French Fields
The British family from "Fresh Fields" (1984) move to France. The episodes revolve around their adjustment to and difficulties dealing with French culture. Much humour is also derived from their maid, an elderly woman who speaks an obscure, old dialect of French that no one understands.
- 1989-1991
- 3 seasons
- Comedy
The British family from "Fresh Fields" (1984) move to France. The episodes revolve around their adjustment to and difficulties dealing with French culture. Much humour is also derived from their maid, an elderly woman who speaks an obscure, old dialect of French that no one understands.
Season 3 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1991
Episode 1
French with Tears
25 mins
Emma and Peter are staying but not speaking, because of his mysterious evening absences. Hester is arrested after the rent cheque bounces and she hits out at the visiting bailiffs, and William is done for speeding as he rushes to the police station to comfort her. Fortunately Peter's secret - he has been taking French lessons - coupled with his skills as a lawyer, saves the day.
Episode 2
The Merry Merry Pipes
24 mins
Hester agrees to act as courier for a bus load of Brits who are thinking of buying French properties on a tour organized by the mayor's garlic-breathing secretary Madame Lapine, who still carries a torch for him. Hester allows the passengers, including the annoying self-styled Lothario Cyril Ormerod, to use the Fields' toilet. This is a bad idea as the house's volatile plumbing system is about to erupt.
Episode 3
Make for the Hills!
25 mins
When Margaret and Henry Richardson arrive unannounced for a weekend stay Hester sees an escape clause - a caravan holiday she won in the local raffle. She and William take to the road but when she gets out to post a card William, believing she is asleep, drives off, leaving her in the rain in her night-dress. Eventually they meet up and decide to go to Paris - where they run into the Richardsons.
Episode 4
Surprise, Surprise
25 mins
With their wedding anniversary approaching Hester makes it clear she has no wish for a surprise party. William, however, has other ideas and enlists the help of Emma and Chantal. Then Hester decides she would like to prepare a surprise party, putting Emma and Peter on the spot when she phones them. Come the big night William's secretive behaviour annoys Hester but the surprise party is worth it, complete with a visit from son Tom all the way from New Zealand.
Episode 5
Darling Daughters
25 mins
When Hester gives Marie-Christine a hundred lines for sticking out her tongue in class, Dax retaliates by setting off his bird-scarers each night, and everybody asks Hester to back down. Meanwhile, William agrees to rent their London home to Emma and Peter - if Hester will give in. When she doesn't, William and Peter each write out and hand in the lines themselves.
Episode 6
Hail and Farewell
25 mins
William learns that getting fired in French sounds just the same as it does in English. The Fields know they can always go back to England if the worst comes to the worst. When they learn who's renting the farmhouse next door, it soon does.