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{ "se": "S01E01", "title": "Plumstones", "tt": 538523, "air_date": "1984-09-10", "description": "Shy librarian Alison Little arrives at a hotel to meet long-lost cousin Tom Cheyney. Eccentric,accident-prone Tom Chance turns up for a blind date with Alison Hughes but due to a misunderstanding they end up with each other as Tom's clumsiness with a rowing oar knocks his date and a rude male receptionist unconscious. Tom is later arrested after trying to help a woman who has locked her lover's keys in his car and he tells Alison he is no stranger to being arrested for things he has not done. Thus,after a slapstick fight with a depressed waiter in a restaurant which necessitates a change of clothes Tom is apprehended breaking into his house having left his door keys back at the restaurant in his coat pocket.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Ralph Nossek", "nm": 636497, "roles": [ { "char": "Maitre d'hotel" } ] }, { "name": "Paul Chapman", "nm": 152488, "roles": [ { "char": "Waiter" } ] }, { "name": "Debbi Blythe", "nm": 90035, "roles": [ { "char": "Woman in Trouble" } ] }, { "name": "John Golightly", "nm": 326494, "roles": [ { "char": "Husband" } ] }, { "name": "Joe Dunlop", "nm": 242457, "roles": [ { "char": "Hotel Receptionist" } ] }, { "name": "Bill Pertwee", "nm": 675723, "roles": [ { "char": "Police Sergeant" } ] }, { "name": "Simon Sutton", "nm": 1660190, "roles": [ { "char": "Policeman" } ] }, { "name": "Richard McNeff", "nm": 573859, "roles": [ { "char": "Policeman" } ] }, { "name": "Rena Jugati", "nm": 1572296, "roles": [ { "char": "Waitress" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E02", "title": "Honour Thy Father and Mother", "tt": 538521, "air_date": "1984-09-17", "description": "Alison's parents are not exactly warming to the notion of Tom after their daughter returns at three in the morning minus her dress. Tom returns it to her at the library but gets into a row with an aggressive Scotswoman who,due to another 'coincidence', believes he is the man who sold her son a duff car. Alison's parents arrive at Tom's house but her mother gets caught up with a group of girls who are changing into nightwear to break a record of how many people can fit in a phone box and,when she escapes,is chased by a dog. Meanwhile her father is mistaken for Tom by the Sctosweoman's husband,who vents his spleen on Mr Little's car.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Ronnie Stevens", "nm": 828745, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Little", "ch": 224125 } ] }, { "name": "Deddie Davies", "nm": 203671, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Little" } ] }, { "name": "Bridget McConnell", "nm": 566259, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Taggart" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Coburn", "nm": 167989, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Taggart" } ] }, { "name": "Victoria Harwood", "nm": 367846, "roles": [ { "char": "Linda" } ] }, { "name": "Sarah-Jane Varley", "nm": 890049, "roles": [ { "char": "Maria" } ] }, { "name": "Larry Noble", "nm": 633621, "roles": [ { "char": "Sidney" } ] }, { "name": "Lee Gawtry", "nm": 2454935, "roles": [ { "char": "Kevin" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E03", "title": "Flowing with the Tide", "tt": 810518, "air_date": "1984-09-24", "description": "Tom believes he has had no post for six and a half weeks but in fact all his mail got stuck behind a heater and,as he has not paid his bills.the amenities are due to be cut off. With his phone disconnected Tom uses a public kiosk to arrange an interview with the bank manager,accidentally killing a pet hamster in the process. Arriving at the bank he finds the new manager harassed as he picks up the pieces of his predecessor's wild leaving party though he promises to sort out Tom's financial affairs. However on returning home for a romantic evening with Alison Tom finds that the bank manager has been beaten to it by a posse of bailiffs,led by the man whose hamster he killed,who strip the house of its furniture.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Gerald Sim", "nm": 799245, "roles": [ { "char": "Bank Manager" } ] }, { "name": "Aubrey Morris", "nm": 606368, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Beck" } ] }, { "name": "Antonia Swinson", "nm": 2459125, "roles": [ { "char": "Diana" } ] }, { "name": "Jay Neill", "nm": 624736, "roles": [ { "char": "TV Man" } ] }, { "name": "Fiona Sloman", "nm": 806144, "roles": [ { "char": "Miss Prestwick" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E04", "title": "The Birthday Party", "tt": 810519, "air_date": "1984-10-01", "description": "Tom is arranging a surprise birthday for Alison which includes a pillar box singing telegram who arrives seven hours early and an odd caterer who puts plastic insects in the food to spark off conversation. With Tom's typical misfortune the birthday present he gives Alison turns out to be a fur coat another man intended for his mistress but which Tom picked up by mistake. Eventually Tom leads Alison to her party but all the guests are total strangers as Tom mistook her Lost Property customers book for her address book. The irate woman in search of her fur coat also arrives whilst her boyfriend accidentally runs over the singing pillar box. Tom and Alison feel that they are better off escaping to the country to celebrate alone.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Christopher Ellison", "nm": 255177, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Hodgkiss" } ] }, { "name": "Bernard Sharpe", "nm": 789197, "roles": [ { "char": "The Pillar Box" } ] }, { "name": "Angus MacKay", "nm": 533128, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Wingent" } ] }, { "name": "Trudy Porsche", "nm": 2453546, "roles": [ { "char": "Pussy" } ] }, { "name": "Linda Newton", "nm": 628551, "roles": [ { "char": "Sandra" } ] }, { "name": "Su Douglas", "nm": 235253, "roles": [ { "char": "Lady With Cake" } ] }, { "name": "Carl Forgione", "nm": 286260, "roles": [ { "char": "Party Guest" } ] }, { "name": "Paul Foulds", "nm": 1527623, "roles": [ { "char": "Party Guest" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E05", "title": "Man of Iron", "tt": 810520, "air_date": "1984-10-08", "description": "Alison has her own flat where she is hosting her nervous cousin Thomas,who has come from Hartlepool for a Cliff Richard concert and even before ringing her bell has,thanks to Tom,been chased through wet cement by a dog. Tom and Alison take him to a pub where a young man called Malcolm picks a fight with Tom but gets knocked out by a cricket ball. Then Tom is challenged to a fight by another youth Terry,who deliberately loses and tears his clothes,daubing his face with fake blood. Only after Tom's party have left do the lads realise that the fake fight was to have been between each other to impress Malcolm's girlfriend. Arriving home first Thomas knocks himself out with a medicine ball,requiring Alison and Tom to break the door down. Her landlord is not pleased - but she never liked the flat anyway.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Peter Corey", "nm": 179810, "roles": [ { "char": "Thomas" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Godfrey", "nm": 323964, "roles": [ { "char": "Malcolm" } ] }, { "name": "Mark Colleano", "nm": 171716, "roles": [ { "char": "Terry" } ] }, { "name": "Hetty Baynes", "nm": 63158, "roles": [ { "char": "Sadie" } ] }, { "name": "Tommy Godfrey", "nm": 324034, "roles": [ { "char": "Pub Landlord" } ] }, { "name": "Mark Eadie", "nm": 247030, "roles": [ { "char": "Cricketer" } ] }, { "name": "Joanna Cooper", "nm": 178152, "roles": [ { "char": "Barmaid" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E06", "title": "Stuff of Dreams", "tt": 810521, "air_date": "1984-10-15", "description": "Alison is now living with Tom and,on the day that a boat he won years ago and was stolen next day is returned by the police Corporal Browning drops in - literally,as his parachute was caught on the chimney. Alison takes Tom to visit a cohabiting couple Roger and Susan in the hopes that it will steer Tom towards their permanently living together but the couple do nothing but argue and Tom's tactlessness increases the antipathy. Alison and Tom go to look at a vacant flat recommended by Corporal Browning but find it is being taken by Roger and his mistress,though Tom manages to split them up as well. Returning to Tom's house they find that yet another misunderstanding has caused the building to be fumigated by pest control and they end up sleeping in the boat,which,with Corporal Browning's army band serenading them,they find very romantic.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Jeremy Sinden", "nm": 801788, "roles": [ { "char": "Corporal Browning" } ] }, { "name": "Brian Miller", "nm": 587992, "roles": [ { "char": "Roger" } ] }, { "name": "John D. Collins", "nm": 172412, "roles": [ { "char": "News Reporter" } ] }, { "name": "Ken Kitson", "nm": 457740, "roles": [ { "char": "News Director" } ] }, { "name": "Jennifer Guy", "nm": 349822, "roles": [ { "char": "Susan" } ] }, { "name": "Craig Hunter", "nm": 402768, "roles": [ { "char": "George" } ] }, { "name": "Miriam Raymond", "nm": 1736320, "roles": [ { "char": "Landlady" } ] }, { "name": "Mandy Rice-Davies", "nm": 723578, "roles": [ { "char": "Celia" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E01", "title": "The Taxman Cometh", "tt": 810522, "air_date": "1986-01-06", "description": "A young Portuguese couple,the wife heavily pregnant,arrive at Tom's. They have come for hotel work but are in the wrong town. Fortunately Alison can speak their language and she and Tom agree they should stay with them. Tom is summoned by a tax inspector who,wondering why he has no income but appears well off,gives the option of paying the bill or marrying Barbara,his daughter - whom he wrongly believes to be Barbara's boyfriend. Alison gets Barbara to bring her real fiancé to the house,ahead of the Portuguese couple's uncle Mateo,who is so pleased with Tom for looking after the youngsters that he showers him with expensive presents. The downside here is that the tax man now believes Tom really does lead an expensive life-style.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Paul Baden", "nm": 2324685, "roles": [ { "char": "Priest" } ] }, { "name": "Richard Coverley", "nm": 2316845, "roles": [ { "char": "Uncle Matteo" } ] }, { "name": "Roberta Fox", "nm": 289225, "roles": [ { "char": "Manuela" } ] }, { "name": "Geraldine Gardner", "nm": 306933, "roles": [ { "char": "Barbara" } ] }, { "name": "Angus MacKay", "nm": 533128, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Wingent" } ] }, { "name": "Oscar Peters", "nm": 1528307, "roles": [ { "char": "Antonio" } ] }, { "name": "Edwin Richfield", "nm": 724967, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Lewisham" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E02", "title": "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "tt": 538520, "air_date": "1986-01-13", "description": "As Alison and Tom get ready for Barbara's wedding to Terence another bride,Penny,rings the bell,asking to use the phone as the horse pulling her wedding carriage is feeling faint. However the vet that comes to cure the horse is Penny's old flame and she decides she cannot go through with the wedding,sending Tom to tell the groom,who ends up getting drunk in the hotel booked for Barbara and Terence's reception. When the horse pulling the carriage bolts it lands Terence in casualty so he too is late for his wedding but by this time it has transpired that Tom has told the wrong groom,whose pregnant bride comes looking for him. Much mayhem ensues as the three couples and their folks slog it out in the hotel but Tom and Alison,oblivious to it all,have the first dance and he proposes to her.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Sam Avent", "nm": 42939, "roles": [ { "char": "Penny's Father" } ] }, { "name": "Philip Bird", "nm": 83431, "roles": [ { "char": "Bill" } ] }, { "name": "Sue Crosland", "nm": 189085, "roles": [ { "char": "Receptionist" } ] }, { "name": "Paul Foulds", "nm": 1527623, "roles": [ { "char": "1st Fireman" } ] }, { "name": "Geraldine Gardner", "nm": 306933, "roles": [ { "char": "Barbara" } ] }, { "name": "Rebecca Lacey", "nm": 479947, "roles": [ { "char": "Yvonne" } ] }, { "name": "Angus MacKay", "nm": 533128, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Wingent" } ] }, { "name": "Judi Maynard", "nm": 562768, "roles": [ { "char": "Penny" } ] }, { "name": "Rory O'Connor", "nm": 1358499, "roles": [ { "char": "2nd Fireman" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Petrovitch", "nm": 678337, "roles": [ { "char": "Brian" } ] }, { "name": "Hubert Rees", "nm": 715914, "roles": [ { "char": "Cecil" } ] }, { "name": "John Savident", "nm": 767644, "roles": [ { "char": "Derek" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E03", "title": "The Lost Weekend", "tt": 810523, "air_date": "1986-01-20", "description": "Tom visits a garage,explaining truthfully that 'a buzzard has shattered my windscreen',unaware that this is the code for a courier to be given a consignment of heroin. Tom however believes the white powder is wallpaper paste and uses it to help Alison's father decorate,being mystified when a brick comes through the window from the angry drug dealer. Further misfortune follows at the golf club where Mr Little and Tom are mistaken for robbers out to steal the club's trophies - thanks to another brick - before a policeman friend with a sniffer dog works out what is happening. Mr and Mrs Little are not exactly overjoyed when Alison and Tom announce their engagement.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Hugh Walters", "nm": 910242, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Little", "ch": 224125 } ] }, { "name": "Deddie Davies", "nm": 203671, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Little" } ] }, { "name": "Ben Aris", "nm": 34873, "roles": [ { "char": "Club Secretary" } ] }, { "name": "Frank Coda", "nm": 168429, "roles": [ { "char": "Fageoli" } ] }, { "name": "Helene Hunt", "nm": 402470, "roles": [ { "char": "Waitress" } ] }, { "name": "Leo Maguire", "nm": 1872285, "roles": [ { "char": "Man in Garage" } ] }, { "name": "Derek Newark", "nm": 627610, "roles": [ { "char": "Arthur" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E04", "title": "And What Shall We Do for a Ring?", "tt": 538519, "air_date": "1986-01-27", "description": "Due to yet another of the coincidences that Tom always attracts he ends up with the spoils from a supermarket robbery and a jewel heist due to an identical suitcase and an identical car to the robbers - not to mention a stash of live ammunition. Whilst he and Alison revel in their unaccountable good fortune Special Branch visit and the pair celebrate their engagement dinner in a police cell - though Tom does finally produce a ring for his betrothed. A further misunderstanding means that Alison's parents are also arrested.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Hugh Walters", "nm": 910242, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Little", "ch": 224125 } ] }, { "name": "Deddie Davies", "nm": 203671, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Little" } ] }, { "name": "John Benson", "nm": 72538, "roles": [ { "char": "Newsreader" } ] }, { "name": "John Challis", "nm": 149998, "roles": [ { "char": "Policeman" } ] }, { "name": "Harry Fielder", "nm": 276092, "roles": [ { "char": "Robber of Jewellers" } ] }, { "name": "Patrick Malahide", "nm": 538869, "roles": [ { "char": "Neville" } ] }, { "name": "Bill Pertwee", "nm": 675723, "roles": [ { "char": "Sergeant Gough", "ch": 72768 } ] }, { "name": "Gwyneth Powell", "nm": 694129, "roles": [ { "char": "Maureen" } ] }, { "name": "Nick Reding", "nm": 714919, "roles": [ { "char": "PC Kenneth" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E05", "title": "Winning Streak", "tt": 810524, "air_date": "1986-02-03", "description": "Somehow Tom manages to win a supermarket trolley dash,every single prize in a charity raffle and a novelty prize from the policeman's charity ball. However a man digging for buried treasure in Tom's garden has cut through the electric cable so that when Tom and Alison host an American couple,Mr and Mrs Burrows,they have to improvise. With the Burrows gone Tom impresses Alison by buying every single ticket at the library's upcoming slave auction to spare her humiliation.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Bill Pertwee", "nm": 675723, "roles": [ { "char": "Sergeant Gough", "ch": 72768 } ] }, { "name": "Alison Bell", "nm": 68015, "roles": [ { "char": "Penelope" } ] }, { "name": "Derek Deadman", "nm": 212600, "roles": [ { "char": "Mole" } ] }, { "name": "Don Fellows", "nm": 271514, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Burrows" } ] }, { "name": "David Healy", "nm": 372242, "roles": [ { "char": "Bill Stazynski" } ] }, { "name": "Colin Higgins", "nm": 383360, "roles": [ { "char": "Larry" } ] }, { "name": "Helen Horton", "nm": 395600, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Burrows" } ] }, { "name": "Angus MacKay", "nm": 533128, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Wingent" } ] }, { "name": "John Ringham", "nm": 727612, "roles": [ { "char": "Lorry Driver" } ] }, { "name": "Dikran Tulaine", "nm": 876305, "roles": [ { "char": "Police Constable" } ] }, { "name": "Paul Parris", "nm": 663507, "roles": [ { "char": "Boy Scout", "uncredited": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S02E06", "title": "Naming the Day", "tt": 538522, "air_date": "1986-02-10", "description": "Tom searches the local paper for the announcement of his engagement but finds that by mistake he is on the obituary page and at the library he runs into Joanna,the married lover of the man who died,who thinks he has survived and kisses him. Alison takes evasive action with a yoghurt carton and Joanna comes to take a bath,at Tom's house,which she has mistaken for her aunt's. When the local journalists arrive to apologize to Tom they find him in the presence of a towel-clad Joanna and a soaking wet vicar who has come to ask Tom's advice on plumbing.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Tyler Butterworth", "nm": 125359, "roles": [ { "char": "Dowling" } ] }, { "name": "Judy Buxton", "nm": 125528, "roles": [ { "char": "Joanna" } ] }, { "name": "Graham Crowden", "nm": 189561, "roles": [ { "char": "Rector" } ] }, { "name": "Louise English", "nm": 257654, "roles": [ { "char": "Carol" } ] }, { "name": "Geraldine Gardner", "nm": 306933, "roles": [ { "char": "Barbara" } ] }, { "name": "Phyllida Hewat", "nm": 381957, "roles": [ { "char": "Rector's Wife" } ] }, { "name": "Edmund Pegge", "nm": 670410, "roles": [ { "char": "Gerry" } ] }, { "name": "Carl Wayne", "nm": 1527055, "roles": [ { "char": "Nigel" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E01", "title": "Goodbye Mr Hemstridge", "tt": 810526, "air_date": "1986-10-27", "description": "Mr Henstridge,an elderly library user,passes away. He has long been an admirer of Alison and so she persuades Tom that they should go to his funeral. Afterwards his sister gives Alison a gramophone but when she discovers its contents she learns that he was not exactly the sweet,clean-living old gentleman that she had imagined him to be.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Peter Bayliss", "nm": 63101, "roles": [ { "char": "George Fothergill" } ] }, { "name": "Anthea Holloway", "nm": 391286, "roles": [ { "char": "Miss Henstridge" } ] }, { "name": "Jamila Massey", "nm": 557316, "roles": [ { "char": "Meera" } ] }, { "name": "Christine Norden", "nm": 634994, "roles": [ { "char": "Deborah" } ] }, { "name": "Daphne Oxenford", "nm": 654559, "roles": [ { "char": "Nancy" } ] }, { "name": "Judith Paris", "nm": 661585, "roles": [ { "char": "Edith Fothergill" } ] }, { "name": "Hubert Rees", "nm": 715914, "roles": [ { "char": "Cecil" } ] }, { "name": "John Savident", "nm": 767644, "roles": [ { "char": "Derek" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E02", "title": "Guess Who's Not Coming for Dinner", "tt": 810527, "air_date": "1986-11-03", "description": "Alison is very nervous as Tom is taking her for a weekend visit to his uncle and cousins,who live in a country house. They would seem to be rather upper crust and Alison fears that they will look down on her. However the relatives are equally nervous as they are well aware of Tom's unfortunate habit of getting himself involved in 'coincidences' - and they are proved right.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "John Cater", "nm": 146038, "roles": [ { "char": "Dr. Caffrey" } ] }, { "name": "Allan Cuthbertson", "nm": 193862, "roles": [ { "char": "Sir John Blade" } ] }, { "name": "Joyce Irvine", "nm": 1635033, "roles": [ { "char": "Julia" } ] }, { "name": "Lucien Morgan", "nm": 604850, "roles": [ { "char": "Young Man" } ] }, { "name": "Derek Royle", "nm": 747408, "roles": [ { "char": "Jervis" } ] }, { "name": "Pamela Salem", "nm": 758012, "roles": [ { "char": "Cousin Mary" } ] }, { "name": "Richard Vernon", "nm": 894710, "roles": [ { "char": "Uncle Evelyn" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E03", "title": "The Blessing", "tt": 810528, "air_date": "1986-11-10", "description": "Tom is supposedly on a cricketing tour of Norway and so Mr and Mrs Little use the opportunity to try and talk Alison out of going ahead with her wedding plans. Then a mysterious visitor Mr Mungo arrives on the scene and,at the same time, a mysterious being appears to be eating things in the house - two coincidences which lead to the discovery that,having missed his flight to Norway,Tom was in the vicinity all along.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Hugh Walters", "nm": 910242, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Little", "ch": 224125 } ] }, { "name": "Deddie Davies", "nm": 203671, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Little" } ] }, { "name": "Bill Pertwee", "nm": 675723, "roles": [ { "char": "Sergeant Gough", "ch": 72768 } ] }, { "name": "Peter Corey", "nm": 179810, "roles": [ { "char": "Cousin Thomas" } ] }, { "name": "Barbara Kinghorn", "nm": 455431, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Mungo" } ] }, { "name": "Robert Putt", "nm": 701277, "roles": [ { "char": "Bernard" } ] }, { "name": "Catherine Rabett", "nm": 704860, "roles": [ { "char": "WPC Madigan" } ] }, { "name": "Adrian Rawlins", "nm": 712628, "roles": [ { "char": "PC Willis", "ch": 256014 } ] }, { "name": "Rosemary Smith", "nm": 809818, "roles": [ { "char": "Janet" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E04", "title": "The Once and Future Chance", "tt": 810529, "air_date": "1986-11-17", "description": "With Tom still undecided as to whether he really wants to walk down the aisle he and Alison go to visit the Reverend Dodge,not the most enthusiastic of vicars,to sort out the wedding arrangements. However due to yet another of Tom's 'coincidences' and an involvement with philanthropic Lady Stockbridge,the couple find that they have 'accidentally' adopted six children and a couple of dogs, a matter which once more brings them in contact with long-suffering Sergeant Gough when they are charged with abduction.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Bill Pertwee", "nm": 675723, "roles": [ { "char": "Sergeant Gough", "ch": 72768 } ] }, { "name": "Peggy Bullock", "nm": 1527352, "roles": [ { "char": "Granny" } ] }, { "name": "Sue Crosland", "nm": 189085, "roles": [ { "char": "Lady Stockbridge" } ] }, { "name": "Graham Crowden", "nm": 189561, "roles": [ { "char": "Rev. 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And this is all before lunch.", "cast": [ { "name": "Simon Callow", "nm": 1003, "roles": [ { "char": "Tom Chance", "ch": 105208 } ] }, { "name": "Brenda Blethyn", "nm": 950, "roles": [ { "char": "Alison Little", "ch": 434849 } ] }, { "name": "Hugh Walters", "nm": 910242, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. Little", "ch": 224125 } ] }, { "name": "Deddie Davies", "nm": 203671, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Little" } ] }, { "name": "Veronica Clifford", "nm": 166688, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Herbert" } ] }, { "name": "Louise English", "nm": 257654, "roles": [ { "char": "Michelle" } ] }, { "name": "Joe Melia", "nm": 577705, "roles": [ { "char": "Photographer" } ] }, { "name": "Philip O'Brien", "nm": 639777, "roles": [ { "char": "Mr. O'Brien", "ch": 158518 } ] }, { "name": "Rosemary Smith", "nm": 809818, "roles": [ { "char": "Janet" } ] }, { "name": "Maurice Thorogood", "nm": 861621, "roles": [ { "char": "Bob" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S03E06", "title": "The Wedding", "tt": 810531, "air_date": "1986-12-01", "description": "Unaware that their guests - due to their misdirections - have got stuck in the sewer Tom and Alison have wedding eve celebrations. She dresses as a tart for a vicars and tarts party and gets arrested for soliciting when she goes into an off-licence. Tom is dressed as a vicar but then a thief who disguises himself as a vicar is in town with a bunch of genuine clergymen and of course,due to his customary mistaken identity,Tom ends up in the cell next to Alison. 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