After Henry (1988)
After Henry is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1988 to 1992. Starring Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson, it had started on BBC Radio 4 in 1985, finishing in 1989. It was written by Simon Brett. After Henry was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. The BBC was reluctant to produce After Henry for television, so in 1988 after the third radio series Thames Television did so. The show was surprisingly popular, attracting over 14 million viewers. A second television series was shown during the same months as the fourth radio series with, in many cases, both radio and television episodes being broadcast on the same nights. The fourth television series was broadcast from July 1992, after the death of Joan Sanderson, who had died on 24 May.
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Episode 0 - A Quiet Christmas
Release Date: 1988-12-26Sarah plans a traditional Christmas but finds that Russell isn't interested at all. And Eleanor has her own slightly outdated take on 'traditional'!
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Episode 1 - Intellectual Aspirations
Release Date: 1989-01-17Clare gets into an intellectual challenge with her new boyfriend whom she believes to be terribly brainy. Eleanor decides it's a contest she can't be left out of.
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Episode 2 - Open Secrets
Release Date: 1989-01-24When Sarah is invited out for lunch by a man, she has to make contingency plans to prevent her mother's 'Geriatric Mafia' finding out about it.
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Episode 3 - Memory Games
Release Date: 1989-01-31It's quiz night and Clare and Eleanor are in opposing teams, while Sarah seems to be having problems with the accuracy of her memory.
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Episode 4 - The Cold
Release Date: 1989-02-07Sarah feels lousy, but in her family she's last on the list of casualties allowed to be treated if other people feel ill as well.
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Episode 5 - Wedding Bells
Release Date: 1989-02-07Eleanor wants to have a family wedding because she has heard that Vera Polling is having one and that, of course, puts the pressure on Sarah and Clare.
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Episode 6 - Lines of Communication
Release Date: 1989-03-07Sarah and Eleanor have fallen out and there seems little chance of a reconciliation. But Clare decides to use one of her old school games to alleviate the problem.
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Episode 7 - Gossip
Release Date: 1989-03-14Sarah is accused of scandal-mongering after inadvertently starting a rumour about the pension counter's sister.
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Episode 8 - Out on a Limb
Release Date: 1989-03-14With Eleanor off to the Bridge Club dinner and dance with Vera Polling, Sarah decides to invite Dr. Sam Greenland over for a quiet dinner but things do not go according to plan.
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Episode 9 - Upstagers
Release Date: 1989-03-21With Eleanor off to the Bridge Club dinner and dance with Vera Polling, Sarah decides to invite Dr Sam Greenland over for a quiet dinner. But the best laid plans...
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Episode 10 - Idle Speculation
Release Date: 1989-03-28Sarah, Eleanor and Clare are enlisted by the local amateur dramatic society when it suddenly loses its leading players.
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Episode 11 - Efficiency
Release Date: 1989-04-04Eleanor is left in charge of the bookshop when Russell and Sarah go off for a special lunch. She initiates an efficiency drive, which goes badly wrong.
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Episode 12 - Going Away
Release Date: 1989-04-11Eleanor is left in charge of the bookshop when Russell and Sarah go off for a special lunch. She initiates an efficiency drive, which goes badly wrong.
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Episode 13 - A Week of Sundays
Release Date: 1989-12-25Sarah makes plans to escape to Portugal for two weeks with her glamorous friend, Alison. But Eleanor brings all her emotional blackmailing skills to the fore to scupper the plans.