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Sorry! Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1986 - 1986
Episode 1
The Primal Scene, So to Speak
Whilst collecting monies for overdue library books Timothy stumbles upon married building tycoon Byron Hadlee with his mistress. To keep him quiet Byron gives Timothy a thousand pounds, causing him to quit the library, and an invitation to a party where Timothy loses his trousers but, thanks to Mother, not his job.
Episode 2
Every Clown Wants to Play Hamlet
Timothy is acting as prompt for his local drama group's production of 'Hamlet' with a nervous leading man. Fearing that life has mirrored art and his mother has killed his father Timothy leaves his prompter's box but on learning his mistake returns to find the lead has quit and there are no shortage of replacements, himself included.
Episode 3
Bells for Uncle Barstable
Timothy is named in the will of his late uncle Barstable but his reward is in a secret drawer in a sideboard and nobody can find the key. During a concert at the wake the key is eventually located but when Timothy finally opens the drawer he is surprised at the nature of his legacy.
Episode 4
Natural Wastage
Timothy is shocked when chief librarian Endicott suggests that he takes early retirement. Inspired by sister Muriel Timothy attends the Endicotts' party to prove his usefulness and, when the family cat gets stuck a tree, Timothy shows himself to a branch librarian in the literal sense - getting his job back, though not quite as expected.
Episode 5
My Family and Other Monsters
Timothy is challenged by new girlfriend, barge-dwelling Fenella, to leave home and come away with her but first he has to attend a family christening, to which he has accidentally brought a duck. The ceremony over Timothy finds that Fenella has predictably gone without him, leaving him a bizarre inflatable monster which wrecks his mother's car.
Episode 6
It's a Wonderful Life, Basically
Timothy is having a very bad day. The car has been towed away and scrapped and he has been barred from the pub after accusing Frank of stealing Mother's wedding ring. He wishes he had never been born - and then he meets a fairy godmother, who shows him what life would have been like without him. Or is it all a dream?
