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Potter

All Episodes 1979 - 1983

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  • 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 10h (20 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
The time has come for Redvers Potter to relinquish his role as head of the family confectionary firm, Pottermints - his company has been taken over and he is now going into enforced retirement. His wife, Aileen, is not too happy about having her husband under her feet either, but Potter is determined to make the most of his retirement. He decides he will give people the benefit of his managerial experience - even if they don't want it.

20 episodes

Series Premiere

1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z30m

Redvers Potter arrives at work to find his nameplate being removed from his office door. At 12pm his company, Pottermints, is to be taken over but, until then, he is still in charge and he means to assert every last vestige of authority he has.

1979-03-08T00:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 1979-03-08T00:00:00Z30m

A trip to the library causes Potter to catch the bus and it "savages" his umbrella. To make matters worse, his sister, Harriet, is staying the night with her artist husband, Willy. They have parked their caravanette on the drive and Potter doesn't trust it.

1979-03-15T00:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 1979-03-15T00:00:00Z30m

It's another bad day for Potter when he can't fix his sister's caravanette - it means her and the dreaded husband, Willy, will have to stay another night!

1979-03-21T23:00:00Z

1x04 Episode 4

1x04 Episode 4

  • 1979-03-21T23:00:00Z30m

Potter is starting to get used to his retirement and the time it affords him. He occupies himself fixing problems for people who didn't even know they had them.

1979-03-28T23:00:00Z

1x05 Episode 5

1x05 Episode 5

  • 1979-03-28T23:00:00Z30m

Tolly's antique shop is the unfortunate recipient of Potter's well-meaning advice, as he applies tried and trusted sweet-selling logic to the world of valuable paintings.

1979-04-04T23:00:00Z

1x06 Episode 6

1x06 Episode 6

  • 1979-04-04T23:00:00Z30m

Potter and the Vicar encounter Harry Tooms for the first time when he is caught cheating on the golf course. Potter decides that gangsters are very charitable when it comes to the church and sends Tolly in to get a donation!

Season Premiere

1980-02-27T00:00:00Z

2x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

2x01 Episode 1

  • 1980-02-27T00:00:00Z30m

When the Vicar's wife, Jane, has an accident that lands her in hospital for a few days, Potter is quick to offer his services at the vicarage.

1980-03-05T00:00:00Z

2x02 Episode 2

2x02 Episode 2

  • 1980-03-05T00:00:00Z30m

Harry Tooms is envious that his new found friends all seem happily married and he is determined to woo his ex-wife. They offer him moral support as he tries to win her back.

1980-03-12T00:00:00Z

2x03 Episode 3

2x03 Episode 3

  • 1980-03-12T00:00:00Z30m

When Potter, the Vicar and their wives go for a jaunt to the countryside, they encounter Tolly on a protest against farming - and the farmers retaliation causes a problem for Potter that Harry Tooms manages to rectify.

1980-03-18T23:00:00Z

2x04 Episode 4

2x04 Episode 4

  • 1980-03-18T23:00:00Z30m

Potter and Aileen decide to pay a visit to their son, Rodney, who is now a pop svengali and looking after a video shoot on the South Coast. The Vicar and his wife decide to join them but Potter's fate is to get stuck under a bed in the hotel room...

1980-03-25T23:00:00Z

2x05 Episode 5

2x05 Episode 5

  • 1980-03-25T23:00:00Z30m

A visit to ex-villain Harry Tooms leads to shady dealings connected with a roll of carpet.

1980-04-01T23:00:00Z

2x06 Episode 6

2x06 Episode 6

  • 1980-04-01T23:00:00Z30m

As the Potter clan assemble for the christening of their first grand-daughter, Redvers takes charge of the event and, in his own inimitable style, causes chaos!

1980-04-08T23:00:00Z

2x07 Episode 7

2x07 Episode 7

  • 1980-04-08T23:00:00Z30m

Potter has decided to try a new role as a tourist guide for foreigners - but his approach is more likely to lead to a declaration of war.

Season Premiere

1983-07-16T23:00:00Z

3x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

3x01 Episode 1

  • 1983-07-16T23:00:00Z30m

Poor old Tolly, little does he know that Potter and his drinking companion, the Vicar, are conspiring to fill an imagined hole in his life ...

1983-07-23T23:00:00Z

3x02 Episode 2

3x02 Episode 2

  • 1983-07-23T23:00:00Z30m

When the Vicar announces to Potter that the church is in desperate need of a new boiler, he is met with an instant plan of action to raise the funds ...

1983-07-30T23:00:00Z

3x03 Episode 3

3x03 Episode 3

  • 1983-07-30T23:00:00Z30m

Once again, Potter has decided to help his neighbour, Tolly and, once again, nothing turns out the way he wanted it to - but, of course, it's not his fault!

1983-08-06T23:00:00Z

3x04 Episode 4

3x04 Episode 4

  • 1983-08-06T23:00:00Z30m

When Potter and the Vicar go for a quiet drink in the pub they are taken aback by an unexpected visitor - a man in a boat ...

1983-08-13T23:00:00Z

3x05 Episode 5

3x05 Episode 5

  • 1983-08-13T23:00:00Z30m

Aileen is having a coffee morning with friends and is not happy when Potter decides he's going to clear out the loft in the garage at the same time ...

1983-08-20T23:00:00Z

3x06 Episode 6

3x06 Episode 6

  • 1983-08-20T23:00:00Z30m

Even at a wine and cheese party with his wife and friends, Potter finds it difficult not to try and help some of the guests enjoy the party more ...

1983-08-27T23:00:00Z

3x07 Episode 7

3x07 Episode 7

  • 1983-08-27T23:00:00Z30m

When Tolly has the misfortune to give Potter a lift to the golf club via the vicarage, it seems a simple enough task. But events conspire to make Tolly behave in a far from typical way.

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