Up the Elephant and Round the Castle

1. A Cuckoo in the Nest

Air Date: 1983-11-30

Jim London is forced to take in a lodger when some unsavoury debt collectors turn up.

2. May the Best Man Win

Air Date: 1983-12-07

When Jim agrees to be best man at his friend's wedding, he doesn't realise his duties will include being stuck in the middle of an argument between two feuding, unhappily married wrestlers.

3. ...Up the Public Spirit

Air Date: 1983-12-14

Jim finds himself in hot water with the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS), thanks to his busybody neighbour Councillor Bertram Allnutt.

4. Never on a Sunday

Air Date: 1983-12-21

Jim has been partying all night and is desperate for sleep, but his attempts are constantly interrupted by a string of unwelcome visitors.

5. A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in Shepherds Bush

Air Date: 1984-01-04

It's Good Neighbour Week and Jim intends to win first prize by looking after Wanda's parrot.

6. Every Two Minutes

Air Date: 1984-01-11

After a night on the tiles, Jim wakes to find himself being burgled by a depressed upper-class man and a woman fast asleep in his bathtub.

1. The Taste of Money

Air Date: 1985-01-08

After a party the previous night, Jim wakes to find he's acquired a stuffed dog called 1883.

2. Wakey Wakey

Air Date: 1985-01-15

Jim plans to sleep over at his new girlfriend's, and allows two Irish friends to stay at his house for the night.

3. Friday the 13th

Air Date: 1985-01-22

The DHSS plan to send Jim to Scotland on a training course for three months.

4. Come to the Aid of the Party

Air Date: 1985-01-29

Wanda borrows Jim's house so she can throw a sexy lingerie party.

5. And They Came Unto Jim...

Air Date: 1985-02-05

Jim returns home to find his house being burgled by two children.

6. The Road to Milton Keynes

Air Date: 1985-02-12

Jim receives a compulsory purchase order on his house from the council, who offer him a new life in Milton Keynes.

7. Charity Begins

Air Date: 1985-02-19

Jim falls in love with a social worker, who is also the heiress to the local eel pie and mash shop.

8. The Hostage

Air Date: 1985-02-26

Jim is taken hostage by a bank robber.

1. One in the Rough

Air Date: 1985-09-12

In an effort to impress his girlfriend Fiona, Jim learns to play Golf so he can play with her dad. Brian lends Jim his friend's cherished clubs. While practising at home, Ernie turns up with some advice and has a little practice. On the green, Fona's dad is livid when he discovers how poorly Jim plays.

2. Goodbye Mr Wilkins

Air Date: 1985-09-19

When two military police come calling, Jim sees the perfect way to evict his squatter.

3. The Scotch Connection

Air Date: 1985-09-26

4. Rockinshores and Doodlebugs

Air Date: 1985-10-10

5. A Taxing Problem

Air Date: 1985-10-17

6. Wide Eyed and Legless

Air Date: 1985-10-24

Jim is rudely awoken with a hangover by Moggs, who comes round to complain about the noise of a party Jim had the previous night. Wanda pops round and she discovers a false leg in Jim's bed, which the two realise belongs to Fred Burrows and Wanda had helped him remove it and use it as a yard of ale glass.

7. The Spy Who Left Me

Air Date: 1985-10-31

8. The Pied Piper of Hamlet

Air Date: 1985-11-07