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Hold the Sunset

TV·2018–2019·2 seasons, 12 episodes·BBC One·Comedy·29m

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Edith's dreams of retirement to the sun with her long-term suitor Phil are shattered when her 50-year-old son Roger arrives home, seeking to recapture his boyhood happiness.

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Episodes by season

Season016Episodes2018AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Hold the Sunset S01E01BubblyFebruary 18, 2018Edith's dreams of retirement to the sun with her long-term suitor Phil are shattered when her 50-year-old son Roger arrives home, seeking to
  2. S01E02Hold the Sunset S01E02BirthdayFebruary 25, 2018Phil and Roger make rival attempts to impress Edith on her seventieth birthday. Roger's bright idea is to invite back Mrs Gale, Edith's chao
  3. S01E03Hold the Sunset S01E03The Marriage CounsellorMarch 4, 2018Phil and Roger make rival attempts to impress Edith on her seventieth birthday. Roger's bright idea is to invite back Mrs Gale, Edith's chao
  4. S01E04Hold the Sunset S01E04The BurglaryMarch 11, 2018As tensions grow between Roger and Wendy, a midnight break-in brings Edith face to face with a ghost from her past. How can she explain the
  5. S01E05Hold the Sunset S01E05Roger the CarerMarch 18, 2018Bob gives Roger the idea of applying to be a paid carer for Edith. However, Edith is perfectly well, so who can Roger persuade to stand in f
  6. S01E06Hold the Sunset S01E06Old FlamesMarch 25, 2018Phil is worried that Edith's old flame Bob may be gaining ground and that his own one-time floozy Desiree may put in an unwelcome appearance

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season026Episodes2019AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Hold the Sunset S02E01The SaleAugust 2, 2019With Edith and Phil’s sunset future in suspense, Phil’s beginning to despair of ever selling his house. Queenie talks him into an Open Day –
  2. S02E02Hold the Sunset S02E02The DisappearanceAugust 9, 2019After his disastrous Open Day, Phil has disappeared. As Edith searches for him, her difficult sister Joan invites herself to stay. Meanwhile
  3. S02E03Hold the Sunset S02E03Aunty JoanAugust 16, 2019Edith is finding her irritating sister Joan very difficult, and Roger, impatient to help Phil sell his house, decides to help by checking hi
  4. S02E04Hold the Sunset S02E04The Lemming FamilyAugust 23, 2019Edith and Phil are dismayed to find themselves portrayed in Wendy’s prizewinning book, and Roger’s hopes of becoming a carer look like being
  5. S02E05Hold the Sunset S02E05Damage LimitationAugust 30, 2019Edith and Phil finally set a date for their wedding, but romance is in the air for more than one couple.
  6. S02E06Doing a BunkSeptember 6, 2019Edith and Phil can finally make a plan for their wedding – which doesn’t include an invitation for Bob – and Roger enlists Georgie to video

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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