), Charles Lamb (Arthur Dooley), John Moore (Mr Irvine), Heather Canning (Mrs Green), James Taylor (Mr Green)
- E9 There Is a Happy LandMar 11, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
With the profits from a jewelry swindle, Thomas and Sarah open a successful haberdashery as Sarah announces she is pregnant.
Guest stars: Marion Mathie (Mrs Bradley-Norton), Anthony Roye (Mr Bradley-Norton), Doreen Mantle (Mrs Ryder), Neville Barber (The Reverend Ryder), Mary MacLeod (Miss Jenkins), Harry Walker (Mr Tremaine), Maggie Wilkinson (Rosie Meadows), Raymond Adamson (Dr Gordon)
- E10 Return to GethynMar 18, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
Thomas becomes suddenly homesick for his native Wales and with Sarah travels back to his village home for the first time in ten years with dire consequences.
Guest stars: Gary Raymond (Eli Watkins), Pamela Miles (Olwen Watkins), Nesta Harris (Mrs Watkins), Jack Walters (Gwynfor Williams), Marged Esli (Bessie Evans), Lee Sparke (Melchior Evans), Aubrey Richards (Byron Jones), Shirley Cain (Mrs Hughes)
- E11 Putting on the RitzMar 25, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
Hoping to pull profitable con, Thomas and Sarah impersonate an inventor and a French countess but get taken in by another pair of con artists.
Guest stars: Graham Cull (Tubby), Norman Bird (Gilbert), Zoe Bright (Dolly), Charles West (Sir Joseph Weidler), Sheila Gish (Polly), Jonathan Hyde (Charles), Michael Lees (Henry), Peter Howell (Lord Andover)
- E12 The New RichApr 1, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
Nouveau riche Sarah and Thomas have the use of the Andover townhouse, but their egalitarian attitude towards their servants is frowned upon by their butler Wilson.
Guest stars: Charles West (Sir Joseph Weidler), Morris Perry (Henry Tanby), Nigel Hawthorne (Wilson), Barbara Hicks (Mrs Ambrose), Marjorie Hogan (Mrs Fitzgerald), Mark Elwes (Lord Dawnay), Sarah Carthy (Ethel), Linda Robson (Nelly)
- E13 Love Into Three Won't GoApr 8, 1979 · 50 min
Synopsis
Thomas and Sarah go into the service of a depressed and dissipated aristocrat with a death wish, but their good cheer lifts him out of his doldrums.
Guest stars: Anton Rodgers (Richard De Brassey), William Moore (Dr Saville), George Malpas (Old William), Monty James (Priest)
Cast & crew
Created by Alfred Shaughnessy
John Alderton
Pauline Collins
