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The Fenn Street Gang

All Episodes 1971 - 1973

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  • 1971-09-16T23:00:00Z
  • 30m
  • 23h 30m (47 episodes)
  • John Esmonde + 1 more, Bob Larbey
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
The Fenn Street Gang is a British television sitcom which ran for three seasons between 1971 and 1973. The series was created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, it was spun-off from their Please Sir! series.

47 episodes

Series Premiere

1971-09-16T23:00:00Z

1x01 Should Auld Acquaintance

Series Premiere

1x01 Should Auld Acquaintance

  • 1971-09-16T23:00:00Z30m

No longer able to say "Please Sir!" when they have a problem, Form 5C from Fenn Street Secondary Modern are out in the cold hard world. But school friendships die hard and the mob determine to preserve their group identity.

1x02 The Start Of Something Big

  • 1971-09-23T23:00:00Z30m

Things are not going too smoothly for Eric and Sharon. While Eric is busy having a brush with the Law, Sharon realises that there are other fish in the sea. It is then that ace "tec" Frankie Abbott comes onto the scene - on his first case!

1971-09-30T23:00:00Z

1x03 Leave It To Me, Darling

1x03 Leave It To Me, Darling

  • 1971-09-30T23:00:00Z30m

The Fenn Street Gang get a new member - Bernard Hedges

1971-10-07T23:00:00Z

1x04 Horses For Courses

1x04 Horses For Courses

  • 1971-10-07T23:00:00Z30m

Dennis knows who his real friends are - or does he? Things come to a head when Maureen takes him to a party

1971-10-14T23:00:00Z

1x05 Meet The Wizard

1x05 Meet The Wizard

  • 1971-10-14T23:00:00Z30m

Penny (Bernard's wife) decides that a woman's place is certainly not at home but the problem is keeping her job a secret from Bernard, who has rather old-fashioned views on women. Because, when at last he does get off the dole, his new job brings him into contact with all sorts of people.

1971-10-21T23:00:00Z

1x06 Distant Horizons

1x06 Distant Horizons

  • 1971-10-21T23:00:00Z30m

The course of Duffy's and Sharon's true love never did run very smoothly, but as they grow older it becomes positively bumpy. When Sharon meets a sensitive student and Duffy gets his first taste of real competition, something just has to give . . .

1971-10-28T23:00:00Z

1x07 Change Partners

1x07 Change Partners

  • 1971-10-28T23:00:00Z30m

Bernard still waits to start work at London University, while at home the bills keep on piling up. When a friend suggests a lucrative part-time job, he jumps at the chance but the kind of work involved makes him wished that he had looked before he leaped . . .

1971-11-05T00:00:00Z

1x08 The Thin Yellow Line

1x08 The Thin Yellow Line

  • 1971-11-05T00:00:00Z30m

When the career of "Hank" Abbott, private detective come to an inglorious end, the British Army opens its arms to a new recruit. Had the Army realised what it was getting, the open arms might well have become clenched fists.

1971-11-12T00:00:00Z

1x09 All Mod Cons

1x09 All Mod Cons

  • 1971-11-12T00:00:00Z30m

When Dennis leaves home he finds he's taken on more than he can handle. So has Eric. He's taken on Peter Craven in an optimistic attempt to contemplate a decorating job.

1971-11-19T00:00:00Z

1x10 These Foolish Things

1x10 These Foolish Things

  • 1971-11-19T00:00:00Z30m

The final dust-up between Duffy and Sharon; Abbott in hospital with a stab wound; Dunstable's flat as a rendezvous . . .

1971-11-26T00:00:00Z

1x11 Rough Justice

1x11 Rough Justice

  • 1971-11-26T00:00:00Z30m

Dennis falls into bad company and is introduced to Russian bitter. The result is an appearance in the Magistrate's Court. Bad enough, you may think, but when Duffy, Craven and Mr Smith (one of their old teachers) appear for the defence, things go from bad to worse.

1971-12-03T00:00:00Z

1x12 Who Was That Lady?

1x12 Who Was That Lady?

  • 1971-12-03T00:00:00Z30m

Duffy is feeling the strain of separation from Sharon but is not above chatting up a bird - especially when her father is in a position to put a bit of business his way.

1971-12-10T00:00:00Z

1x13 Kill Or Cure

1x13 Kill Or Cure

  • 1971-12-10T00:00:00Z30m

Maureen is a bundle of nerves as she waits for her "O" level results which will affect her nursing career. What better cure for the nerves than a nice date with a "nice chap"? So Duffy and Craven, with the best will in the world, pick the "nice chap". But where there is a will there is not always a way.

Until now, Frankie Abbott's mother has kept the awful secret of his father private. But Frankie is growing up - even if he is 10 years late about it - and his questions finally reveal the skeleton in mum's cupboard.

1971-12-31T00:00:00Z

1x15 A Fair Swap

1x15 A Fair Swap

  • 1971-12-31T00:00:00Z30m

The happiest day of a girl's life is her wedding day - that is unless she's being married from the Duffy household! The whole affair of the wedding of Duffy's cousin, Deborah, however, is somewhat complicated by Maureen's kidnapping, and the assistance of Frankie "nurse" Abbott.

1972-01-07T00:00:00Z

1x16 The Clean Weekend

1x16 The Clean Weekend

  • 1972-01-07T00:00:00Z30m

Eric and Sharon get back together and the gang have a day out at the seaside. When they decide to stay the night in a hotel, Eric and Sharon get themselves into all kinds of trouble.

1972-01-14T00:00:00Z

1x17 Tally Ho

1x17 Tally Ho

  • 1972-01-14T00:00:00Z30m

With a bit of help from Craven, Dennis Dunstable tries to make his abusive alcoholic dad turn over a new leaf.

1972-01-21T00:00:00Z

1x18 Horse Of The Year

1x18 Horse Of The Year

  • 1972-01-21T00:00:00Z30m

Dennis has to decide how to spend his birthday money, and spends it on a horse at an auction.

1972-01-28T00:00:00Z

1x19 From Sudbury With Love

1x19 From Sudbury With Love

  • 1972-01-28T00:00:00Z30m

Frankie Abbott hits town looking for a new girlfriend.

1972-02-04T00:00:00Z

1x20 Who's Minding The Shop?

1x20 Who's Minding The Shop?

  • 1972-02-04T00:00:00Z30m

A road accident means that the Fenn Street Gang become shop-keepers.

Season Finale

1972-02-11T00:00:00Z

1x21 The Great Frock Robbers

Season Finale

1x21 The Great Frock Robbers

  • 1972-02-11T00:00:00Z30m

Sharon's job at the boutique is in jeopardy when she is blamed for not spotting a gang of shop-lifters. It seems things can't get any worse, and then Frankie gets the job of store detective . . .

Season Premiere

1972-10-14T23:00:00Z

2x01 The Crunch

Season Premiere

2x01 The Crunch

  • 1972-10-14T23:00:00Z30m

Duffy discovers that running a small family business is not all beer and skittles. He can't even afford the beer!

1972-10-21T23:00:00Z

2x02 Smart Lad Wanted

2x02 Smart Lad Wanted

  • 1972-10-21T23:00:00Z30m

Bowler, the local villain who "runs everything except London Transport", offers the out-of-work Craven a job. Craven's friends warn him about getting mixed up with Bowler, but he has never been one to listen to advice that didn't suit him.

1972-10-28T23:00:00Z

2x03 The Woman For Dennis

2x03 The Woman For Dennis

  • 1972-10-28T23:00:00Z30m

The gang are delighted when the lonely Dennis Dunstable announces he has found a girlfriend. Then they meet the "girl" - battle-scarred and pushing 40. Sadly, it appears that Cupid may need a little correction . . .

1972-11-05T00:00:00Z

2x04 Menagerie A Trois

2x04 Menagerie A Trois

  • 1972-11-05T00:00:00Z30m

Abbott's hypochondriac mother throws off her bandages when she falls for a man. Abbott's jealousy drives him from home, and he decides to inflict himself on Dennis. But Abbott and his mother deserve each other too much for the parting to be permanent.

1972-11-12T00:00:00Z

2x05 That Sort Of Girl

2x05 That Sort Of Girl

  • 1972-11-12T00:00:00Z30m

Struggling to stay in business, Duffy needs, but cannot afford, some new ladders. Sharon enters a beauty contest to try to get enough money to buy them, but Duffy has strong views on beauty contests and Maureen has strong views on men who have strong views on beauty contests.

1972-11-19T00:00:00Z

2x06 The Left Hand Path

2x06 The Left Hand Path

  • 1972-11-19T00:00:00Z30m

Working for the crooked Mr Bowler has brought Craven a flash car and flash clothes. Working for himself has brought Duffy packed lunches and overalls. Craven cannot resist showing off, but showing off with Bowler's money is not only silly, but also very dangerous.

1972-11-26T00:00:00Z

2x07 The Lady With The Lamp

2x07 The Lady With The Lamp

  • 1972-11-26T00:00:00Z30m

At last Maureen passes her O-levels and begins a new career as a "real" nurse. Little do the patients and the staff realise what they are in for with the arrival of a modern-day Florence Nightingale gone berserk!

2x08 The Loneliest Night Of The Week

  • 1972-12-03T00:00:00Z30m

Dennis and Frankie find contact with the opposite sex difficult. With advice from Craven and Sharon, Dennis feels that dancing lessons might be a way of making friends. Abbott, of course, has a much better idea, an idea that could lead to disaster . . .

1972-12-10T00:00:00Z

2x09 Father's Day

2x09 Father's Day

  • 1972-12-10T00:00:00Z30m

Mr. Dunstable has his last drunken row with his wife - who leaves him. So he decides to move in with Dennis. But Dennis, now making sweet, if slow, progress with his girlfriend, has other ideas.

1972-12-17T00:00:00Z

2x10 Low Noon

2x10 Low Noon

  • 1972-12-17T00:00:00Z30m

Mr, Bowler likes Peter Craven working for him because he has "style". He very much wants Duffy on his payroll, too, because he has even more "style". Duffy says no, but Mr Bowler is a determined man who thinks anyone will change their mind - with a little persuasion . . .

1972-12-31T00:00:00Z

2x11 And Baby Makes Four

2x11 And Baby Makes Four

  • 1972-12-31T00:00:00Z30m

Craven moves away from home and gets himself a flat - which he regards as a potential "come up for coffee and do you have to go home?" set-up. Then he gives a lift to a heavily-pregnant hitch-hiker, and his love-nest begins to look like a nursing home.

1973-01-07T00:00:00Z

2x12 Is That A Proposal, Eric?

2x12 Is That A Proposal, Eric?

  • 1973-01-07T00:00:00Z30m

Sharon has been Eric Duffy's girlfriend since the Third Form at fenn Street School, and she is beginning to think that she will only be his girlfriend when they are drawing their pensions. This leads Sharon to take drastic steps. Eric only takes one step - but it's a big one.

2x13 Private Eye, Public Nuisance

  • 1973-01-14T00:00:00Z30m

Frankie Abbott is enjoying life on the dole, spending his days in bed and only waking occasionally to play with his new camera. This his mother meets private investigator Mr Drew and persuades him to re-employ her son.

1973-01-21T00:00:00Z

2x14 Dypsomania On Sea

2x14 Dypsomania On Sea

  • 1973-01-21T00:00:00Z30m

When Dennis is persuaded to take a holiday by the sea, his father goes too and takes the cure. but, much to the horror of elderly residents of a certain hotel, the sea air revives the spirits in both father and son!

1973-01-28T00:00:00Z

2x15 Is Anybody There?

2x15 Is Anybody There?

  • 1973-01-28T00:00:00Z30m

The gang go other-worldly when Maureen gets them interested in spiritualism. At a meeting held by Mr Grout, a local medium, he tells them that one of them could easily turn out to be a medium too. Abbott immediately assumes that he has psychic powers, but a surprise is in store for Maureen!

1973-02-04T00:00:00Z

2x16 How To Handle A Woman

2x16 How To Handle A Woman

  • 1973-02-04T00:00:00Z30m

The relationship between Craven's parents consists of Mrs Craven yelling and Mr Craven obeying. So he decides to incite his father to rebellion, and succeeds - in splitting them up!

1973-02-11T00:00:00Z

2x17 Business Deficiency

2x17 Business Deficiency

  • 1973-02-11T00:00:00Z30m

The writing is on the wall for Eric Duffy. What he needs to get his decorating business more firmly established is to put the whole thing on a more formal footing.

Season Finale

1973-02-18T00:00:00Z

2x18 Absent Friends

Season Finale

2x18 Absent Friends

  • 1973-02-18T00:00:00Z30m

Duffy and Sharon's engagement is made official at last - so, of course, there has to be a party. What better time than now for the happy couple to have all their old school friends around them? Or is it?

Season Premiere

1973-05-26T23:00:00Z

3x01 An Englishman's Home

Season Premiere

3x01 An Englishman's Home

  • 1973-05-26T23:00:00Z30m

Duffy and Sharon are engaged and looking for a home of their own. They think they've found one but Frankie Abbott loses them the chance to buy it. Full of remorse, Abbott sets out to try and make amends.

1973-06-02T23:00:00Z

3x02 Mother Knows Best

3x02 Mother Knows Best

  • 1973-06-02T23:00:00Z30m

Taking a girlfriend home for the first time is always a nerve-racking experience. But whenh you have a mother like Frankie has, the confrontation is particularly difficult!

1973-06-09T23:00:00Z

3x03 Alone At Last

3x03 Alone At Last

  • 1973-06-09T23:00:00Z30m

Wedding bells are finally ringing for Duffy and Sharon and after all the traditional marriage day hang-ups, all they want is to be alone. But fate has yet one more trick in store.

1973-06-16T23:00:00Z

3x04 Making Whoopee

3x04 Making Whoopee

  • 1973-06-16T23:00:00Z30m

Honeymoons should be unforgettable. Well, Duffy and Sharon will always remember their honeymoon in Majorca - but not for the usual reasons!

1973-06-23T23:00:00Z

3x05 After The Ball

3x05 After The Ball

  • 1973-06-23T23:00:00Z30m

Craven has been walking the tightrope of life too long, and naturally it is the idiot Abbott who makes him lose his balance. The question is - can Duffy provide the safety net?

3x06 The Ant And The Grasshopper

  • 1973-06-30T23:00:00Z30m

Duffy has taken Craven on as first assistant painter, but their industrial relationship is soon put under strain. Something has to give, and it looks as though the result might be a rise in the unemployment figures.

1973-07-07T23:00:00Z

3x07 Abbott Of Arabia

3x07 Abbott Of Arabia

  • 1973-07-07T23:00:00Z30m

Mrs Abbott exerts her authority over Frankie once too often. It changes him into a latter-day "Red Shadow" and he gallops off with Celeste (his new girlfriend) to the registry office . . .

Season Finale

1973-07-14T23:00:00Z

3x08 Full Circle

Season Finale

3x08 Full Circle

  • 1973-07-14T23:00:00Z30m

Sharon has a little secret. Unfortunately it is somewhat difficult to share with Eric when they are not even talking . . .

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