Goodnight Sweetheart. Image shows from L to R: Yvonne Sparrow (Emma Amos), Gary Sparrow (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Phoebe Sparrow (Elizabeth Carling). Copyright: Alomo Productions / BBC
Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1993 - 2016
  • 59 episodes (6 series)

Whilst walking around the East End, TV repairman Gary Sparrow is transported back to 1940 where he begins to live a second life. Stars Nicholas Lyndhurst, Dervla Kirwan, Elizabeth Carling, Michelle Holmes, Emma Amos and more.

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Series 5, Episode 6 - We Don't Want To Lose You...

Gary's false wartime identity finally catches up with him.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 30th March 1998
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

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Date Time Channel
Wednesday 11th August 2010 5:00pm ITV3
Monday 25th July 2011 5:00pm ITV3
Tuesday 26th July 2011 8:35am ITV3
Saturday 12th May 2012 8:05am ITV3
Sunday 13th May 2012 1:40am ITV3
Tuesday 14th May 2013 7:00pm Gold
Wednesday 15th May 2013 7:00am Gold
Wednesday 15th May 2013 10:20am Gold
Thursday 16th May 2013 6:30am Gold
Saturday 18th May 2013 8:30am Gold
Thursday 11th July 2013 6:00am Gold
Thursday 11th July 2013 11:20am Gold
Friday 12th July 2013 12:55am Gold
Tuesday 22nd October 2013 9:20am Gold
Wednesday 9th April 2014 9:20am Gold
Wednesday 9th April 2014 4:00pm Gold
Saturday 12th April 2014 6:50am Gold
Sunday 2nd November 2014 10:30am Gold
Thursday 26th March 2015 12:40pm Gold
Thursday 27th August 2015 1:40pm Gold
Sunday 30th August 2015 8:25am Gold
Thursday 10th September 2015 1:00pm Drama
Thursday 10th September 2015 7:20pm Drama
Monday 30th November 2015 1:00pm Drama
Monday 30th November 2015 7:20pm Drama
Thursday 1st December 2016 11:20pm Yesterday
Friday 2nd December 2016 9:20pm Yesterday
Tuesday 20th June 2017 10:20pm Yesterday
Wednesday 21st June 2017 3:00pm Yesterday
Sunday 8th October 2017 7:40am Gold
Sunday 8th October 2017 10:40am Gold
Monday 9th October 2017 12:30am Gold
Monday 8th January 2018 2:40pm Gold
Tuesday 9th January 2018 8:45am Gold
Monday 2nd April 2018 10:30am Gold
Tuesday 3rd April 2018 8:40am Gold
Monday 16th April 2018 9:00pm Yesterday
Wednesday 18th July 2018 9:30am Forces TV
Wednesday 18th July 2018 4:50pm Forces TV
Saturday 21st July 2018 3:10pm Forces TV
Saturday 28th July 2018 7:15am Gold
Monday 30th July 2018 8:30am Gold
Tuesday 31st July 2018 2:45am Gold
Friday 5th October 2018 9:25am Forces TV
Friday 5th October 2018 3:50pm Forces TV
Sunday 7th October 2018 3:50pm Forces TV
Tuesday 18th December 2018 8:20pm Forces TV
Wednesday 19th December 2018 7:40pm Forces TV
Thursday 20th December 2018 7:00pm Forces TV
Thursday 7th March 2019 7:20pm Forces TV
Friday 8th March 2019 6:40pm Forces TV
Monday 11th March 2019 6:00pm Forces TV
Thursday 28th March 2019 9:00am Gold
Friday 29th March 2019 8:10am Gold
Tuesday 14th May 2019 8:20pm Forces TV
Wednesday 15th May 2019 7:40pm Forces TV
Thursday 16th May 2019 7:00pm Forces TV
Thursday 11th July 2019 8:20pm Forces TV
Friday 12th July 2019 7:40pm Forces TV
Monday 15th July 2019 7:00pm Forces TV

Cast & crew

Cast
Nicholas Lyndhurst Gary Sparrow
Elizabeth Carling Phoebe Sparrow
Emma Amos Yvonne Sparrow
Christopher Ettridge PC Reg Deadman
Victor McGuire Ron Wheatcroft
Guest cast
Timothy West Tufty McDuff
Writing team
Sam Lawrence Writer
Micheál Jacob Script Editor
Production team
Robin Nash Director
John Bartlett Producer
Claire Hinson Executive Producer
Graham Carr Editor
Roger Andrews Production Designer

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