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★ 7.4/10•1990•30m•TV-PG•Comedy
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A Comedy About Growing Old Disgracefully

Refusing to succumb to old age, Tom Ballard and Diana Trent are a pair of seasoned delinquents that cause many headaches. Their uneasy alliance is destined to make life difficult at the Bayview Retirement Village.

Michael W. Watkins · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJun 28, 1990

Episodes

Episode 1 - Welcome to BayviewE130m

Welcome to Bayview

Tom Ballard is put in Bayview Retirement Home by drunken daughter-in-law Marion and her weak husband Geoffrey. Many of the residents are very passive but not retired journalist Diana Trent, whose mission in life is to annoy 'the idiot Baines' - Harvey Baines, the home's manager. Initially she thinks Tom is rather dotty but when he tries to organise the residents into action against the home's poor food she knows she has found an ally.

Jun 28, 1990

Episode 2 - A Trip to BrightonE230m

A Trip to Brighton

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 has left her Porsche at the home so Diana drives Tom to Brighton in it. Harvey Baines reports it missing and the couple are stopped by the police but explain that Diana has her niece's permission to use it and Harvey is threatened with arrest for wasting police time.

Jul 5, 1990

Episode 3 - Cheering Up TomE330m

Cheering Up Tom

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 have had a heart attack but he becomes very depressed and talks about suicide, writing 'die on Thursday' in his diary. In order to talk him out of what she believes to be his plan to end it all, Diana threatens to join him.

Jul 12, 1990

Episode 4 - The ChristeningE430m

The Christening

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. Because she failed to declare it on her application form, Baines tries to get her evicted from the home. Tom doctors a 'naughty' photo of Baines to blackmail him into changing his mind but Diana uses her old press contacts to 'persuade' the committee to let her stay.

Jul 19, 1990

Episode 5 - Fraulein MuellerE530m

Fraulein Mueller

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 hid the Porsche. Tom cons Baines into making him the head of the Residents' Association and organises a petition, which Baines thinks is to get rid of Diana, so he signs it. Actually it's to get rid of Greta, so he is forced to fire her and reinstate Jane.

Jul 26, 1990

Episode 6 - The PsychiatristE630m

The Psychiatrist

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 troubles, particularly as the home is in financial difficulties. So he refers them to psychiatrist Dr. Darrow, for whom they act out a well-rehearsed pantomime of odd behaviour, leading the doctor to conclude that they are not mad, just a touch eccentric, with unexpected help coming from Sarah.

Aug 2, 1990

Episode 7 - The HelicopterE730m

The Helicopter

With upcoming by-elections Councillor Ferguson is courting the grey vote and comes to the home. At the same time Diana, once a photo-journalist, takes Tom up in a helicopter to take aerial shots of local houses to sell to their owners. Among her shots is one of Ferguson and the Swedish nanny being very naughty on the lawn. This comes in very handy at scuppering Ferguson's plan to support a Japanese spare parts factory being built next to Bayview.

Aug 9, 1990

Actors

Stephanie Cole

Stephanie Cole

Diana Trent

Graham Crowden

Graham Crowden

Tom Ballard

Daniel Hill

Daniel Hill

Harvey Bains

Janine Duvitski

Janine Duvitski

Jane Edwards

Andrew Tourell

Andrew Tourell

Geoffrey Ballard

Sandra Payne

Sandra Payne

Marion Ballard

Paddy Ward

Jamie Edwards

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