Episodes

1: Episode 1

Nov 20, 1988

Jack has left home to go to America for a while and Nellie is missing him greatly. Cousin Shifty is coming out of prison and heading for the Boswell home, and Aveline is engaged to a protestant vicar who none of the family have met.

2: Episode 2

Nov 27, 1988

Aveline brings Oswald home and he finds a family in chaos when they all show him their true colours. Adrian is accepted as a male model after a less than impressive interview and Shifty is back to his old ways.

3: Episode 3

Oct 2, 1988

Freddie's visit to the doctor has left him unsure of his future, but only Joey notices that his father is suffering from a serious heart complaint. Celia Higgins arrives in the street but finds getting access to her new home a challenge thanks to the Boswell's fleet of battered vehicles.

4: Episode 4

Oct 9, 1988

Yizzel's mate involves Shifty in an insurance job on his car but forgets that he didn't have an MOT certificate. Meanwhile, Shifty's romance with Martina continues and Celia starts to bond with Nellie.

5: Episode 5

Oct 16, 1988

Billy and Adrian both leave home and Nellie decides to teach them a lesson by delivering their belongings to them personally. They both realise that the grass is not so green on the other side and return home, while Shifty appears to be heading in the opposite direction.

6: Episode 6

Oct 23, 1988

Nellie advises the family against fussing over their dad, but she knows that she's wasting her breath. Shifty attempts to move in with Martina but finds it impossible to leave Grandad on his own. Meanwhile, Adrian's joy at publication of his poems is short-lived when he is nearly arrested.

7: Episode 7

Oct 30, 1988

Joey gives Freddie an ultimatum - Lilo Lill or his mum. Linda McCartney opens an Animal Rescue Centre and, while getting her autograph, Billy invites her round for tea if she's ever "passing". She does - and an unwitting Nellie tells her all her troubles.

8: Episode 8

Nov 6, 1988

9: Episode 9

Nov 13, 1988

10: Episode 10

Nov 20, 1988

11: Episode 11

Nov 27, 1988

12: Episode 12

Dec 4, 1988

13: Episode 13

Dec 11, 1988

14: Christmas with the Boswells

Dec 25, 1988

In this Christmas Special the Boswells holiday in Rome and find their time is filled with happy memories, and new or renewed relationships.

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