List of Don't Wait Up episodes

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This is a list of episodes for BBC British sitcom Don't Wait Up , which aired between 1983 and 1990.

Contents

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 725 October 19836 December 1983
2 618 October 198422 November 1984
3 72 December 198527 January 1986
4 62 March 19876 April 1987
5 76 June 198818 July 1988
6 618 February 199025 March 1990

Episodes

Series 1 (1983)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
11"Father Moves In"25 October 1983 (1983-10-25)
22"Two In A Bed"1 November 1983 (1983-11-01)
33"Efforts At Reconciliation"8 November 1983 (1983-11-08)
44"Car Trouble"15 November 1983 (1983-11-15)
55"Causing Offence"22 November 1983 (1983-11-22)
66"Out All Night"29 November 1983 (1983-11-29)
77"A Weekend Away"6 December 1983 (1983-12-06)

Series 2 (1984)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
81"After The Conference"18 October 1984 (1984-10-18)
92"Notice To Quit"25 October 1984 (1984-10-25)
103"The Locum Scheme"1 November 1984 (1984-11-01)
114"A Difficult Choice"8 November 1984 (1984-11-08)
125"Falling Out"15 November 1984 (1984-11-15)
136"Getting Back Together"22 November 1984 (1984-11-22)

Series 3 (1985–86)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
141"The Cruise"2 December 1985 (1985-12-02)
152"Embarrassment"9 December 1985 (1985-12-09)
163"The Frenchman"16 December 1985 (1985-12-16)
174"Getting On"6 January 1986 (1986-01-06)
185"Freedom"13 January 1986 (1986-01-13)
196"Arrested"20 January 1986 (1986-01-20)
207"Together Again?"27 January 1986 (1986-01-27)

Series 4 (1987)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
211"Fire"2 March 1987 (1987-03-02)
222"Family Matters"9 March 1987 (1987-03-09)
233"Wherever I Lay My Hat"16 March 1987 (1987-03-16)
244"Staying With Toby"23 March 1987 (1987-03-23)
255"The Flat"30 March 1987 (1987-03-30)
266"The Reunion"6 April 1987 (1987-04-06)

Series 5 (1988)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
271"The Engagement"6 June 1988 (1988-06-06)
282"Wedding Plans"13 June 1988 (1988-06-13)
293"Morning Sickness"20 June 1988 (1988-06-20)
304"Mr. And Mrs."27 June 1988 (1988-06-27)
315"The Surprise"4 July 1988 (1988-07-04)
326"Semi-Retirement"11 July 1988 (1988-07-11)
337"Golf"18 July 1988 (1988-07-18)

Series 6 (1990)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
341"House Hunting"18 February 1990 (1990-02-18)
352"The Insurance Medical"25 February 1990 (1990-02-25)
363"Pastures New"4 March 1990 (1990-03-04)
374"The Article"11 March 1990 (1990-03-11)
385"Living Arrangements"18 March 1990 (1990-03-18)
396"Birth"25 March 1990 (1990-03-25)

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