Sykes

Eric Sykes & Hattie Jacques are twins who often end up in hot water...

Eric Sykes & Hattie Jacques are twins who frequently end up in hot water in this suburban 70s comedy. 

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Eric invests in a ferocious guard dog after his neighbour, Mr Brown, suffers a burglary.

Burglary

Eric goes to extreme measures and invests in a ferocious guard dog after his neighbour, Mr Brown, suffers a burglary.

Eric regrets boasting about his 'aristocratic' uncle.

Uncle

Eric's neighbour, Charles Brown, take Eric along to the golf club where he lacks all the social niceties. Eric regrets boasting about his 'aristocratic' uncle.

Eric takes up walking, and enjoys it so much he strolls to Brighton.

Walk

Eric is in training for the Olympics. He takes up walking, and enjoys it so much he decides to stroll to Brighton. He bets his neighbour £20 that he can walk all the way, which is over 40 miles.

Eric struggles to believe 10-year-old Amanda is as innocent as she looks.

Menace

Eric thinks his younger cousin, Elizabeth, is coming to stay but it is actually her younger sister, Amanda. Amanda seems like a sweet child but Eric struggles to believe the 10-year old is as innocent as she looks - and indeed he could be right!

Eric is jealous that his neighbour, Mr Brown has bought a new boat.

Boat

Eric is bored until a stranger comes to visit. Guest star Peter Sellers.

Stranger

Eric is bored until a stranger comes to visit. Tommy Grando is a long lost childhood friend and he has come to claim Hattie as his bride. Guest appearance from Peter Sellers.

With the right referee...nothing can go wrong.

Football

Eric gets to be referee for a local football game, but when Hattie encourages people to place bets on the outcome, he soon faces some pressure to influence the result.

Eric tries his hand working on a production line.

Eric and Hattie want to save up for a new television and new record players so Eric tries his hand working on a production line in the factory where Hattie works.

Eric's neighbour Charles trips on a discarded biscuit tin and threatens to sue.

Ankle

Love thy neighbour--especially if he can sue you for wilful bodily harm and litter. Eric's neighbour Charles trips on a discarded biscuit tin and threatens to sue.

Eric and Hattie have different reactions to a mouse in their house.

Mouse

Eric and Hattie have different reactions to a mouse in their house. Hattie is fond of her new housemate but Eric tries to smoke it out. The episode takes a surreal turn in to dreamland when Eric and Hattie dream they are mice.

Eric has a bad back and has to see a female doctor at the surgery.

Dream

Eric has a bad back and has to see a female doctor at the surgery. He falls in love with her and buys her flowers and reads her poetry.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, jilted, left on the shelf, or given the elbow.

Marriage

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, jilted, left on the shelf, or given the elbow. Eric tries to interfere with Hattie's attempts to find a husband as he comes to realise how different - and difficult - his life would be without her.

A cat called Tiddles spells trouble for Eric.

A cat called Tiddles causes trouble for Eric. Eric is sent on the roof to find Tiddles only for the cat to return safely to Hattie below.

A train journey causes trouble for Eric and Hattie.

Journey

A train journey causes various problems for Eric and Hattie, on their return trip from a fishing trip in Scotland.

When he has workmen at his house, Charles stays with Eric and Hattie.

Lodger

The man who came to dinner. And supper. And breakfast. And lunch. And dinner again. And breakfast and dinner. When he has workmen at his house, Charles stays with Eric and Hattie, but Eric isn't very happy with the arrangement.

What profit a man if he gain the Old Pearl but loses his soul....

Café

Eric nurses a hangover following an army reunion.

Engagement

An army reunion leaves Eric feeling the worse for wear the next morning. Then a beautiful girl calls and he really needs to remember what happened the night before.

Eric and Hattie fail to impress the manager when they try to run a bus like an airline.

Eric and Hattie fail to impress the depot manager when they try to run a bus like an airline in their attempt to revolutionise London Transport.

Eric and Hattie become suspicious of their vodka-swilling, well-off new neighbours.

Spy Ring

Eric and Hattie suspect their new neighbours are up to no good - they drink large vodkas and pay for them with crisp fivers. Could they possibly be spies?

Eric becomes a golf fanatic, and Hattie decides to give it a try.

Golf

Eric becomes a golf fanatic. His mania for golf drives Hattie up the wall. She decides to give it a try herself - and to everyone's surprise, she turns out to be a natural.

Mr Brown is infuriated that Eric has an upper-class lady friend.

Rolls

Eric takes on his first assignment as a chauffeur, working for Lady Dorothy. The acquaintance infuriates Mr Brown. However he's only ever had one driving lesson - seemingly a crash course.

Hattie suspects that a Peeping Tom is spying on her.

Peeping Tom

Hattie suspects that a Peeping Tom is spying on her. Eric gets his head stuck in his garden railings. When he is finally rescued, he is free to pursue other paths - and more railings.

Eric and Hattie attend a fancy-dress party organised by Mr Brown.

Fancy Dress

At a fancy dress party hosted by Mr Brown, Hattie goes as a police woman and Eric goes as Caesar. However, he finds his imperial throne has already been usurped.

A mystery window-smasher is terrorising the neighbourhood.

Window-Smasher

A mysterious spate of window smashing strikes the neighbourhood, but funnily enough, the Sykes household is spared. Is this a clue to the culprit?

Eric becomes addicted to gambling with disastrous results.

Gamble

Eric's horoscope tells him to speculate to improve his fortune - but Eric can't even beat Hattie at a rigged game of cards. He becomes addicted to gambling with disastrous results.

Uniform

Authority comes in all shapes and sizes, but must they all have to come to Eric and Hattie on their night out?

Eric acquires a new, feathered friend, but Hattie says either it goes or she does.

Bird

Eric acquires a new, feathered friend, but Hattie is not happy. She says either it goes or she does. When Hattie does disappear, Eric faces a different kind of bird altogether.

Eric tries to block the construction of a nearby block of flats.

Protest

Eric tries to block the construction of a nearby block of flats, despite actually having applied for one of the flats for himself. He takes his protests to the highest authority - unfortunately the Church doesn't think it's any of their business.

Eric begins a new career as an encyclopedia super salesman, but he keeps losing his books.

Salesman

Eric stands at the crossroads of a new career as a super salesman. However his techniques suggest it may be more of a cul-de-sac.

Eric and Hattie receive an inheritance that they have been waiting for.

Haunting

Eric and Hattie receive an inheritance that they have been waiting for, but it isn't what Eric was expecting.

Eric has a nest egg of money to protect and Hattie has a new boyfriend.

Nest Egg

Eric takes up a new hobby - star-gazing - while Hattie takes up gazing into the eyes of a new boyfriend. Eric's attention comes back down to Earth when it seems he may move in.

Sykes

Sykes

Series 1

1. Burglary

2. Uncle

3. Walk

4. Menace

5. Boat

6. Stranger

7. Football

8. Job

9. Ankle

10. Mouse

11. Dream

12. Marriage

13. Cat

14. Journey

15. Lodger

16. Café