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Never the Twain

Series 3 · 6 episodes · Oct 10, 1983

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    Episode 1

    Taking Stock

    Oct 10, 1983

    Now that they're partners again, Oliver and Simon spend a day stock-taking and disparaging each other's items. Oliver is delighted when Bethan, an old school friend, comes into the shop to sell an antique watch. For old times' sake, Oliver pays her over the odds, later to learn from Simon that she is a con artist - after Oliver has parted with cash half of which now belongs to Simon.

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    Episode 2

    Partners

    Oct 17, 1983

    Simon is approached by Mr Wilde, a health food company rep, who wants to buy the shop for its premises and the offer is tempting. Oliver, meanwhile, wrongly believes that Ringo has won the pools and considers asking him to buy into the partnership to replace Simon.

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    Episode 3

    A Nose for Quality

    Oct 24, 1983

    Imperious Lady Devereaux calls in on Simon whilst in the next door shop, elderly Mrs Piggit offers Oliver pieces for sale but seeing the Rolls parked outside, Oliver wrongly assumes that she is the aristocrat.

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    Episode 4

    The End of the Line

    Oct 31, 1983

    Simon and Oliver are concerned when Lyn and David claim that they don't want children, David pretending to have had a vasectomy to put them off the scent. Simon and Oliver both sign up to a dating agency and are told to meet their blind dates in a bar.

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    Episode 5

    The Welsh Connection

    Nov 7, 1983

    When Lyn and David opine that their overweight fathers should go on a diet, the two men join forces to resist and eat the most unhealthy in order to relax and enjoy life.

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    Episode 6

    Not on the Same Wavelength

    Nov 14, 1983

    The dealers are invited onto local radio to talk antiques but, since the producer is in his golf club, only Simon is asked. With Lyn knitting baby clothes for a friend, the fathers assume she's pregnant, and are overjoyed, calling a truce with Simon, making sure Oliver gets on the radio show with him. Only on air is it discovered that Lyn is not pregnant, which leads to a quarrel.