
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Phoebe's young orphaned relatives Sally and Peter return to live with her at the Royal Oak, and Gary has his arm twisted to help on the home front. Ron is still having problems with Stella, and despite Yvonne's unwillingness he moves in, but Gary begins to regret taking pity on him.
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.
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?
Having missed the interview that Yvonne had arranged for him, Gary pretends to have been taken ill and takes things quietly until Ron comes round to cheer him up. Phoebe becomes ill; can Gary transport medicine back in time? Yvonne has something she has to tell Gary.
Gary is put out when the Americans arrive at the Royal Oak. As Gary owes Ron a favor, he sets up a deal to import some American goods from 1942. An episode of racial tension requires Gary to take some drastic action.
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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Victor McGuire | Ron |
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Nicholas Lyndhurst | Gary |
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Dervla Kirwan | Phoebe |
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Christopher Ettridge | Reg |
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Michelle Holmes | Yvonne |
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Nimmy March | Stella |
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Yvonne D'Alpra | Mrs Bloss |
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Jon Glover | Wilfred Pickles |
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Ralph Ineson | Donald |
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Sam Douglas | Billy Joe McCarthy |
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Tim Dutton | Guy |
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Diana Kent | Jayne |
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Michael Shannon | Ed Murrow |
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Matt Rippy | Zeffirelli |
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Harriet Thorpe | Gillian |
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Belinda Stewart-Wilson | Vanessa |
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Charles Simon | Curator |
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Arthur White | Newsagent |
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John Evans | Winston |
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Ronnie Stevens | Sidney Wix |
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Rhashan Stone | James T |
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John Bardon | Guard |
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Polly Hemingway | Beryl Formby |
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Josie Kidd | Nippie |
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Phil Nice | George Formby |
Director | Robin Nash |
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Terry Kinane |
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Writer | Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran, Gary Lawson, John Phelps, Paul Makin, Geoff Rowley | |
Producer | John Bartlett, Maurice Gran, Claire Hinson, Laurence Marks, Allan McKeown, Geoff Rowley, Julian Meers |
Nr Discs | 1 |
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Layers | Single side, Single layer |
Watched | |
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Quantity | 1 |
Index | 1538 |
Added Date | Aug 06, 2015 18:00:55 |
Modified Date | Jul 16, 2024 09:16:37 |