Gary Sparrow is an unhappily married TV repairman, who one day unwittingly walks into a time warp. Totally disorientated, he thinks he's in a 1940s theme pub, until he falls in love with the landlord's daughter.

Goodnight Sweetheart

Rites of Passage

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 1 - Episode 1

1. Rites of Passage

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Gar refuses to buy a new suit for a job interview in 1993, but is happy to buy one to take Phoebe to a dance in 1940.

Fools Rush in

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 1 - Episode 2

2. Fools Rush in

Gary returns to 1940 to try to protect Phoebe and Eric from an impending air raid, but nearly ends up in prison.

Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 1 - Episode 3

3. Is Your Journey Really Necessary?

Ron agrees to print identity papers for Gary's return to 1940 at a price - he wants to go back in time with him. 

The More I See You

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 1 - Episode 4

4. The More I See You

Yvonne gets to spend more time with Gary due to him giving up his 1940s obsession, but he is quickly propelled back into things upon discovering that he may be married to Phoebe.

I Get Along with You Very Well

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 1 - Episode 5

5. I Get Along with You Very Well

Yvonne gives Gary an ultimatum about his wartime obsession, as he decides whether to return to 1940, or back home to 1995. Ron makes him an offer that he can't refuse.

In the Mood

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 1 - Episode 6

6. In the Mood

Series 1

Gary invests money in an electronics company back in 1941, but his investment and business plans quickly collapses, and ultimately backfires.

Don't Get Around Much Any More

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2 - Episode 1

1. Don't Get Around Much Any More

Yvonne has her heart set on moving house, while Gary feels more inclined to move between eras. Meanwhile, in 1941, a tall dark stranger seems to have enterd Phoebe's life.

I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2 - Episode 2

2. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good

Gary is due to appear in court after a drinking spree in 1941. He looks destined to lose his licence, his job and could well lose his wife, but she has marriage guidance in mind.

Just One More Chance

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2 - Episode 3

3. Just One More Chance

Gary's fictional job working for Ron may cover his trips back in time to 1941, but it's not much help when both Yvonne and Phoebe expect him for dinner on the same evening.

Who's Taking You Home Tonight?

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2 - Episode 4

4. Who's Taking You Home Tonight?

Yvonne is in line for a work promotion, while Gary needs to decide which life to choose. Life in 1941 is appearing increasingly more attractive.

Wish Me Luck

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2 - Episode 5

5. Wish Me Luck

Gary discovers that living in 1941 isn't quite what he expected, but having 'committed suicide' in 1994, he can hardly return home. Or can he?

...As You Wave Me Goodbye

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2 - Episode 6

6. ...As You Wave Me Goodbye

Gary's fictitious job with Ron may provide an alibi for his trips to 1941, but it doesn't pay the rent. The 1994 vintage record market may provide the solution.

Would You Like to Swing on a Star?

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2 - Episode 7

7. Would You Like to Swing on a Star?

Gary's new career as a 1940s entertainer is taking off, as is his trade in wartime 78s. But can he manage two big opening nights?

Nice Work If You Can Get It

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2 - Episode 8

8. Nice Work If You Can Get It

Yvonne suspects that she's pregnant, while Gary accompanies Phoebe to the countryside. As Gary struggles to maintain his double life, an American airman enters the scene.

Let Yourself Go

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2 - Episode 9

9. Let Yourself Go

Having reconciled himself to living in two different eras with two different sweethearts, Gary finds his lifestyle threatened when builders start to demolish his only route to the past.

Don't Fence Me in

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 2 - Episode 10

10. Don't Fence Me in

Series 2

In the run-up to New Year's Eve, Gary worries about finding a way to see in the New Year with both Phoebe and Yvonne.

It Ain't Necessarily So

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3 - Episode 1

1. It Ain't Necessarily So

Gary tries to rectify matters when his shop's success makes Yvonne depressed at her lack of employment prospects. Plus, he discovers that PC Deadman is unaware that he has a child.

One O' Clock Jump

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3 - Episode 2

2. One O' Clock Jump

Gary's best friend and printer Ron is having marriage problems and it seems that his latest batch of 40s currency won't pass the quality threshold. 

It's a Sin To Tell a Lie

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3 - Episode 3

3. It's a Sin To Tell a Lie

Time travelling comedy series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. Gary is on top of the world, but pride comes before a fall, or in Gary's case, several falls.

Change Partners

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3 - Episode 4

4. Change Partners

Romantic comedy starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. An evicted Ron is now staying with Gary and Yvonne, and Phoebe's orphaned relatives arrive to move in with her at the Royal Oak.

Goodnight Children Everywhere

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3 - Episode 5

5. Goodnight Children Everywhere

George Formby turns up at the Royal Oak wanting to record a Beatles song that Gary claims to have written. Consequently, Gary has to find a way of keeping musical history intact.

Turned Out Nice Again

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3 - Episode 6

6. Turned Out Nice Again

Yvonne wants Gary to get a sensible job with her new company. Plus, Gary's wartime life seems threatened by a returning hero. Is it time for Gary to make a break from the past?

7. There's Something Nice About a Soldier

There's Something Nice About a Soldier

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3 - Episode 7

Romantic comedy starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. Phoebe is very ill back in the 1940s, so Gary thinks that he may have a solution - but can he really take medicine back in time?

Someone To Watch Over Me

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3 - Episode 8

8. Someone To Watch Over Me

Comedy series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. Gary is put out when the Americans arrive at the Royal Oak, but when there is an outbreak of racial tension Gary takes drastic action.

The Yanks Are Coming

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3 - Episode 9

9. The Yanks Are Coming

Last in third series of the time travel comedy. Yvonne and Phoebe both want to move home, but it isn't long before moving is the least of Gary's worries.

Let's Get Away From It All

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 3 - Episode 10

10. Let's Get Away From It All

Series 3

The pressure is definitely mounting for Gary now that both Yvonne and Phoebe are pregnant. Yvonne is trying to get him a job in her firm so that she can give up work after the birth. Meanwhile, in 1942 Gary is accused of being a fence.

You're Driving Me Crazy

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 1

1. You're Driving Me Crazy

Both Yvonne and Phoebe are pregnant and feeling unwell. Yet Yvonne and Gary agree to babysit Gary's nephew, Arthur, who goes missing during his visit and is suspected of having time travelled to 1942.

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 2

2. In the Mood

Yvonne is out of town so Gary hopes to spend some time with Phoebe, but Gary's father George turns up and stuns him when telling a story about discovering a time warp in his youth.

Out of Town

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 3

3. Out of Town

Time travelling comedy series starring Nicholar Lyndhurst. Ron is in trouble with the police, while Phoebe tells Gary that they are finally free to marry.

And Mother Came Too

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 4

4. And Mother Came Too

Gary and Phoebe visit wartime Liverpool, where Gary meets his hero grandfather, Albert. However things become very complicated when Gary is forced to play hero.

The Leaving of Liverpool

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 5

5. The Leaving of Liverpool

Nicholas Lyndhurst stars in time travel sitcom about a man living a double life. Yvonne has a miscarriage and Reg's mistress leaves her husband, who mistakes Gary for Reg.

How Long Has This Been Going On?

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 6

6. How Long Has This Been Going On?

Gary's world is changing fast. Yvonne is changing careers as Phoebe plans the wedding. And Reg's domestic problems threaten his job.

Easy Living

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 7

7. Easy Living

Gary and Phoebe's wedding is drawing near, but will Gary's stamina hold out for two stag nights, 54 years apart?

Come Fly with Me

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 8

8. Come Fly with Me

Gary oversleeps and misses his 1942 wedding. While In the present, Yvonne is upset that he's forgotten their first anniversary. Back in 1942, Gary appeases Phoebe and the wedding goes ahead.

Heartaches

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 9

9. Heartaches

Time travelling comedy series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. With a wife on both sides of the time warp, Gary is rapidly running out of money and Ron has lost the will to print.

Careless Talk

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 10

10. Careless Talk

Yvonne's new health drink is about to go into production, but Gary is primarily concerned with Phoebe, who is going through childbirth back in the 1940s.

The Bells Are Ringing

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 4 - Episode 11

11. The Bells Are Ringing

Series 4

Gary and his son Michael are blasted into present time by a 1944 air raid bomb. They are caught by Yvonne, who demands an explanation regarding the child's identity.

A Room with a View

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5 - Episode 1

1. A Room with a View

Time-travel comedy series. Phoebe finds living in the West End difficult, though Noel Coward does his best to help. Yvonne puts Gary on the guest list for a Downing Street party.

London Pride

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5 - Episode 2

2. London Pride

Ron signs up with a dating agency. Yvonne makes a date with Gary, but when an unexploded bomb goes off in Ducketts Passage he has a problem.

When Two Worlds Collide

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5 - Episode 3

3. When Two Worlds Collide

Ron takes advantage of the new ability to use the time gate, and as Gary's supposed commanding officer can do anything he wants.

Mairzy Doats

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5 - Episode 4

4. Mairzy Doats

When Gary runs short of money, he decides he must break his own rules to get out of trouble, and starts betting on the horses. Phoebe is distraught, as her father was a gambler, and repeatedly tries to dissuade him

Pennies From Heaven

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5 - Episode 5

5. Pennies From Heaven

Yvonne continues to travel for Nature Boy Cosmetics. Gary takes Phoebe to the Cafe Royal, where his false wartime identity finally catches up on him, and he is recruited for a secret mission to the Isle of Wight.

We Don't Want to Lose You... 1

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5 - Episode 6

6. We Don't Want to Lose You... 1

Gary realises that he is only being used as a ploy to fool the Germans. As the Gestapo closes in on him, he is captured and is to be sent to Berlin for torture, unless he can escape first.

...But we Think You Have To Go -2

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5 - Episode 7

7. ...But we Think You Have To Go -2

Gary is very unsettled after his French adventure, and he feels like he's losing his mind: he can't tell whether he's awake or asleep, dreaming or experiencing reality.

Have You Ever See a Dream Walking

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5 - Episode 8

8. Have You Ever See a Dream Walking

Yvonne is signing copies of her just published autobiography. Meanwhile, Gary finds out from the porter in the 1990s that the owner of his 1940s West End flat is going to be killed in a road accident - what is he to do?

Love the One You're with

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5 - Episode 9

9. Love the One You're with

Phoebe wants to make a career of singing, and she wants Gary to write a new song for her. When he does, he has no idea what he's started.

My Heart Belongs To Daddy

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 5 - Episode 10

10. My Heart Belongs To Daddy

Series 5

A stormy night in the forties turns Gary's world upside down. The problem is sorting it out, particularly when everyone is seeing double.

Mine's a Double

Goodnight Sweetheart - Series 6 - Episode 1

1. Mine's a Double

Yvonne throws Gary out of their Thameside penthouse apartment, which makes Gary edgy, which in turn makes Phoebe suspicious that there's someone else in his life.