Series 2

Intellectual Aspirations

January 17, 1989

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.

S02E02

Open Secrets

30m

January 24, 1989

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.

S02E03

Memory Games

30m

January 31, 1989

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.

S02E04

The Cold

30m

February 7, 1989

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.

S02E05

Wedding Bells

30m

February 7, 1989

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.

S02E06

Lines of Communication

30m

March 7, 1989

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.

S02E07

Gossip

30m

March 14, 1989

Sarah is accused of scandal-mongering after inadvertently starting a rumour about the pension counter's sister.

S02E08

Out on a Limb

30m

March 14, 1989

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.

S02E09

Upstagers

30m

March 21, 1989

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...

S02E10

Idle Speculation

30m

March 28, 1989

Sarah, Eleanor and Clare are enlisted by the local amateur dramatic society when it suddenly loses its leading players.

S02E11

Efficiency

30m

April 4, 1989

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.

S02E12

Going Away

30m

April 11, 1989

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.

S02E13

A Week of Sundays

30m

December 25, 1989

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.