1984

S1.E1 ∙ I Love You, Samantha

Thu, Aug 30, 1984

Widower Simon Harrap runs Eye Catchers, an advertising agency, with business partner Derek and, helped by daffy Scots housekeeper Maddie, is raising his thirteen-year-old daughter Samantha. His mother-in-law Nell is critical of his womanizing after he returns from a business trip to Monte Carlo with the leggy Gillian and tells him he should consider re-marrying for Samantha's sake. Whilst not going quite that far Simon does turn down a further evening with Gillian to be home in time to sample the sausage rolls his daughter has made him.

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S1.E2 ∙ Design for Living

Thu, Sep 06, 1984

Ever anxious to get Simon married off,Nell,armed with a list of his old girl-friends,re-acquaints him with Kim Tracy, a nice woman whom he saw shortly after his wife Ruth died. Kim comes to Simon's flat but explains that she is about to get married to somebody else. After she has gone Simon,in Samantha's presence, throws the list of old girl-friends in the bin, but retrieves it after she has left the room.

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S1.E3 ∙ The Ideal Husband

Thu, Sep 13, 1984

Simon tries,in vain,to dissuade Derek from seeing Glenda,a woman with a reputation, behind his wife's back. Next day Simon arrives at the office to find Derek minus his trousers and with no memory of the night before. All is revealed,however, when Mr. Sharma,to whose Indian restaurant Derek went with Glenda,arrives . Glenda had got fed up with Derek going on about how he really loved his wife and thrown his dinner down his trousers. Derek had then knocked himself out and Mr. Sharma had brought him to the office whilst he washed the trousers for him.

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S1.E4 ∙ The Home Help

Thu, Sep 20, 1984

With time on her hands Nell decides she would like to help out at Eye Catchers but only succeeds in getting on Simon's and Derk's nerves so,when Maddie the housekeeper goes on holiday,Simon is delighted that Nell spends her days at home,looking after Samantha. Unfortunately she spends her evenings taking a computer course in the belief that this will make her more efficient on her return to the office.

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S1.E5 ∙ Jobs for the Girls

Thu, Sep 27, 1984

Slimy advertising manager Keating persuades Samantha that she could be the Whoppa Bar Sunshine girl if she sings her song for him but Simon discovers that he has made this promise to several other people, purely to steal their ideas and makes sure Keating is barred by the advertising agencies. To cheer Samantha up he gives his permission for her to have her ears pierced, but she has had them done earlier in the day.

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S1.E6 ∙ A Clean Slate

Thu, Oct 04, 1984

Simon discovers that Samantha has been missing Wednesday afternoons from school, telling the teacher that she is going to see a child psychiatrist. In fact she is going to matinées of Hamlet, because she has a crush on the leading actor and is mortified when she finds out that he is getting married.

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