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Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.
The Electricity Board cuts off the power to Bill and Barbie's for non-payment. They know they paid it; they just can't prove it. Joan lets them move in and offers to go down to the office with Bill to sort it out. Unfortunately, the man is Black and Eddie can't hold his tongue. Worse, they find out that Bill gave Barbie the cheque to mail, she gave it to Joan, and Joan gave it to Eddie. It's still in his pocket.
Chauvelin's scheme to capture the Countess de Monsants before she can escape to England succeeds and she and her servant fall into his trap. Sir Percy hears about it and hatches his own scheme, rescuing the Countess and her servant from under Chauvelin's nose and smuggling them to England. Outraged, Chauvelin travels to England, planning to kidnap the countess and bring her back to France. Meanwhile, the Prince has hired a Chinese decorator to remodel a wing of the palace, and Sir Percy decides to use the man in his plan to thwart Chauvelin's plot.
Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.
The staff has been complaining about the canteen food and the canteen staff is tired of hearing about it. The staff ends up getting the job of running the canteen handed to them so that they can show that they can do it better.
It's Eddie's birthday and the boys at the club band together to send him sexy birthday cards as a joke, which doesn't impress Joan. Bill also sends a joke one from Harold Wilson that leads to Eddie being arrested.
Giving one of Sir Percy's agents false information, Chauvelin hopes to lure the man he thinks is the Pimpernel into the open. He achieves his aim but is astonished when a 'simple minded' farmer's boy (the Pimpernel in disguise) arrives.
Travers continues to evade Clarence's proposals and money continues to be tight. The couple find work at a big house in the village. Guest starring Gwen Nelson and Damaris Hayman.
Ammonia orders Lurcio to get rid of Senator Lecherous, Nausius wants to help a girl that he picks up in the street, and Ludicrus Sextus receives news of a special visitor from Rome.
When a glamorous representative of a `His and Hers' perfume range sets up shop in the store, Mrs Slocombe and Mr Grainger wage war on their new fast-talking adversary.
Mrs Slocomb does not want to sell a new batch of underwear. Mr Grainger is disgruntled with Mrs Slocomb for using half the floor space.
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A retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities.
Starring - Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant
Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of compe****ive questions and a great deal of humourous conversation.
Mr Humphries is late for work again. He has personal problems, he's fallen out with his mother, left home, and now he's been accused of stealing from the till.
The cold has set in and fuel rations are severely limited amidst a fuel crisis, so Marsh is quick to alleviate C Flight of their portion of coke for Alice's use each night. Meanwhile, Ken is facing troubles of the heart.
A bumbling butcher's boy takes a shine to a recently orphaned girl while visiting his boss in hospital. He vows to return to see her again - only to be banned by the hospital administrator who sees him as a troublemaker.
Not to be deterred, however, the hapless youth dreams up a number of devious schemes to regain entry.
The discussion in the club turns to ghosts. When Nobby says a ghost is haunting the club, Eddie and Bill make a bet that Eddie can't stay in the club all night.
Lord Richard Hastings's eye for a pretty girl places him and Sir Percy in the spotlight - and right under Chauvelin's nose. Will the gossip prove to be their undoing, or can the Pimpernel save the day?
C Flight are initially put out when their regular routine is changed; but as it's in favour of some real training - both with guns on the ground, and on a real air flight - they quickly change their minds. Corporal Marsh, however, is far less keen with the latter endeavour.
Young Mr Grace is going into semi-retirement and his brother Old Mr Grace is to replace him. Mr Humphries has contracted Marine's Disease. It means the staff must go into isolation.
A lone British milkman (Norman Wisdom) protects his boss's (Edward Chapman) tiny business from a dairy tycoon's (Jerry Desmonde) conglomerate.
Mr Hedges (Alderton), is only allowed to bring his unruly class, '5C' to the School Camp, if he takes full responsibility for their behaviour.
Starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson
Barry Cryer hosts the long-running show, giving a showcase to established comic talent. Nominally a quiz, but in reality just a joke-fest!
Broadcast 19th May 1971