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- The ladies decide to earn some extra money through outwork, and go to the job centre, where Cissie ticks a box indicating that they will be addressing envelopes. Therefore, they are surprised to find five thousand models of Native Americans, which they are expected to paint. The work done, they return to the job centre for their pay, but an unwelcome surprise awaits them. (en)
- Accompanying Cissie to the doctor's surgery, Flora overhears the doctor discuss a terminally ill patient, and assumes it is Cissie. Thus she runs herself ragged ensuring her friend's last days are as comfortable as possible, roping in the others at the home. When she learns the truth, Flora is not happy - especially as Cissie knew the truth all along and was enjoying the attention. (en)
- After arguing with everybody and storming out, Flora returns some six hours later with a bandaged head: claiming to have had an accident and lost her memory, she is uncharacteristically sweet-natured. Whilst Mildred believes she is faking it, and Cissie takes advantage of the situation to get her own back, Miss Milton's idea to jog Flora's memory finally does the trick. (en)
- After yet another disagreement with Miss Milton over another resident, Flora moves out, taking the loyal Cissie with her. However, their new abode is a squalid affair, with a greedy, miserly landlord . Dolly and Mildred are appalled when they come to visit. It is hoped that they can persuade Miss Milton to allow Flora and Cissie back again. (en)
- When Flora goes to church, she is appalled to hear the vicar announce that Cissie is to marry Horrace Maddox , the local librarian. On being questioned, Cissie learns that she accidentally said yes to his proposal. To get her friend off the hook, Flora visits a marriage bureau to get Horrace another wife, but when she succeeds, Cissie is suddenly envious. (en)
- Flora decides to throw an anniversary dinner in memory of her late husband, and entrusts the cooking to Cissie, which is not a good idea, as a mix-up of labels leads to Epsom salts being substituted for common salt, giving the diners the runs. The labels are replaced but somehow history manages to repeat itself - literally. (en)
- Flora feels unwell, but, being banned from the surgery, sends Cissie to describe the symptoms, and learns that she has a grumbling appendix. Admitted to hospital for an operation, she annoys everybody on her ward, but when Cissie takes a call from the hospital, it would supposedly seem that Flora is no more. (en)
- Having been banned from most of the shops in town, Flora returns from Peabody's Department store - and a traumatic visit to the cinema - with a new model elephant for her collection. However, she suddenly realises that she has forgotten to pay for it, and enlists the help of Cissie, Dolly and Mildred to disguise themselves in an effort to return it. (en)
- It's Christmas 1979, and Flora has trouble organising the others with the carol-singing. Cissie has a mishap with super-glue whilst mending the nativity crib. Next day, the Christmas tree lights blow, and the carol concert is a disaster, but at least Cissie gets the presents she wants - an Action Man she names Beryl, and three camping stoves - which come in handy when the oven blows a fuse. (en)
- The church's Spring Fayre is approaching, but Flora has fallen out with the vicar's wife, who consequently bans her from attending. However, Flora blackmails Miss Milton, the fair's organiser, into letting her run the tea stall - usually the prerogative of the vicar's wife. When the prize draw is announced, it would somehow seem that Flora has indeed won a prize, thanks to a little crafty manipulation, but the ticket has gone missing, and Flora must rely on Cissie to recover it. (en)
- On her birthday, Flora is characteristically withering about the cards and presents received from staff and other residents, but perks up when Cissie tells her she has a surprise for her. It is a visit to the circus, but Flora wrongly assumes it is a colour television and tries to hypnotize Cissie into giving it to her. The hypnotism works - but not on Cissie. (en)
- Cissie places an innocent advert in the local paper, requesting somebody with whom she can swap crochet patterns, but the ambiguous wording attracts a mountain of unsavoury replies, leading Flora to believe her friend is in danger from a stalker. She sets a trap for him, and although his intentions are honourable, it gives Flora the idea of placing an ad of her own. (en)
- Flora is desperate to get the fur coat offered in Peabody's sale, so she and Cissie hide in the store overnight, keeping one step ahead of the cleaners and the ancient security guards . Eventually, they fall asleep in the bedding department, but for Flora, the next day there is a rude awakening, in more than one respect. (en)
- When Mildred puts her sewing machine into an auction, Flora realises her engagement ring is inside it, but is outbid by an obnoxious Irishman . When they meet him in the pub, they take advantage of his attraction to Cissie to get him drunk and reveal its whereabouts - leading to a local junk shop, owned by the shopkeeper , where the ring is recovered. However, Flora has an accident with a vase. (en)
- When Cissie wins a car in a competition, encouraging the other ladies to rifle the store cupboard to collect coupons to emulate her, Flora is determined to get into the act, posing with Cissie for the local paper's photographer, and, on learning that Cissie cannot drive, offering to take it off her hands - though she is in for a shock when the car is delivered. (en)
- Having robbed the post office when Cissie was in it, Fingers and his brother Junior hide out at the retirement home, taking the residents captive. Flora is able to drug and disarm the gun-toting Fingers, but Cissie makes a deal with Junior, allowing the pair to escape - though the ladies are left with the loot. (en)
- Miss Milton is planning to sell Paradise Lodge so that she can emigrate to Australia and wed her pen-pal, sheep farmer Barry Snatch. An appalled Flora finds out, and martials the other ladies into putting off prospective buyers : however, ultimately, they have Barry himself to thank for preventing the sale. (en)
- Note: Glynn Edwards previously guest starred as the police sergeant in "The Outing". (en)
- Paradise Lodge is expecting a visit from The Queen, and the ladies resort to bribing Miss Milton and holding an election to decide who will present a bouquet to the royal visitor. In the event, Cissie wins, to Flora's annoyance, and Flora resorts to a fake sob story to persuade her friend to relinquish the privilege. Miss Milton, however, is wise to Flora's tactics. (en)
- Note: Harold Goodwin would later appear as Wilfred in Ashton and Valentine's later sitcom That's My Boy. (en)
- Flora is disturbed late at night by a baby's crying, and when she discovers the child left on the doorstep , it falls on the ladies of Paradise Lodge to care for him, or her. (en)
- A tipsy Cissie returns from her late uncle Bert's funeral with a shoe-box containing £10,000 that he has left her. Greedy Flora is of course only too happy to help her spend the money, to her own advantage. Unfortunately, nobody has told her that the notes were counterfeit. (en)
- Note: A scene from this episode has been censored for future reruns. (en)
- *Note: This episode marks the final appearance of Katie . (en)
- When Cissie accidentally buys a crystal ball Dolly foretells misfortune, especially for Flora, but after Cissie has let in a man claiming to be the window-cleaner but is actually a burglar, Flora is the only resident not to have been robbed. She sets out to find the culprit but ends up attacking a policeman , whom she mistakes for the thief, thus bringing credence to Dolly's prophecy. (en)
- Note: A line from a scene in this episode has been censored in future reruns. (en)
- Flora wants to impress Mr Petty's niece and nephew , who are visiting the next day, with a glamorous perm, but all the hair salons are conveniently booked up. When Flora learns that Cissie has a home perm kit, it seems to be the solution. Unfortunately, the result is a disaster, but Flora and her friends know how to improvise. (en)
- On St George's Day, patriotic Flora is not happy when Miss Milton's German uncle-in-law Klaus comes to stay. However, she changes her tune when he tells her that he finds her very attractive, and eventually proposes marriage to her. Unfortunately, there is an obstacle in their path - Cissie. Klaus thoroughly dislikes her, and Flora is forced to choose between her friend and a new life in Germany. (en)
- Miss Milton is incapacitated after an accident with a ladder, so Paradise Lodge is placed in the hands of a disciplinarian former sergeant major , whose rigid rules cause Flora to lead a roof top protest. (en)
- On the strength of one of her old films being shown on television, Dolly is offered a part in a bread commercial, but when the director arrives at the home, he feels she is too glamorous to play a homely grandmother. Flora is naturally happy to step forward to take over, but it is Cissie who lands the role. (en)
- The ladies go on a day trip to Scarborough, where Flora had a wonderful honeymoon - in the room next to her husband. When the coach driver goes off for the afternoon, leaving the lunch hamper locked in the vehicle, Flora and Cissie break in and get themselves arrested. Only at the police station does Cissie remember that she has the keys. (en)
- When gypsy Maddalena comes to Paradise Lodge to tell fortunes, Flora is scornful and dismissive, resulting in Maddalena putting a curse on her. Soon all the gypsy's prophesies start to come true, with Flora's friends suggesting she make an apology. Since humility is not in Flora's nature, a compromise has to be reached. (en)
- It's Christmas 1980, and Cissie gets her wish to dress up as Santa Claus and dish out the presents, and goes to bed in costume. However, a burglar breaks into the home, also dressed as Santa, and Cissie mistakes him for the real thing. Somehow, their sacks get mixed up, and the ladies end up with some very valuable gifts. (en)
- Formidable Flora Petty dominates the Paradise Lodge retirement home, arguing with fellow residents Dolly, Katie and Mildred, as well as dominating her friend Cissie. When a superior room becomes vacant, the ladies draw lots for it, only for it to be taken by a new - male - resident . However, when he leaves, Flora has a plan to persuade owner Miss Milton to let her move in. She is innocently thwarted by kind-hearted Cissie. (en)
- When the vicar needs £500 to mend the church roof, Flora suggests a charity performance of The Sound of Music, but it is a disaster, leading to ex-actress Dolly putting on a show, which Flora sabotages in order to do her fake mind-reading act with Cissie. However, when the vicar decides he only needs a two minute contribution, it is Cissie and her rendition of "The Merry Peasant" which is called upon to fill the bill. (en)
- Cissie picks up the office phone and finds herself talking to an obscene caller, which in her innocence, she enjoys. An outraged Flora demands action to trap the offender, and persuades a reluctant Roger to make a similar call, so that Miss Milton will take action. In the event, somebody else beats him to it, spelling misfortune for the vicar. (en)
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