Series 2

E1. Intellectual Aspirations

Jan 17, 1989 · 30m

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.

E2. Open Secrets

Jan 24, 1989 · 30m

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.

E3. Memory Games

Jan 31, 1989 · 30m

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.

E4. The Cold

Feb 7, 1989 · 30m

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.

E5. Wedding Bells

Feb 7, 1989 · 30m

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.

E6. Lines of Communication

Mar 7, 1989 · 30m

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.

E7. Gossip

Mar 14, 1989 · 30m

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

E8. Out on a Limb

Mar 14, 1989 · 30m

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.

E9. Upstagers

Mar 21, 1989 · 30m

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...

E10. Idle Speculation

Mar 28, 1989 · 30m

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

E11. Efficiency

Apr 4, 1989 · 30m

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.

E12. Going Away

Apr 11, 1989 · 30m

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.

E13. A Week of Sundays

Dec 25, 1989 · 30m

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.