The essential episodes of Never the Twain
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Never the Twain — each pick states its reason.
- 01
The feuding fathers find out about the relationship between their son and daughter and consider taking steps to prevent a marriage.
- 02
Veronica appears on the scene - causing Simon and Oliver to compete for more than antiquities.
- 03
Veronica wants to go to the opera in Edinburgh. Simon and Oliver each compete to be her date. Simon has to find a replacement au pair.
- 04
Oliver's antiques shop is burgled. A pair of pistols is reported missing, but when these mysteriously turn up in Simon's shop Oliver turns this misfortune into an opportunity to make money from an insurance claim. Simon is arrested when a police officer spots the pistols in his shop window. To encourage Oliver to assist him in getting the charges dropped he agrees to help Oliver get membership at his golf club.
- 05
Oliver beats Simon to a painting they both want. But is it a Constable or not? David confesses propositioning another woman, jeopardising their engagement.
- 06
Simon holds a dinner for Oliver, Lyn and David, his ulterior motive being to expose Oliver's lack of etiquette. Lyn prepares for her move into Simon and David's home. David and Lyn's wedding day arrives.
- 07
Simon's sister visits him and Oliver immediately falls for her. Simon and Oliver each purchase one of a pair of figurines and then attempt to purchase the others to make a valuable pair.
- 08
Oliver and Simon discuss the issue of grandchildren. David claims to have had a vasectomy. Oliver and Simon join a dating agency as an alternative route to continuing their family lines.
- 09
Simon and Oliver are invited as guests onto a radio show. The two men become convinced that Lyn is pregnant.
- 10
Oliver attempts to gain the Royal Warrant for his shop from the Prince of Wales. Simon investigates his family tree in the hope of finding that he has blue blood.
- 11
Oliver and Simon volunteer to perform at a Vet Circle luncheon for Caroline.
- 12
Oliver and Simon duel over a woman, Caroline. But they find that there is another man vying for her affections.
- 13
Following a recent spate of shop burglaries Simon installs a state of the art alarm system but when he forgets his passport breaks into the shop and sets it off, leading to his and Oliver's arrest.
- 14
Simon takes up judo to defend himself against likely muggers and invites Oliver to accompany him to his class at the gym.
- 15
Oliver tells Simon about a bargain in a shop, which leads to extraordinary efforts by the two to be first in the queue to buy it. Guest starring Diana Mahoney, real-life wife of Donald Sinden.
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