Series 1 (1988)
| # | Episode Notes | Directed By | Written By | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaseline accidentally runs over a cat. Later on his boots, which he has been using to moonlight as a gardener, catch fire during a shout; two men break into a posh man's house and after robbing him cement his feet into his toilet; the money the watch raised to pay for a young boy's operation is stolen. | John Reardon | Tony Hoare | 20 February 1988 (1988-02-20) |
| 2 | Hallam is irate because his father-in-law has moved in with them; the watch visit a factory for a safety inspection, where Malcolm strikes up a friendship with Samina; Marion reveals to Vaseline that she is pregnant; the watch are called to rescue three people stuck in a lift and arrive to find two of the trapped women fighting; later there is a fire at the factory and Samina is killed; the watch attend Sicknote's performance of South Pacific. | Gerry Poulson | Tony Hoare | 27 February 1988 (1988-02-27) |
| 3 | Charisma meets Donna - Liversalt's ex girlfriend - in a bar; Malcolm, Tony and George fill Sicknote's bike with cement; Tate chides Hallam for calling out reinforcements to search for missing people in a collapsed building on the say so of a drunken women; the watch try to warn Charisma about Donna but it ends with a blazing row; Blue Watch are called to a chemical fire, where a still-angry Charisma is burned, although Donna is more interested in his compensation. | Gerry Mill | Anita Bronson | 5 March 1988 (1988-03-05) |
| 4 | The watch persuade a reluctant George to take part in a brigade boxing tournament; Josie is nearly raped by David, a man she met at evening class, but manages to fight him off; the watch are called to a shout where a mentally disabled man is threatening to leap from scaffolding; Tate suffers a mental breakdown and fails to show up for work. When he is finally located, he is given a week's leave | Gerry Mill | Anita Bronson | 12 March 1988 (1988-03-12) |
| 5 | Blackwall hosts an open day for children; two armed men and a woman burst in and hold the entire group hostage; the watch eventually manage to overpower two of them, and Tate talks the other into surrendering voluntarily. | Gerry Mill | Anita Bronson | 19 March 1988 (1988-03-19) |
| 6 | Ding Dong Merrily, Christmas special: Josie, Bayleaf, Kevin and Malcolm find Charisma dressed up as Santa Claus collecting money for charity; the watch draw lots to decide who gets to have Christmas Day off and Vaseline and Tony are the lucky ones, to Sicknote's annoyance; whilst racing to a shout the appliance has a collision with a car being driven by a drunk driver; Josie and Bayleaf sleep together; George and Vaseline moonlight as taxi drivers for Cyril, but George is arrested for kerb crawling and Vaseline crashes his car into a house; Tony and Dorothy have Christmas dinner with their parents, who do not get along, and both finally snap and walk out; Kevin's father escapes from prison and turns up at Blackwall; Hallam's eyebrows are burned off after his father-in-law douses the Christmas pudding with too much brandy; the watch are called to a fire at a restaurant where Vaseline is having dinner with Marion; they all return to Blackwall for Christmas dinner and sing "ding dong merrily on high, the sub has got no eyebrows!" | Les Blair | Tony Hoare | 25 December 1988 (1988-12-25) |
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