![]() ![]() Simon finds his replacement for Mrs Grieves in elderly ex-seaman Banks who is happy to pose as the butler. Oliver sabotages the plan by telling Simon that Veronica wants to marry him but Simon exposes the plan to Veronica so that Oliver ends up taking Mrs Grieves. Veronica tells Simon and Oliver that she has a spare ticket for 'Cosi Fan Tutti' in Edinburgh but neither Simon nor Oliver is initially interested - until Oliver poaches Simon's daily help, Mrs Grieves and Simon decides he will escort her out of revenge. Lyn and David finally admit that she is not pregnant but try to help their fathers by claiming that the Meissen is to be a wedding present. Discovering that she is an attractive middle-aged woman they compete for her affections as well as the porcelain but when she discovers their true intentions she gets her revenge at a smart restaurant. Reading that a widow called Veronica Barton is selling her late husband's Meissen collection both Simon and Oliver, pretending to be private collectors, visit, hoping for a knock-down bargain. The two fathers hold a temporary truce to oppose the plan - until Lyn falsely claims that she is pregnant. Oliver's daughter, riding instructress Lyn, and Simon's son David, a trainee accountant, are in love and want to marry. Now they are bitter rivals - and next-door neighbours, constantly trying to sabotage each other. Series overview Įpisodes Series 1 (1981) No.Īntique dealers Simon Peel and Oliver Smallbridge were once partners until Oliver had an affair with Simon's wife. Sadler ( Maria Charles), Smallbridge's clumsy cleaner who has a habit of breaking things and Eleanor ( Zara Nutley), Peel's auntie. Recurring characters include Veronica Barton ( Honor Blackman), a middle-class widow whom Peel and Smallbridge battle for the affection of Banks ( Teddy Turner), Peel's butler Ringo ( Derek Deadman), Smallbridge's idiotic shop assistant Mrs. ![]() Peel and Smallbridge engage in a continuous games of one-upmanship but often appear to be friends despite neither prepared to admit it. Peel's son David ( Robin Kermode/Christopher Morris) and Smallbridge's daughter Lynn ( Julia Watson/Tacy Kneale) enter into a relationship and marry much to the reluctance of their fathers. The lead characters are Simon Peel and Oliver Smallbridge, played by Donald Sinden and Windsor Davies respectively, who are rival antique dealers that have shops next door to each other as well as neighbouring houses. During its ten-year run, 11 series and a Christmas special were produced, with 67 episodes broadcast in total. The show debuted on 7 September 1981 on ITV. Never the Twain is a British television sitcom created by Johnnie Mortimer. ( August 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)
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