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Season 1
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Sunday, July 5th, 1987
1: Meeting
Whilst indulging in her favourite hobby of people-watching with her sister Pam, Brenda meets Malcolm, a wild biker. Or is he?
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Sunday, July 12th, 1987
2: Wrestling
Brenda manages to swallow her pride and asks Malcolm to see her again. However, their relationship looks destined never to be smooth-running.
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Sunday, July 19th, 1987
3: Outing
Brenda and Malcolm arrange a day out together to Chester. However, a request from Malcolm's mother causes the pair considerable embarrassment.
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Sunday, July 26th, 1987
4: Confusing
Terry thinks Malcolm needs help with his handling of Brenda and decides to talk to her on his behalf.
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Sunday, August 2nd, 1987
5: Leaving
Pamela decides she has had enough of Brenda's meddling and tells her to move out of the flat. After much heart-searching, Brenda resolves to move to London.
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Sunday, August 9th, 1987
6: Repenting
With her boss Sidney practically ignoring her, Pamela lets Brenda stay with her again. Meanwhile, Terry and Malcolm attempt to play Brenda at her own game.
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Sunday, August 16th, 1987
7: Hiding
Brenda talks Malcolm into taking her bird-watching again. Needless to say, it is downhill from there.
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Sunday, December 27th, 1987
8: Seasoning
As the festive season approaches, Brenda, Malcolm and Pamela go in search of a Christmas tree. But they are all still unsure of where they will each be spending the big day itself.
Season 2
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Friday, February 19th, 1988
1: Falling
With Pamela considering packing her job in, and Malcolm and Terry facing redundancy, Brenda will have to do some quick thinking in order to save her livelihood.
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Friday, February 26th, 1988
2: Dancing
Pamela is getting very depressed, and Brenda and Malcolm decide she needs taking out of herself.
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Friday, March 4th, 1988
3: Visiting
With his mother out of the way for a few days, Malcolm invites Brenda to stay.
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Friday, March 11th, 1988
4: Visiting II
There are momentous changes in the offing for Malcolm as he prepares to start up his own motorbike repair business, and finally unties himself from his mother's apron strings by leaving home.
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Friday, March 18th, 1988
5: Missing
Having split up with Brenda and moved back in with his mother, Malcolm is unhappy in his new job with Mod Shops. So Terry decides to cheer him up.
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Friday, March 25th, 1988
6: Dining
Malcolm decides to treat Brenda to an expensive meal at a posh restaurant for her birthday.
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Friday, April 1st, 1988
7: Moving
Fed up with the constant interruptions into his meetings with Pam, David decides to do something about Brenda.
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Saturday, December 24th, 1988
8: Twitching
Season 3
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Friday, March 3rd, 1989
1: Losing
Having been relieved of her job and home in London, Brenda heads back up north to rejoin Pam and Malcolm.
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Friday, March 10th, 1989
2: Deceiving
Brenda and Malcolm unwittingly stumble upon the dark secret of one of their acquaintances.
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Friday, March 17th, 1989
3: Requiting
Malcolm takes Brenda to the Mod Shops annual dinner - with disastrous consequences.
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Friday, March 24th, 1989
4: Breeding
Malcolm's new motorbike business is not doing well, so he decides on a day out with Brenda, Pam and David.
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Friday, March 31st, 1989
5: Wrenching
With a sudden boom in business, Malcolm finds work taking up more and more of his time.
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Friday, April 7th, 1989
6: Wedding
The day of Pam and David's wedding arrives - but Brenda can't let it go by without giving them a surprise.
Season 4
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Friday, December 1st, 1989
1: Joking
Malcolm's flourishing business is keeping him busy. Too busy. So he decides to take on an assistant.
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Friday, December 8th, 1989
2: Pairing
Pam hires Brenda to look after Sarah for her while she goes to work in David's office for a few weeks.
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Friday, December 15th, 1989
3: Faltering
Malcolm takes his mother to see a musical in London for her birthday, leaving Brenda alone on a Saturday night...
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Friday, December 29th, 1989
4: Exploding
Brenda is full of regret after her moment of passion with Chris, and decides to tell Malcolm all.
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Friday, January 5th, 1990
5: Repairing
Malcolm has forgiven Brenda for her little indiscretion, but still decides to sack Chris. Meanwhile, David and Pam's marriage suffers a rift.
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Friday, January 12th, 1990
6: Petting
Brenda and Malcolm take in a wounded pigeon and attempt to conceal it from Malcolm's mother.
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Friday, January 19th, 1990
7: Floating
Malcolm borrows his friend Leonard's boat to take Brenda out - but all does not go according to plan.
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Friday, January 26th, 1990
8: Proposing
Malcolm is thinking of proposing marriage to Brenda. But he has to pick the right moment.
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Friday, February 2nd, 1990
9: Flitting
Aunty Peggy suggests Malcolm and Brenda move into her house while she is staying with Marjorie.
Season 5
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Friday, December 14th, 1990
1: Listing
Malcolm and Brenda are settling into their new life together in Peggy's house.
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Friday, December 21st, 1990
2: Nesting
To celebrate her birthday, Pam asks Brenda and Malcolm round to meet some of her neighbours.
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Friday, January 4th, 1991
3: Feeding
Brenda gets annoyed when everyone begins to tell her to look after Malcolm properly.
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Friday, January 11th, 1991
4: Wining
Uncle Bernard has moved in with Malcolm and Brenda, but insists on keeping it a secret from everyone.
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Friday, January 18th, 1991
5: Fixing
Malcolm agrees to fix Lucinda's car for her. Meanwhile, Uncle Bernard has a narrow squeak when Marjorie decides to clean the house.
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Friday, January 25th, 1991
6: Straying
Things are hotting up with Bernard still staying at the house, Marjorie and Pamela suspecting Brenda of having an affair, and Malcolm seeing Lucinda on the quiet.
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Friday, February 1st, 1991
7: Homing
Brenda has left Malcolm and gone back to live with her mother. But Malcolm isn't giving up that easily...
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Friday, February 8th, 1991
8: Suiting
Pam and David attempt to reconcile Malcolm and Brenda.
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Friday, February 15th, 1991
9: Bonding
There are differing reactions when Malcolm announces the date of his wedding... to Lucinda.
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Friday, February 22nd, 1991
10: Presenting
It's Christmas and in the Wilson and Stoneway households, the festivities are well under way. But it looks like Pam is about to receive a surprise present.
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Wednesday, December 25th, 1991
11: Slipping
Malcolm and Brenda are both going on their birdwatching club's annual ""Twitch"" event in Anglesey. But they are not alone...
Season 6
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Friday, January 3rd, 1992
1: Using
Pam and David are moving house, and Malcolm offers to help. Meanwhile, Brenda meets handsome medical student, Jonathan Macmillan.
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Friday, January 10th, 1992
2: Echoing
Malcolm and Lucinda go bird-watching - at the same time as Brenda and Jonathan.
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Friday, January 17th, 1992
3: Doctoring
Pam and David host a doctors' party for Jonathan at their new house.
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Friday, January 24th, 1992
4: Christening
It's nearly Zelda's christening, and Pam and David choose Brenda, Malcolm and Lucinda as godparents.
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Friday, January 31st, 1992
5: Gulling
Malcolm decides to end his unhappiness and leave Lucinda for Brenda.
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Friday, February 7th, 1992
6: Confessing
Lucinda holds a small dinner party in order to announce her pregnancy. But it seems she is planning to announce more than that...
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Friday, January 1st, 1993
7: Reverting
In the light of recent revelations, Malcolm and Brenda are back together once more, and this time it looks like it's for good.
Season 7
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Sunday, February 21st, 1993
1: Migrating
Pam still wants a nanny for the children, but David has other ideas. Meanwhile, Malcolm makes a momentous decision.
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Sunday, February 28th, 1993
2: Uncoupling
Malcolm is making himself at home at the Wilsons'. But Joyce is doing all she can to get rid of him.
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Sunday, March 7th, 1993
3: Helping
Malcolm is making himself useful around the house, but Brenda is none-too-pleased and contrives to spend some time alone with him.
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Sunday, March 14th, 1993
4: Engaging
When Malcolm suggests a day out in order to ask her a question, Brenda thinks he intends to propose.
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Sunday, March 21st, 1993
5: Wandering One
When David is unable to go on holiday to Eilat, Pam takes Brenda instead.
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Sunday, March 28th, 1993
6: Wandering Too
While Pam and Brenda continue to have a wild time in Israel, back in England, Malcolm is having solicitor trouble.
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Sunday, April 4th, 1993
7: Knotting
Brenda and Malcolm's wedding day draws near, and while Brenda remains in the dark about Joyce's present to the couple, there's a last-minute hitch concerning Malcolm's divorce.