Series 1

Series 1 (1973)




Episodes List

Ep.1 The More We Are Together

Air Date: 1973-06-08

Betty's mother visits the caravan she is now sharing with her workshy husband, Bert

Ep.2 The Ring

Air Date: 1973-06-15

It's taken Betty several years of hard courting to get a wedding ring; it's taken her just 7 weeks of marriage to lose it. But the ring must be somewhere in the caravan...

Ep.3 Run Rabbit Run

Air Date: 1973-06-22

Bert confidently predicts that broiler rabbits will solve all his financial problems and bring the maximum of profit with the minimum of effort. Betty doesn't share his enthusiasm - but the arrival of a boxful of baby bunnies melts her resistance...

Ep.4 A Rough Night

Air Date: 1973-06-29

Betty's belief that she deserves better than a caravan home is underlined when Bert and Wally quarrel about a dustbin. With mice and ants as her unlikely allies, and after a night spent sleeping in the car, Betty looks set to win the battle - but who will win the war?

Ep.5 The Competition

Air Date: 1973-07-06

Bert enters a competition to find the country's Ideal Newlyweds - and Betty nearly realises her life-long ambition of spending a proper honeymoon in the sun.

Ep.6 An Addition to the Family

Air Date: 1973-07-13

Bert and Betty Jones return home late to find that a stranger has broken into their caravan. They understandably take strongarm action, but the bearded intruder resists all attempts at eviction.

Ep.7 Look After the Pennies

Air Date: 1973-07-20

Betty decides that if she and Bert are ever to save enough money to buy a house, she must become the breadwinner. Unfortunately Bert is as incompetent as a house-wife as he is at everything else.