
Long Weekend
Episode 1 • Oct 24, 1979
Terry and June are moving to Purley and it seemed a good idea to redecorate the house before moving in. But then they learn of its sinister 'reputation'.
Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives. The couple have just moved to Purley, south-east London... Aunt Lucy and the mynah bird had disappeared, as had the occasionally visiting daughters. Terry and June now mixed with a friendly next door neighbour, Beattie; Terry's chatty work colleague, Malcolm; and their gruff boss Sir Dennis Hodge. Otherwise, things were much as before, with Terry's pigheaded childishness causing no end of problems, usually thwarting June's attempts at leading a cosy life.
65 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1979
Rating
6.2/10
11 votes • HD
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Episodes
Episode 1 • Oct 24, 1979
Terry and June are moving to Purley and it seemed a good idea to redecorate the house before moving in. But then they learn of its sinister 'reputation'.
Episode 2 • Oct 31, 1979
Terry and June must move out of their old house, but a series of crises keeps interrupting their plans to leave. Wendy leaves Roger, and he shows up to stop her.
Episode 3 • Nov 07, 1979
Guests are coming for drinks, but the new carpet has not been delivered. The new neighbours offer to save the day and have a friend get a rug. When Terry's work mate arrives and says the office has had its carpet stolen, Terry is determined to return what he thinks is the stolen carpet.
Episode 4 • Nov 14, 1979
Terry's boss, Sir Dennis Hodge, is passionate about two things - work and bridge. When Sir Dennis' bridge partner quits, Terry volunteers to replace him. The problem ? Terry can't play. So, he buys some books and takes a crash course on the game.
Episode 5 • Nov 21, 1979
When Terry sees some graffiti on a wall, he is disappointed by teenagers' inability to spell. He becomes depressed that the younger generation has no role models. The neighbours suggest that he help their nephew in a competition.
Episode 6 • Nov 28, 1979
Late at night, Terry and June are reading and she is enjoying a horror story. When tapping starts on the window, she begs him to find out what it is. When he brings in a bird, she decides she wants pets of her own.
Episode 1 • Sep 05, 1980
Terry gets a brand new company car but has a run of bad lack. First he nearly collides with a police car, then the car ends up being stolen. Luckily the car gets returned undamaged, but then his troubles really begin...
Episode 2 • Sep 12, 1980
It's June's birthday and Terry arranges for his secretary to buy a gift for her so he can keep it secret. Things go wrong and Terry is accused of having an affair!
Episode 3 • Sep 19, 1980
Terry's nephew, Alan comes to stay when he lands a job for a cash & carry firm in London. This turns into a nightmare when Terry is arrested on suspicion of being a fraudster!
Episode 4 • Sep 26, 1980
Terry's Boss, Sir Dennis, appoints his nephew to an executive position in the company. He starts to fire long standing members of staff and replace them with young, fresh thinking ones. As a result, the new blood hire a local disco for the staff's annual dance - Terry and June decide to learn by attending a 'disco dancing for beginners' class.
Episode 5 • Oct 03, 1980
Terry is not too happy when June takes a temporary job, and when their professional paths cross, life becomes very complicated.
Episode 6 • Oct 10, 1980
June takes up a hobby - the cello!
Episode 1 • Nov 13, 1981
The Medfords get new neighbours - Tarquin and Melinda. Terry is concerned about his lawnmower as the previous tenant did not return it to him before he left. Tarquin refuses to return it as it has been signed for as part of their household inventory. Terry decides, with the help of his nephew Alan, to do a night time raid on the neighbours' garden shed to get it back!
Episode 2 • Nov 20, 1981
Terry and June end up getting involved in hospital radio when Malcolm is admitted after a heart attack.
Episode 3 • Nov 27, 1981
Terry gets the chance to apply for a job in the new branch based in Brussels. Sir Dennis invites himself round for dinner but things start to go wrong when Terry's nephew Alan drops in, together with four Japanese businessmen.
Episode 4 • Dec 04, 1981
Problem-solving causes its own difficulties for the middle-aged couple
Episode 5 • Dec 11, 1981
Terry and June pay a visit to Alan's pub and end up running it with disastrous consequences.
Episode 6 • Dec 18, 1981
An all-expenses-paid weekend away beckons, but Terry falls ill.
Episode 1 • Jan 05, 1982
Terry wins a prize in a company raffle - a 3000 piece jigsaw which he spends the whole weekend completing with June.
Episode 2 • Jan 12, 1982
Tornado Terry takes up snooker but sells his snooker table, then tries to buy it back as he discovers it might be an antique table...
Episode 3 • Jan 19, 1982
Tarquin and Melinda pay a visit to show their home movies. This gives Terry the idea to buy a tent from a work colleague so June and him can go camping. As a trial they set up the tent in the back garden.
Episode 4 • Jan 26, 1982
Terry attends a weekend conference at a hotel and is asked to read Sir Dennis' speech!
Episode 5 • Feb 02, 1982
Terry gets talked into being an auctioneer by Austin, the vicar.
Episode 6 • Feb 09, 1982
After June hears a burglar trying to break into their house she decides it's time to buy a burglar alarm. Terry decides it would be easier and cheaper to make his own one, which involves recording a fierce dog barking!
Episode 1 • Oct 19, 1982
Sir Dennis wants Terry to stand as a councillor and get into the local council so they can sell more fire extinguishers. If he fails to get elected he faces a transfer to the company's Iceland office.
Episode 2 • Oct 26, 1982
The Medfords take up golf, but when they run into problems with other members at the club, they begin to wonder whether they are cut out for the sport.
Episode 3 • Nov 02, 1982
Terry decides to take up woodworking, while Tarquin sets up a noise abatement group to try and curb noise from a neighbour who is learning to play the drums.
Episode 4 • Nov 09, 1982
Terry takes up CB radio and ends up getting stuck in the back of a removal van!
Episode 5 • Nov 16, 1982
Terry decides to get rid of the sand pit in his garden and replace it with a nice ornamental pool.
Episode 6 • Nov 23, 1982
The vicar asks the Medfords to give a talk at their local old folks' club. He also suspects there is a fraudulent bingo game going on and asks Terry to straighten it out.
Episode 1 • Feb 15, 1983
Terry becomes the proud owner of a video recorder, but disaster strikes when he offers to record a programme for the company chairman.
Episode 2 • Feb 22, 1983
Terry becomes a wine-making enthusiast. Several disasters later, June persuades him that a visit to Boulogne for some duty-free would be much more enjoyable.
Episode 3 • Mar 01, 1983
More middle-class mayhem with the Medfords. June gets in a pickle when Terry misses the ferry, and a salvo of smelly cheeses dispatches a pedantic car park attendant.
Episode 4 • Mar 08, 1983
In an attempt to improve relations with their neighbours, June persuades Terry to spend a day with them at a lakeside wildlife sanctuary.
Episode 5 • Mar 15, 1983
Terry and June experience problems with 'industrial relations' when they have new wardrobes fitted in their bedroom.
Episode 6 • Mar 22, 1983
While on a train journey, Terry manages to knock himself unconscious helping a lady retrieve her luggage.
Episode 1 • Oct 31, 1983
A seemingly healthy interest in photography gets Terry into trouble with his boss, leaving June to pick up the pieces.
Episode 2 • Nov 07, 1983
A diamond goes missing from June's ring, prompting Terry to go on a treasure hunt.
Episode 3 • Nov 14, 1983
Terry drags June to Ross-on-Wye for a business meeting, and is challenged to a raft race on the river.
Episode 4 • Nov 21, 1983
The heat is on as the couple decide to have a summer barbecue - but things don't quite go according to plan.
Episode 5 • Nov 28, 1983
The duo attend a beloved uncle's funeral, but June is unaware of the chaos to follow.
Episode 6 • Dec 05, 1983
A plumber installs some radiators in the couple's home, but one job leads to another when their neighbours' house is burgled.
Episode 1 • Sep 07, 1985
Terry is longing to play for the firm's cricket team but Sir Dennis is not keen, given that he thinks Terry is a poor player.
Episode 2 • Sep 14, 1985
Sir Dennis' loyal secretary Miss Fennell is desolate, when instead of proposing to her as she had hoped, he transfers her to another department.
Episode 3 • Sep 21, 1985
Sir Dennis asks the Medfords to host Middle Eastern prince Abdul Aziz, with whom he hopes to do a deal.
Episode 4 • Sep 28, 1985
When Tarquin and Melinda get a new front door ,June decides she would like one, but Terry is too mean to have the new one fitted and does it himself.
Episode 5 • Oct 05, 1985
Having begun a fitness and diet regime Terry is shocked when he believes he overhears the doctor, on the telephone, saying that he is terminally ill.
Episode 6 • Oct 12, 1985
When the Medfords find educated tramp Owen Midgeley sleeping in their shed, Terry wants rid of him, but June is charmed when he mows their lawn.
Episode 1 • Jul 20, 1987
Terry's quest for a more youthful look and the perfect body causes June to take drastic action of her own.
Episode 2 • Jul 27, 1987
Terry's boss is furious when blueprints for a new talking fire extinguisher go missing.
Episode 3 • Aug 03, 1987
Terry becomes a butler when his wife is left short-handed while catering for an important dinner party.
Episode 4 • Aug 10, 1987
Terry's involvement in the neighbourhood watch scheme is not as straightforward as it seems...
Episode 5 • Aug 17, 1987
June recounts a fairy tale dream at breakfast and later in the day it appears to have come true.
Episode 6 • Aug 24, 1987
Terry's day gets off to a bad start, but soon changes when he wins money on a premium bond.
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