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Goodnight Sweetheart
1993 - 1999 7.2 (47 votes) 6 Seasons
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Genres
Comedy Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks
BBC One
Created By
Laurence Marks
Maurice Gran

Goodnight Sweetheart

Overview

Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when he stumbles upon a portal to WWII-era London and begins a dual life as an accidental time traveler.

Key Crew

Producer: Allan McKeown

Top Cast

Nicholas Lyndhurst
Nicholas Lyndhurst

Gary Sparrow

Victor McGuire
Victor McGuire

Ron Wheatcroft

Dervla Kirwan
Dervla Kirwan

Phoebe Sparrow

Michelle Holmes
Michelle Holmes

Yvonne Sparrow

Elizabeth Carling
Elizabeth Carling

Phoebe Sparrow

Emma Amos
Emma Amos

Yvonne Sparrow

Christopher Ettridge
Christopher Ettridge

Reg Deadman

David Ryall
David Ryall

Eric Elward

Seasons

Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1995)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Don't Get Around Much Anymore
1995-02-20

Gary invests money in an electronics company back in 1941, but his investment and business plans quickly collapses, and ultimately backfires.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
1995-02-27

Yvonne has her heart set on moving house, while Gary feels more inclined to move between eras. Meanwhile, in 1941, a tall dark stranger seems to have entered Phoebe's life.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Just One More Chance
1995-03-06

Gary is due to appear in court after a drinking spree in 1941. He looks destined to lose his licence, his job and could well lose his wife, but she has marriage guidance in mind.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Who's Taking You Home Tonight
1995-03-13

Gary's fictional job working for Ron may cover his trips back in time to 1941, but it's not much help when both Yvonne and Phoebe expect him for dinner on the same evening.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Wish Me Luck
1995-03-20

Yvonne is in line for a work promotion, while Gary needs to decide which life to choose. Life in 1941 is appearing increasingly more attractive.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: As You Wave Me Goodbye
1995-03-27

Gary discovers that living in 1941 isn't quite what he expected, but having 'committed suicide' in 1994, he can hardly return home. Or can he?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Would You Like to Swing on a Star?
1995-04-03

Gary's fictitious job with Ron may provide an alibi for his trips to 1941, but it doesn't pay the rent. The 1994 vintage record market may provide the solution.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Nice Work If You Can Get It
1995-04-10

Gary's new career as an entertainer in 1941 is taking off, as is his trade in rare wartime records and amateur dramatics in 1993, but the stress of such ventures is taking a toll.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Let Yourself Go
1995-04-24

Yvonne suspects that she's pregnant, while Gary accompanies Phoebe to the countryside. As Gary struggles to maintain his double life, an American airman enters the scene.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Don't Fence Me In
1995-05-01

Gary has chosen to lead a double life indefinitely, but his plans are threatened when builders start demolishing his route and portal back to 1941.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1995)

No overview available.

11 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
1995-12-26

Gary's route to 1941 has been blocked by a row of shops built in 1995. How will he reach Phoebe in her wartime pub?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: It Ain't Necessarily So
1996-01-01

As New Year's Eve rapidly approaches, Gary seeks a way of celebrating the occasion with both his wife and girlfriend, in the contrasting timeframes of 1941 and 1995.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: One O'Clock Jump
1996-01-08

Gary tries to rectify matters when his shop's success makes Yvonne depressed at her lack of employment prospects. Plus, he discovers that PC Deadman is unaware that he has a child.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
1996-01-15

Counterfeit money has been in circulation around Royal Oak, which Gary suspects may be attributed to Ron's attempts to sabotage his name.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Change Partners
1996-01-22

Time travelling comedy series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. Gary is on top of the world, but pride comes before a fall, or in Gary's case, several falls.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Goodnight Children Everywhere
1996-01-29

An evicted Ron is now staying with Gary and Yvonne, and Phoebe's orphaned relatives arrive to move in with her at the Royal Oak.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Turned Out Nice Again
1996-02-05

George Formby turns up at the Royal Oak wanting to record a Beatles song that Gary claims to have written. Consequently, Gary has to find a way of keeping musical history intact.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: There's Something About a Soldier
1996-02-12

Yvonne wants Gary to get a sensible job with her new company. Plus, Gary's wartime life seems threatened by a returning hero. Is it time for Gary to make a break from the past?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Someone to Watch Over Me
1996-02-19

Phoebe is very ill back in the 1940s, so Gary thinks that he may have a solution - but can he really take medicine back in time?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: The Yanks Are Coming
1996-02-26

Gary is put out when the Americans arrive at the Royal Oak, but when there is an outbreak of racial tension Gary takes drastic action.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: Let's Get Away from It All
1996-03-04

Yvonne and Phoebe both want to move home, but it isn't long before moving is the least of Gary's worries.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (1997)

No overview available.

11 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: You're Driving Me Crazy
1997-03-03

The pressure is definitely mounting for Gary now that both Yvonne and Phoebe are pregnant. Yvonne is trying to get him a job in her firm so that she can give up work after the birth. Meanwhile, in 1942 Gary is accused of being a fence.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: In the Mood
1997-03-10

Both Yvonne and Phoebe are pregnant and feeling unwell. Yet Yvonne and Gary agree to babysit Gary's nephew, Arthur, who goes missing during his visit and is suspected of having time travelled to 1942. So Gary might not be the only one that can access the time portal after all.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: Out of Town
1997-03-17

Yvonne is out of town so Gary hopes to spend some time with Phoebe, but Gary's father George turns up and stuns him when telling a story about discovering a time warp in his youth.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: And Mother Came Too
1997-03-24

Ron is in trouble with the police, while Phoebe tells Gary that they are finally free to marry.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: The Leaving of Liverpool
1997-04-08

Gary and Phoebe visit wartime Liverpool, where Gary meets his hero grandfather, Albert. However things become very complicated when Gary is forced to play hero.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: How Long Has This Been Going On?
1997-04-15

Yvonne has a miscarriage and Reg's mistress leaves her husband, who mistakes Gary for Reg.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: Easy Living
1997-04-22

Yvonne leaves her job and Gary struggles to revisit 1942, where Phoebe is wedding planning.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Come Fly with Me
1997-04-29

Gary and Phoebe's wedding is drawing near, but will Gary's stamina hold out for two stag nights, 54 years apart?

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Heartaches
1997-05-06

Gary oversleeps and misses his 1942 wedding. While In the present, Yvonne is upset that he's forgotten their first anniversary. Back in 1942, Gary appeases Phoebe and the wedding goes ahead.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Careless Talk
1997-05-13

With a wife on both sides of the time warp, Gary is rapidly running out of money and Ron has lost the will to print.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 11: The Bells Are Ringing
1997-05-20

Yvonne's new health drink is about to go into production, but Gary is primarily concerned with Phoebe, who is going through childbirth back in the 1940s.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 5 poster
Season 5 (1998)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: A Room with a View
1998-02-23

Gary and his son Michael are blasted into present time by a 1944 air raid bomb. They are caught by Yvonne, who demands an explanation regarding the child's identity.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: London Pride
1998-03-02

In the present and wartime 1944, both Gary and Phoebe find themselves being refused entry into higher society circles.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: When Two Worlds Collide
1998-03-09

The detonation of an unexploded bomb in Duckett's Passage catapults Gary into the present, with Phoebe in tow. Consequently Phoebe and Yvonne meet for the first time.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Mairzy Doats
1998-03-16

Gary tries to persuade Ron to give up his time travelling ambitions, and Yvonne begins some consultancy work for Chelsea FC, which Gary is pleased to hear, especially when she acquires some match tickets.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: Pennies from Heaven
1998-03-23

Gary tries using his knowledge of the past to bet on certainties at the 1940s race track, but it all goes wrong. Meanwhile Ron's white fiver printing press is raided by the police.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: We Don't Want to Lose You ... (1)
1998-03-30

Gary's assumed identity as a secret agent even fools the 1944 authorities. He is recruited by a genuine M15 agent to go on a secret mission to the Isle of Wight.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: ... But We Think You Have to Go (2)
1998-04-06

Gary's secret mission in wartime France quickly descends into a dicey fight or flight situation, as the German's rapidly close in on him.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Have You Ever Seen a Dream Walking ...
1998-04-13

As the strain of living a double life takes its toll on Gary, Rolf Harris appears in a dream and berates him for having claimed the authorship of 'Two Little Boys.'

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Love the One You're With
1998-04-20

The porter of Gary's Mayfair flats informs him that a former resident died in a road accident 55 years ago. Gary aims to travel back in time to reverse the chain of events.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1998-04-27

Gary encounters his 1940s now-adult son Michael, who is shabbily dressed and trying to flog him items. Gary returns to the past to try and improve Michael's future prospects.

Runtime: 30 min
Season 6 poster
Season 6 (1999)

No overview available.

10 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Mine's a Double
1999-04-20

Whilst advancing through the time warp a severe storm in 1944 causes Gary to split into two opposing clones: a normal Gary and a bad version. Phoebe likes the former, while Yvonne prefers latter.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 2: All About Yvonne
1999-04-18

Gary and Yvonne have a bust up which ends with Gary having to move out and into Ron's place. During Gary's estrangement he becomes suspicious of Yvonne's interior designer. Meanwhile over in 1944, Phoebe suspects that Gary is having an affair with Yvonne, and Reg contracts impetigo.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 3: California Dreamin'
1999-04-25

Gary has to think fast when both of his wives decide they want to emigrate to California. In 1944 Reg retires from his job, but no one turns up at his leaving do.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 4: Grief Encounter
1999-05-02

Gary and Phoebe are cast in Noel's film Brief Encounter, but Gary declines. Meanwhile, both Phoebe and Yvonne catch the attentions of other men, which Gary resents and intercepts.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 5: The 'Ouses in Between
1999-05-16

A foggy night in London leads Gary into the unknown time territory of 1880. Here Gary comes face to face with the notorious Jack the Ripper, who manages to access the time portal.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 6: Just in Time
1999-05-23

When a workman arrives to carryout repairs in the time portal alleyway, Gary begins to contemplate where his future lies.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 7: How I Won the War
1999-05-30

Gary thinks that Yvonne is having an affair, so he asks Ron to spy on her for him. Plus, Gary and Phoebe join a concert troupe in Belgium, but their efforts are quickly thwarted.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 8: Something Fishie
1999-06-06

Gary and Phoebe come up against the bully tactics of a protection racket, so Gary utilises his modern gadgets to halt their reign of terror. Plus, Yvonne receives a rude surprise.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 9: Flash Bang Wallop
1999-06-13

Gary must ensure that a compromising photo taken of him in the 1940s avoids discovery in the present. Yvonne goes to see Noel Coward's Gary and Phoebe stage play.

Runtime: 30 min
Episode 10: Accentuate the Positive
1999-06-21

It's1945 and VE Day celebrations are in full swing. Future Prime Minister Clement Attlee is in town to join in with the festivities. Gary finds himself rushing to Attlee's aid when disaster strikes.

Runtime: 30 min

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