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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkman" data-source="post: 428075" data-attributes="member: 23715"><p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzE2YWMyOWEtMGRlMS00MThlLWFhNjEtOTU2YzkzMGI2MDE1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,52,500,281_.jpg" alt="Chris Barrie, Tim Marriott, and Russell Porter in The Brittas Empire (1991)" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>S05E01 THE OLD, OLD STORY</p><p></p><p>Mon, Oct 31, 1994</p><p>Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre has just been rebuilt, and is hosting an episode of the national TV religious musical program "Songs of Praise". However, Gordon feels allowing use of the sanitary facilities by the mainly elderly public constitutes a safety risk as long as the staff pigeon holes are not draught-proof, so now for once people are flocking in but the staff are ordered to keep them out. Councillor Jack Drugett feels Brittas must go, but this time he plans to offer him an irresistible challenge: European Commissioner for Leisure. Matters become further complicated when an escaped emu is discovered to be loose in the building.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmE0ZjdjMjEtMzJhNC00ZWQwLWExMWUtZTI0ZjU2ZmY3ZTRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,51,500,281_.jpg" alt="Chris Barrie and Tim Marriott in The Brittas Empire (1991)" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>S05E02 BLIND DEVOTION</p><p></p><p>Mon, Nov 7, 1994</p><p>Colin is due for the sack and despite his blindness due to his garden exploding and his aunt dying, Mr Brittas is determined to fire him!</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDkxMjE2YjAtYWYwNy00ZDQ2LWJlNzQtZWFkNGU2OTYwZTE1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,52,500,281_.jpg" alt="Judy Flynn and Pippa Haywood in The Brittas Empire (1991)" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>S05E03 BRUSSELS CALLING</p><p></p><p>Mon, Nov 14, 1994</p><p>Mr Brittas is in Brussels, but that doesn't stop him running his Leisure centre.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWE1YjViMDMtMTViMy00MWJmLWIzYzUtZWMwNjY5NWQwNWMxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,40,500,281_.jpg" alt="Chris Barrie and Pippa Haywood in The Brittas Empire (1991)" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>S05E04 THE LIES HAVE IT</p><p></p><p>Mon, Nov 21, 1994</p><p>Everyone is lying to Mr Brittas about a party that never happened in order to cover up Helen's adultery.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDM1ODRjZmMtNDk3OS00NzU4LTk3NzgtODNlOWNjNWFhZjAzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,41,500,281_.jpg" alt="Chris Barrie, Jill Greenacre, and Tim Marriott in The Brittas Empire (1991)" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>S05E05 THE BOSS</p><p></p><p>Mon, Nov 28, 1994</p><p>Gavin is in charge of the centre for the day, or so he thinks!</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDljNWE0YzMtYzQyZC00Y2NiLThjNDYtYjE5NzMxZGMyZTQ0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,51,500,281_.jpg" alt="Chris Barrie, Pippa Haywood, Tim Marriott, Russell Porter, and Julia St John in The Brittas Empire (1991)" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>S05E06 PREGNANT</p><p></p><p>Mon, Dec 5, 1994</p><p>Just when Gavin was to get his last test before his hoped-for promotion to Assistant Manager, the Centre's medical tests introduced to fight drugs cause hysteria: as there is a positive pregnancy test, suggesting that Linda is pregnant by 65-year-old headmaster Edward, Julie is pregnant by a Baronet, Carole is pregnant by Colin!--and there's an even more surprising pregnancy, and Brittas puts the suspect through a humiliating test. While Carole and Colin willingly consider marriage, Helen reveals to Laura that she swapped samples--it's possible that she's the one expecting.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzcwMTg3MTQtODgyMi00MzE1LWFmM2ItMGM0ZmMyMjc3OWY4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,40,500,281_.jpg" alt="Michael Burns in The Brittas Empire (1991)" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>S05E07 UXB</p><p></p><p>Mon, Dec 12, 1994</p><p>People are looking forward to Julie's wedding with the baronet, she more to the informal party then the Westminster Abbey ceremony. Colin worries Gavin won't be able to fill Mr. Brittas's shoes, Gavin when he finds out Gordon wants Laura to succeed him. Carol barricades herself when Mr. Trap from Social Services shows a court order to confiscate the children she keeps in drawers and closets, but that works out surprisingly well... Helen hasn't told Gordon, but she isn't planning to follow him to Brussels, supposedly for the family dog and the children's school, but changes her mind when she finds out about an EU commissioner's pay and perks. Gordon insisted everyone has to learn think for himself, but that leaves Colin with an excessive responsibility: an unexploded World War II bomb he dug out...</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDBhOWE5NjItNzFjZi00NmFjLWIyZjgtMTVlZmY1MGVmY2ViXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,41,500,281_.jpg" alt="Chris Barrie, Jasper Jacob, and Tony Steedman in The Brittas Empire (1991)" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>S05E08 THE LAST DAY</p><p></p><p>Mon, Dec 19, 1994</p><p>It's Mr Brittas' last day, but anything could happen!</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDAxN2U2MjktOTdhMi00NDRjLWJmMjQtMDIzZDllODMwZmFkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,52,500,281_.jpg" alt="Chris Barrie, Michael Burns, and Pippa Haywood in The Brittas Empire (1991)" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>S05E09 IN THE BEGINNING</p><p></p><p>Tue, Dec 27, 1994</p><p>This Christmas special has all the staff meeting up on New Year's Eve in the future, looking back at their first New Year's Eve together.</p><p></p><p><strong>Creators Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen wrote series 5 as the finale, with all the characters going off to new careers. The BBC however commissioned two new series, Norriss and Fegen weren't interested and left, and new writers were brought in. Whether it was wise to carry on is open to debate, series 6 and 7 were certainly in the same madcap spirit but lacked that sparkle and the chaotic narrative wasn't as expertly built as previous, and the series ended controversially...more about that later.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkman, post: 428075, member: 23715"] [IMG alt="Chris Barrie, Tim Marriott, and Russell Porter in The Brittas Empire (1991)"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzE2YWMyOWEtMGRlMS00MThlLWFhNjEtOTU2YzkzMGI2MDE1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,52,500,281_.jpg[/IMG] S05E01 THE OLD, OLD STORY Mon, Oct 31, 1994 Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre has just been rebuilt, and is hosting an episode of the national TV religious musical program "Songs of Praise". However, Gordon feels allowing use of the sanitary facilities by the mainly elderly public constitutes a safety risk as long as the staff pigeon holes are not draught-proof, so now for once people are flocking in but the staff are ordered to keep them out. Councillor Jack Drugett feels Brittas must go, but this time he plans to offer him an irresistible challenge: European Commissioner for Leisure. Matters become further complicated when an escaped emu is discovered to be loose in the building. [IMG alt="Chris Barrie and Tim Marriott in The Brittas Empire (1991)"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmE0ZjdjMjEtMzJhNC00ZWQwLWExMWUtZTI0ZjU2ZmY3ZTRlXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,51,500,281_.jpg[/IMG] S05E02 BLIND DEVOTION Mon, Nov 7, 1994 Colin is due for the sack and despite his blindness due to his garden exploding and his aunt dying, Mr Brittas is determined to fire him! [IMG alt="Judy Flynn and Pippa Haywood in The Brittas Empire (1991)"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDkxMjE2YjAtYWYwNy00ZDQ2LWJlNzQtZWFkNGU2OTYwZTE1XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,52,500,281_.jpg[/IMG] S05E03 BRUSSELS CALLING Mon, Nov 14, 1994 Mr Brittas is in Brussels, but that doesn't stop him running his Leisure centre. [IMG alt="Chris Barrie and Pippa Haywood in The Brittas Empire (1991)"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOWE1YjViMDMtMTViMy00MWJmLWIzYzUtZWMwNjY5NWQwNWMxXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,40,500,281_.jpg[/IMG] S05E04 THE LIES HAVE IT Mon, Nov 21, 1994 Everyone is lying to Mr Brittas about a party that never happened in order to cover up Helen's adultery. [IMG alt="Chris Barrie, Jill Greenacre, and Tim Marriott in The Brittas Empire (1991)"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDM1ODRjZmMtNDk3OS00NzU4LTk3NzgtODNlOWNjNWFhZjAzXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,41,500,281_.jpg[/IMG] S05E05 THE BOSS Mon, Nov 28, 1994 Gavin is in charge of the centre for the day, or so he thinks! [IMG alt="Chris Barrie, Pippa Haywood, Tim Marriott, Russell Porter, and Julia St John in The Brittas Empire (1991)"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDljNWE0YzMtYzQyZC00Y2NiLThjNDYtYjE5NzMxZGMyZTQ0XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,51,500,281_.jpg[/IMG] S05E06 PREGNANT Mon, Dec 5, 1994 Just when Gavin was to get his last test before his hoped-for promotion to Assistant Manager, the Centre's medical tests introduced to fight drugs cause hysteria: as there is a positive pregnancy test, suggesting that Linda is pregnant by 65-year-old headmaster Edward, Julie is pregnant by a Baronet, Carole is pregnant by Colin!--and there's an even more surprising pregnancy, and Brittas puts the suspect through a humiliating test. While Carole and Colin willingly consider marriage, Helen reveals to Laura that she swapped samples--it's possible that she's the one expecting. [IMG alt="Michael Burns in The Brittas Empire (1991)"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzcwMTg3MTQtODgyMi00MzE1LWFmM2ItMGM0ZmMyMjc3OWY4XkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,40,500,281_.jpg[/IMG] S05E07 UXB Mon, Dec 12, 1994 People are looking forward to Julie's wedding with the baronet, she more to the informal party then the Westminster Abbey ceremony. Colin worries Gavin won't be able to fill Mr. Brittas's shoes, Gavin when he finds out Gordon wants Laura to succeed him. Carol barricades herself when Mr. Trap from Social Services shows a court order to confiscate the children she keeps in drawers and closets, but that works out surprisingly well... Helen hasn't told Gordon, but she isn't planning to follow him to Brussels, supposedly for the family dog and the children's school, but changes her mind when she finds out about an EU commissioner's pay and perks. Gordon insisted everyone has to learn think for himself, but that leaves Colin with an excessive responsibility: an unexploded World War II bomb he dug out... [IMG alt="Chris Barrie, Jasper Jacob, and Tony Steedman in The Brittas Empire (1991)"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDBhOWE5NjItNzFjZi00NmFjLWIyZjgtMTVlZmY1MGVmY2ViXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,41,500,281_.jpg[/IMG] S05E08 THE LAST DAY Mon, Dec 19, 1994 It's Mr Brittas' last day, but anything could happen! [IMG alt="Chris Barrie, Michael Burns, and Pippa Haywood in The Brittas Empire (1991)"]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDAxN2U2MjktOTdhMi00NDRjLWJmMjQtMDIzZDllODMwZmFkXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,52,500,281_.jpg[/IMG] S05E09 IN THE BEGINNING Tue, Dec 27, 1994 This Christmas special has all the staff meeting up on New Year's Eve in the future, looking back at their first New Year's Eve together. [B]Creators Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen wrote series 5 as the finale, with all the characters going off to new careers. The BBC however commissioned two new series, Norriss and Fegen weren't interested and left, and new writers were brought in. Whether it was wise to carry on is open to debate, series 6 and 7 were certainly in the same madcap spirit but lacked that sparkle and the chaotic narrative wasn't as expertly built as previous, and the series ended controversially...more about that later.[/B] [/QUOTE]
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