List of Porkpie (TV series) Episodes
This is an episode guide for the television series Porkpie, a series spin-off of Desmond's.
❝Porkpie[1] was a British sitcom on Channel 4 television broadcast from 1995 to 1996, starring Ram John Holder as Augustus "Porkpie" Grant. It was a spinoff from Desmond's. Porkpie kept [some of the] key characters from Desmond's. Augustus "Porkpie" Grant... is now a lollipop man. He borrows a pound from Michael (Desmond's son) and buys a lottery ticket. The ticket turns out to be a winner and Porkpie (as he is always called by friends) suddenly finds himself with a fortune of ten million pounds.❞[2]
Episodes[3]
| Series # | Title | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why Me? | November 13, 1995 | Porkpie borrows a pound from Michael and uses it to buy a winning lottery ticket, to the tune of 10 million pounds. |
| 2 | Spend, Spend, Spend | November 20, 1995 | With his lottery winnings banked Porkpie buys a new car and goes shopping for a country estate. |
| 3 | Maid in Heaven | November 27, 1995 | Porkpie decides to hire a maid, and invest his money in an Arts Centre for the people of Peckham. |
| 4 | The Centre | December 4, 1995 | Porkpie's Art Centre finally opens. |
| 5 | And Lead us not into Temptation | December 11, 1995 | A paranoid Porkpie lays traps for his friends to see if they only like him for his money. |
| 6 | The Lovely Legs Escort Agency | December 18, 1995 | Love is in the air for Porkpie when he meets a drama teacher at the Peckham Art Centre. Meanwhile Mandy tries her hardest to persuade an unenthusiastic Michael into starting a family of their own. |
| 7 | Birth Rites | August 22, 1996 | Porkpie returns from a holiday in Guyana to discover he may have fathered a child 40 years ago, after a passionate night with Sexy Sheila The Potato Peeler from the chip shop. |
| 8 | The Day Off | August 29, 1996 | On Valentine's Day love is all around, as Michael and Mandy spend the day in bed and trying to make a baby, and Porkpie has a surprise visitor from Jamaica. |
| 9 | A Night to Remember | September 5, 1996 | Susu alienates all of Porkpie's friends, while Leone moves in with Michael and Mandy. |
| 10 | Time Out | September 12, 1996 | The doctor insists that Michael and Mandy are trying too hard for a baby, and should spend two weeks apart. Michael stays with Porkpie while Mandy hits the town with Leone, but fate draws them back together sooner than planned. |
| 11 | Fatal Distraction | September 19, 1996 | When Benji's psychopathic ex-girlfriend shows up he pretends Leone is his new partner, which sends her into a violent frenzy. Meanwhile Porkpie opens a financial clinic to help the people of Peckham. |
| 12 | Foul Play | September 26, 1996 | Michael is held hostage by kidnappers who demand half a million pounds from Porkpie for his safe return. |
References[edit]
- ↑ Porkpie (1995-1996), retrieved 2020-02-05
- ↑ "Porkpie (TV series)", Wikipedia, 2020-01-03, retrieved 2020-02-05
- ↑ Porkpie (TV Series 1995–1996) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-02-05
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