Waiting for God

1. S01E01Welcome to BayviewJune 28, 1990—Tom Ballard is put in Bayview retirement home by drunken daughter Marion and her weak husband Geoffrey. Many of the residents are very pas
2. S01E02A Trip to BrightonJuly 5, 1990—Diana rows with chief carer Jane for calling her a senior citizen and Tom does his best to ignore Marion and Geoffrey. Diana's niece Sarah
3. S01E03Cheering Up TomJuly 12, 1990—Tom really thinks that he won't have to wait for God much longer when he says he is dying and is rushed to hospital. He is discovered to hav
4. S01E04The ChristeningJuly 19, 1990—Tom is going to the christening of his nephew and wants Diana to accompany him but she is not keen because her arthritis is playing her up.
5. S01E05Fraulein MuellerJuly 26, 1990—Jane wants to become a nun so Baines sacks her and brings in stern German matron Greta Mueller, who is a tyrant and tells Sarah where Diana
6. S01E06The PsychiatristAugust 2, 1990—Baines decides that if Diana and Tom are seen to be mentally incompetent it will give him power of attorney over them and end all his troubl
7. S01E07The HelicopterAugust 9, 1990—With upcoming by-elections Councillor Ferguson is courting the grey vote and comes to the home. At the same time Diana, once a photo-journal

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01Counselling for the DyingSeptember 5, 1991—Following the death,alone, of a resident, Tom puts himself forward as a counsellor to aid and comfort the terminally ill. A new female res
2. S02E02The PartitionSeptember 12, 1991—Tom is depressed because he is missing his late wife but Marion and Geoffrey are not keen to have him home on respite. He turns his attentio
3. S02E03Daisy Takes ChargeSeptember 19, 1991—Baines threatens Diana with expulsion unless she removes the partition but they both have more pressing matters to consider as Daisy becomes
4. S02E04The ThiefSeptember 26, 1991—Resident Betty claims that her sewing basket has gone missing and Tom and Diana decide to investigate. Not fully believing Betty's story the
5. S02E05Tell the TruthOctober 3, 1991—Tom 's belief that one should always tell the truth offends Jane, who has made herself look glamorous to appeal to Baines and Tom says she l
6. S02E06The Hip OperationOctober 10, 1991—Diana falls and breaks her hip whilst throwing a brick at the home's incompetent South American gardener. She is taken to hospital where she
7. S02E07Glamorous GranniesOctober 17, 1991—Tom has a bet with Diana that she can't be nice to people for a work. Such untypical actions only lead to confusion. Baines wants to organ
8. S02E08Foreign WorkersOctober 24, 1991—In order to cut costs Baines decides to employ illegal immigrant workers at Bayview. To Diana one incompetent foreigner, the gardener, is
9. S02E09Young PeopleOctober 31, 1991—A group of students comes to Bayview and Baines bribes Bob, one of them, into being seen in a compromising situation with Diana. This will e
10. S02E10The Boring SonNovember 7, 1991—In addition to her alcoholism, Marion's fling with Bob becomes the last straw for Geoffrey, who finally decides to leave her. But where can

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01The FuneralSeptember 10, 1992—Depressed vicar Dennis Sparrow is conducting the funeral of ex-Bayview resident Jimmy, but is making heavy weather of the eulogy and later h
2. S03E02Two Nasty ChildrenSeptember 17, 1992—Blaming Tom for introducing Marion to Dennis Sparrow, Geoffrey asks him to baby-sit his two children Skye and Tarquin, but they are little m
3. S03E03Looking for WorkSeptember 24, 1992—It's April and yet it's still very cold so the residents do not appreciate it when Baines turns off the central heating and suggest the resi
4. S03E04Harvey's FianceeOctober 1, 1992—Baines meets a girl-friend, Lucy Maitland, at the hunt ball. His mother is coming to visit before going to stay with his sister so Jane po
5. S03E05The Estate AgentOctober 8, 1992—After she has been accused of selfishness, Diana goes to work as a volunteer at a charity for elderly people and takes up the cause of an o
6. S03E06ScandalOctober 15, 1992—Resident Dave Cartwright has died and at the wake the drink flows freely amongst the inhabitants of Bayview. Tom and Diana certainly have
7. S03E07SabotageOctober 22, 1992—Whilst Baines is ecstatic about his new car Tom and Diana plan a little holiday and start a vacation fund. Unfortunately, Geoffrey decides
8. S03E08PoliticsOctober 29, 1992—Diana decides that she would like to enter politics and stands as an independent candidate for the Residents' Party. Baines has been asked t
9. S03E09Sleeping PillsNovember 5, 1992—Diana collapses and is rushed to hospital where Baines tries, unsuccessfully to cop off with the lady doctor. Diana, wrongly, gets it into
10. S03E10Great Aunt DianaNovember 12, 1992—The residents are getting wet waiting for a bus but when it arrives the driver claims that they cannot get on for free for another four minu

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01Financial DifficultiesSeptember 9, 1993—Diana is horrified to find that she is unaccountably in the red and goes up to London to cause a fuss, only to discover that all her investm
2. S04E02Living TogetherSeptember 16, 1993—To Jane's disapproval, Diana and Tom are now living in sin, or rather together, but already they start arguing, since they can't decide whos
3. S04E03Living In Miserable SinSeptember 23, 1993—Living together is not the bed of roses that Tom and Diana were expecting. He criticizes her sloppiness and her funny little ways, such as f
4. S04E04ShelvesSeptember 30, 1993—Geoffrey is getting on Tom's nerves with his obsession with shelves, which he keeps putting up all over the unit and it's a blessing when he
5. S04E05The SeanceOctober 7, 1993—Whilst Mr. Kwok demonstrates karate to the Bayview males, who vie with each other to impress Jane, Tom is introduced to Jane's psychic, Marj
6. S04E06The Promotional VideoOctober 14, 1993—A promotional video is being made to extol the virtues of Bayview and several residents are to have speaking parts, including Basil, who see
7. S04E07Adult EducationOctober 21, 1993 1.0When Tom and Diana's life drawing art classes at the local college are terminated and complaining yields no joy, they decide to instigate th
8. S04E08Sent To CoventryOctober 28, 1993—A strange reversal of fortune overtakes Bayview with the hospitalised Baines seen as the victim and Diana his tormentor. She is sent to Cove
9. S04E09WaterworksNovember 4, 1993—After drinking a lot at a reunion, Tom has trouble passing water and becomes very sensitive about it. He tries to keep it from Diana but his
10. S04E10The ConferenceNovember 11, 1993—There is to be a conference on the needs of the elderly held, and Diana is asked to be the local representative. At the same time Tom is wai

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01After The OperationSeptember 8, 1994—Diana visits Tom in hospital. His operation to clear his prostrate cancer has been a success and he returns to Bayview with her. Unfortunate
2. S05E02The Bayview Conservation SocietySeptember 15, 1994—Baines is hiring Mr. Nakamura, a Japanese hotel consultant, to advise on the building of a new,space-saving wing to be built at Bayview - th
3. S05E03A Royal VisitSeptember 22, 1994—A letter from the mayor's office suggests that a royal personage will be gracing Bayview with a visit. Diana, already even more crotchety th
4. S05E04Diana's DietSeptember 29, 1994—Diana's foot shows no sign of healing and Tom is anxious for her to see a doctor. For all of her brash facade she is reluctant to seek medic
5. S05E05Trouble With MenOctober 6, 1994—Diana and Jane are both taken aback by the bizarre ways of men, following their respective marriage proposals. Tom's proposal to Diana has b
6. S05E06Harvey The PriestOctober 13, 1994—A combination of genuine feelings for Jane, whom he is used to having around, plus the desire to still join the golf club, causes Baines to
7. S05E07Bungee JumpingOctober 20, 1994—Whilst planning his pre-nuptial agreement with an eager Jane, Baines is told that he is not a proper priest and that any attempts he makes t
8. S05E08A Double Wedding?October 27, 1994—After confiding her doubts about marriage to Sarah, Diana has a raucous hen night with male strippers whilst Tom's stag night is a very stai

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