Series 6, Episode 1 - The Executioner's Song
An artistic dispute with the Meldrews threatens to scupper Patrick's plans for a quiet birthday. Meanwhile, Pippa has an affair and Victor gets some worrying medical test results.
Further details
Patrick has checked into laughter therapy but the therapist doesn't believe his full testimony of horror. Back at Victor's, a massive 50" television has been delivered by mistake, resulting in noise complaints owing to its similarly large and powerful audio system.
Meanwhile Patrick's dog has lost its voice after having seen Victor naked, and Pippa is feeling stressed because she's looking for a suitable birthday present for him. Margaret invites the pair to join them at a local Chinese restaurant for a meal, but Patrick refuses out of a mix of fear and resentment, leaving Victor alone to discover the secrets of 'The Shaghai Express'.
Attempting to help Pippa, Victor thinks he's found modern-art lover Patrick the perfect birthday present from the home of a local artist whose windows he cleans, but the gesture looks set to go down poorly; and clients for his cleaning round are cancelling in alarming numbers.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 16th October 2000
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
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Sunday 24th July 2011 |
8:10am |
Gold |
Thursday 4th August 2011 |
11:20am |
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Thursday 4th August 2011 |
4:40pm |
Gold |
Monday 24th October 2011 |
10:00am |
Gold |
Monday 24th October 2011 |
4:35pm |
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Saturday 28th January 2012 |
11:20am |
Gold |
Wednesday 29th February 2012 |
12:40pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 29th February 2012 |
6:40pm |
Gold |
Monday 14th May 2012 |
1:00pm |
Gold |
Monday 14th May 2012 |
7:00pm |
Gold |
Sunday 24th June 2012 |
10:15am |
Gold |
Tuesday 10th July 2012 |
9:00pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 11th July 2012 |
12:30am |
Gold |
Wednesday 12th September 2012 |
12:15pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 12th September 2012 |
6:20pm |
Gold |
Wednesday 12th June 2013 |
3:50pm |
Gold |
Thursday 13th June 2013 |
10:35am |
Gold |
Monday 11th November 2013 |
5:15pm |
Gold |
Tuesday 12th November 2013 |
11:15am |
Gold |
Wednesday 18th December 2013 |
5:40pm |
Drama |
Saturday 22nd March 2014 |
11:30am |
Gold |
Saturday 22nd March 2014 |
5:40pm |
Drama |
Sunday 23rd March 2014 |
9:15am |
Gold |
Sunday 23rd March 2014 |
5:00pm |
Drama |
Saturday 10th May 2014 |
4:15pm |
Gold |
Sunday 11th May 2014 |
1:10pm |
Gold |
Friday 22nd August 2014 |
10:20pm |
Yesterday |
Saturday 23rd August 2014 |
8:20pm |
Yesterday |
Friday 14th November 2014 |
11:20am |
Gold |
Friday 14th November 2014 |
5:30pm |
Gold |
Saturday 28th March 2015 |
1:20pm |
Gold |
Saturday 28th March 2015 |
8:20pm |
Gold |
Monday 11th May 2015 |
7:00pm |
Gold |
Tuesday 12th May 2015 |
1:20pm |
Gold |
Saturday 19th September 2015 |
5:20pm |
Drama |
Thursday 22nd October 2015 |
2:00pm |
Gold |
Thursday 2nd June 2016 |
2:10am |
Gold |
Wednesday 8th June 2016 |
1:40pm |
Gold |
Thursday 9th June 2016 |
12:20pm |
Gold |
Thursday 15th December 2016 |
10:40pm |
Yesterday |
Friday 16th December 2016 |
8:40pm |
Yesterday |
Monday 13th February 2017 |
10:00am |
Gold |
Saturday 25th February 2017 |
6:20pm |
Drama |
Friday 10th March 2017 |
8:00am |
Gold |
Thursday 22nd June 2017 |
9:40pm |
Yesterday |
Tuesday 3rd October 2017 |
10:40pm |
Yesterday |
Wednesday 4th October 2017 |
10:40am |
Yesterday |
Tuesday 6th April 2021 |
11:00pm |
Yesterday |
Wednesday 7th April 2021 |
9:00pm |
Yesterday |
Saturday 17th July 2021 |
8:55pm |
Yesterday |
Saturday 13th November 2021 |
2:15pm |
Drama |
Sunday 5th December 2021 |
9:05pm |
Yesterday |
Saturday 15th January 2022 |
9:15pm |
Yesterday |
Saturday 26th March 2022 |
3:15pm |
Drama |
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