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The Fenn Street Gang

The Fenn Street Gang

1971 - 1973

Should Auld Acquaintance

17th September 1971
Episode 1
No longer able to say "Please Sir!" when they have a problem, Form 5C from Fenn Street Secondary Modern are out in the cold hard world. But school friendships die hard and the mob determine to preserve their group identity.

The Start Of Something Big

24th September 1971
Episode 2
Things are not going too smoothly for Eric and Sharon. While Eric is busy having a brush with the Law, Sharon realises that there are other fish in the sea. It is then that ace "tec" Frankie Abbott comes onto the scene - on his first case!

Leave It To Me, Darling

1st October 1971
Episode 3
The Fenn Street Gang get a new member - Bernard Hedges

Horses For Courses

8th October 1971
Episode 4
Dennis knows who his real friends are - or does he? Things come to a head when Maureen takes him to a party

Meet The Wizard

15th October 1971
Episode 5
Penny (Bernard's wife) decides that a woman's place is certainly not at home but the problem is keeping her job a secret from Bernard, who has rather old-fashioned views on women. Because, when at last he does get off the dole, his new job brings him into contact with all sorts of people.

Distant Horizons

22nd October 1971
Episode 6
The course of Duffy's and Sharon's true love never did run very smoothly, but as they grow older it becomes positively bumpy. When Sharon meets a sensitive student and Duffy gets his first taste of real competition, something just has to give . . .

Change Partners

29th October 1971
Episode 7
Bernard still waits to start work at London University, while at home the bills keep on piling up. When a friend suggests a lucrative part-time job, he jumps at the chance but the kind of work involved makes him wished that he had looked before he leaped . . .

The Thin Yellow Line

5th November 1971
Episode 8
When the career of "Hank" Abbott, private detective come to an inglorious end, the British Army opens its arms to a new recruit. Had the Army realised what it was getting, the open arms might well have become clenched fists.

All Mod Cons

12th November 1971
Episode 9
When Dennis leaves home he finds he's taken on more than he can handle. So has Eric. He's taken on Peter Craven in an optimistic attempt to contemplate a decorating job.

These Foolish Things

19th November 1971
Episode 10
The final dust-up between Duffy and Sharon; Abbott in hospital with a stab wound; Dunstable's flat as a rendezvous . . .

Rough Justice

26th November 1971
Episode 11
Dennis falls into bad company and is introduced to Russian bitter. The result is an appearance in the Magistrate's Court. Bad enough, you may think, but when Duffy, Craven and Mr Smith (one of their old teachers) appear for the defence, things go from bad to worse.

Who Was That Lady?

3rd December 1971
Episode 12
Duffy is feeling the strain of separation from Sharon but is not above chatting up a bird - especially when her father is in a position to put a bit of business his way.

Kill Or Cure

10th December 1971
Episode 13
Maureen is a bundle of nerves as she waits for her "O" level results which will affect her nursing career. What better cure for the nerves than a nice date with a "nice chap"? So Duffy and Craven, with the best will in the world, pick the "nice chap". But where there is a will there is not always a way.

When Did You Last See Your Father?

24th December 1971
Episode 14
Until now, Frankie Abbott's mother has kept the awful secret of his father private. But Frankie is growing up - even if he is 10 years late about it - and his questions finally reveal the skeleton in mum's cupboard.

A Fair Swap

31st December 1971
Episode 15
The happiest day of a girl's life is her wedding day - that is unless she's being married from the Duffy household! The whole affair of the wedding of Duffy's cousin, Deborah, however, is somewhat complicated by Maureen's kidnapping, and the assistance of Frankie "nurse" Abbott.

The Clean Weekend

7th January 1972
Episode 16
Eric and Sharon get back together and the gang have a day out at the seaside. When they decide to stay the night in a hotel, Eric and Sharon get themselves into all kinds of trouble.

Tally Ho

14th January 1972
Episode 17
With a bit of help from Craven, Dennis Dunstable tries to make his abusive alcoholic dad turn over a new leaf.

Horse Of The Year

21st January 1972
Episode 18
Dennis has to decide how to spend his birthday money, and spends it on a horse at an auction.

From Sudbury With Love

28th January 1972
Episode 19
Frankie Abbott hits town looking for a new girlfriend.

Who's Minding The Shop?

4th February 1972
Episode 20
A road accident means that the Fenn Street Gang become shop-keepers.

The Great Frock Robbers

11th February 1972
Episode 21
Sharon's job at the boutique is in jeopardy when she is blamed for not spotting a gang of shop-lifters. It seems things can't get any worse, and then Frankie gets the job of store detective . . .
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The Fenn Street Gang is a British television sitcom which ran for three seasons between 1971 and 1973. The series was created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, it was spun-off from their Please Sir! series.

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