The Fenn Street Gang
(1971)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 3
Full Circle
Episode 8 - 7-15-1973
24m
Sharon has a little secret. Unfortunately it is somewhat difficult to share with Eric when they are not even talking . . .
7.4/10
Haven't Seen
Abbott Of Arabia
Episode 7 - 7-08-1973
24m
Mrs Abbott exerts her authority over Frankie once too often. It changes him into a latter-day "Red Shadow" and he gallops off with Celeste (his new girlfriend) to the registry office . . .
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Ant And The Grasshopper
Episode 6 - 7-01-1973
24m
Duffy has taken Craven on as first assistant painter, but their industrial relationship is soon put under strain. Something has to give, and it looks as though the result might be a rise in the unemployment figures.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
After The Ball
Episode 5 - 6-24-1973
23m
Craven has been walking the tightrope of life too long, and naturally it is the idiot Abbott who makes him lose his balance. The question is - can Duffy provide the safety net?
Haven't Seen
Making Whoopee
Episode 4 - 6-17-1973
24m
Honeymoons should be unforgettable. Well, Duffy and Sharon will always remember their honeymoon in Majorca - but not for the usual reasons!
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Alone At Last
Episode 3 - 6-10-1973
24m
Wedding bells are finally ringing for Duffy and Sharon and after all the traditional marriage day hang-ups, all they want is to be alone. But fate has yet one more trick in store.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Mother Knows Best
Episode 2 - 6-03-1973
25m
Taking a girlfriend home for the first time is always a nerve-racking experience. But whenh you have a mother like Frankie has, the confrontation is particularly difficult!
7/10Haven't Seen
An Englishman's Home
Episode 1 - 5-27-1973
24m
Duffy and Sharon are engaged and looking for a home of their own. They think they've found one but Frankie Abbott loses them the chance to buy it. Full of remorse, Abbott sets out to try and make amends.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Season 2
Absent Friends
Episode 18 - 2-18-1973
24m
Duffy and Sharon's engagement is made official at last - so, of course, there has to be a party. What better time than now for the happy couple to have all their old school friends around them? Or is it?
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Business Deficiency
Episode 17 - 2-11-1973
25m
The writing is on the wall for Eric Duffy. What he needs to get his decorating business more firmly established is to put the whole thing on a more formal footing.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
How To Handle A Woman
Episode 16 - 2-04-1973
24m
The relationship between Craven's parents consists of Mrs Craven yelling and Mr Craven obeying. So he decides to incite his father to rebellion, and succeeds - in splitting them up!
Haven't Seen
Is Anybody There?
Episode 15 - 1-28-1973
25m
The gang go other-worldly when Maureen gets them interested in spiritualism. At a meeting held by Mr Grout, a local medium, he tells them that one of them could easily turn out to be a medium too. Abbott immediately assumes that he has psychic powers, but a surprise is in store for Maureen!
6.6/10Haven't Seen
Dypsomania On Sea
Episode 14 - 1-21-1973
25m
When Dennis is persuaded to take a holiday by the sea, his father goes too and takes the cure. but, much to the horror of elderly residents of a certain hotel, the sea air revives the spirits in both father and son!
6.6/10Haven't Seen
Private Eye, Public Nuisance
Episode 13 - 1-14-1973
25m
Frankie Abbott is enjoying life on the dole, spending his days in bed and only waking occasionally to play with his new camera. This his mother meets private investigator Mr Drew and persuades him to re-employ her son.
6.4/10Haven't Seen
Is That A Proposal, Eric?
Episode 12 - 1-07-1973
25m
Sharon has been Eric Duffy's girlfriend since the Third Form at fenn Street School, and she is beginning to think that she will only be his girlfriend when they are drawing their pensions. This leads Sharon to take drastic steps. Eric only takes one step - but it's a big one.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
And Baby Makes Four
Episode 11 - 12-31-1972
24m
Craven moves away from home and gets himself a flat - which he regards as a potential "come up for coffee and do you have to go home?" set-up. Then he gives a lift to a heavily-pregnant hitch-hiker, and his love-nest begins to look like a nursing home.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Low Noon
Episode 10 - 12-17-1972
24m
Mr, Bowler likes Peter Craven working for him because he has "style". He very much wants Duffy on his payroll, too, because he has even more "style". Duffy says no, but Mr Bowler is a determined man who thinks anyone will change their mind - with a little persuasion . . .
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Father's Day
Episode 9 - 12-10-1972
26m
Mr. Dunstable has his last drunken row with his wife - who leaves him. So he decides to move in with Dennis. But Dennis, now making sweet, if slow, progress with his girlfriend, has other ideas.
6.7/10Haven't Seen
The Loneliest Night Of The Week
Episode 8 - 12-03-1972
25m
Dennis and Frankie find contact with the opposite sex difficult. With advice from Craven and Sharon, Dennis feels that dancing lessons might be a way of making friends. Abbott, of course, has a much better idea, an idea that could lead to disaster . . .
7.5/10Haven't Seen
The Lady With The Lamp
Episode 7 - 11-26-1972
25m
At last Maureen passes her O-levels and begins a new career as a "real" nurse. Little do the patients and the staff realise what they are in for with the arrival of a modern-day Florence Nightingale gone berserk!
6.5/10Haven't Seen
The Left Hand Path
Episode 6 - 11-19-1972
25m
Working for the crooked Mr Bowler has brought Craven a flash car and flash clothes. Working for himself has brought Duffy packed lunches and overalls. Craven cannot resist showing off, but showing off with Bowler's money is not only silly, but also very dangerous.
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That Sort Of Girl
Episode 5 - 11-12-1972
25m
Struggling to stay in business, Duffy needs, but cannot afford, some new ladders. Sharon enters a beauty contest to try to get enough money to buy them, but Duffy has strong views on beauty contests and Maureen has strong views on men who have strong views on beauty contests.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Menagerie A Trois
Episode 4 - 11-05-1972
24m
Abbott's hypochondriac mother throws off her bandages when she falls for a man. Abbott's jealousy drives him from home, and he decides to inflict himself on Dennis. But Abbott and his mother deserve each other too much for the parting to be permanent.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
The Woman For Dennis
Episode 3 - 10-29-1972
25m
The gang are delighted when the lonely Dennis Dunstable announces he has found a girlfriend. Then they meet the "girl" - battle-scarred and pushing 40. Sadly, it appears that Cupid may need a little correction . . .
8/10Haven't Seen
Smart Lad Wanted
Episode 2 - 10-22-1972
24m
Bowler, the local villain who "runs everything except London Transport", offers the out-of-work Craven a job. Craven's friends warn him about getting mixed up with Bowler, but he has never been one to listen to advice that didn't suit him.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
The Crunch
Episode 1 - 10-15-1972
25m
Duffy discovers that running a small family business is not all beer and skittles. He can't even afford the beer!
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Season 1
The Great Frock Robbers
Episode 21 - 2-11-1972
26m
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 . . .
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Who's Minding The Shop?
Episode 20 - 2-04-1972
25m
A road accident means that the Fenn Street Gang become shop-keepers.
Haven't Seen
From Sudbury With Love
Episode 19 - 1-28-1972
25m
Frankie Abbott hits town looking for a new girlfriend.
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Horse Of The Year
Episode 18 - 1-21-1972
25m
Dennis has to decide how to spend his birthday money, and spends it on a horse at an auction.
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Tally Ho
Episode 17 - 1-14-1972
26m
With a bit of help from Craven, Dennis Dunstable tries to make his abusive alcoholic dad turn over a new leaf.
Haven't Seen
The Clean Weekend
Episode 16 - 1-07-1972
25m
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.
7/10Haven't Seen
A Fair Swap
Episode 15 - 12-31-1971
25m
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.
5.6/10Haven't Seen
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Episode 14 - 12-24-1971
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.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Kill Or Cure
Episode 13 - 12-10-1971
25m
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.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Who Was That Lady?
Episode 12 - 12-03-1971
25m
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.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Rough Justice
Episode 11 - 11-26-1971
25m
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.
7/10Haven't Seen
These Foolish Things
Episode 10 - 11-19-1971
24m
The final dust-up between Duffy and Sharon; Abbott in hospital with a stab wound; Dunstable's flat as a rendezvous . . .
7.2/10Haven't Seen
All Mod Cons
Episode 9 - 11-12-1971
23m
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.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
The Thin Yellow Line
Episode 8 - 11-05-1971
25m
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.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Change Partners
Episode 7 - 10-29-1971
25m
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 . . .
5.4/10Haven't Seen
Distant Horizons
Episode 6 - 10-22-1971
26m
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 . . .
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Meet The Wizard
Episode 5 - 10-15-1971
24m
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.
7/10Haven't Seen
Horses For Courses
Episode 4 - 10-08-1971
25m
Dennis knows who his real friends are - or does he? Things come to a head when Maureen takes him to a party
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Leave It To Me, Darling
Episode 3 - 10-01-1971
25m
The Fenn Street Gang get a new member - Bernard Hedges
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Start Of Something Big
Episode 2 - 9-24-1971
24m
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!
7/10Haven't Seen
Should Auld Acquaintance
Episode 1 - 9-17-1971
24m
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.
7/10Haven't Seen
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The Woman For Dennis
Episode 3 - 10-29-1972
25m
The gang are delighted when the lonely Dennis Dunstable announces he has found a girlfriend. Then they meet the "girl" - battle-scarred and pushing 40. Sadly, it appears that Cupid may need a little correction . . .
8/10Haven't Seen
Smart Lad Wanted
Episode 2 - 10-22-1972
24m
Bowler, the local villain who "runs everything except London Transport", offers the out-of-work Craven a job. Craven's friends warn him about getting mixed up with Bowler, but he has never been one to listen to advice that didn't suit him.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
The Loneliest Night Of The Week
Episode 8 - 12-03-1972
25m
Dennis and Frankie find contact with the opposite sex difficult. With advice from Craven and Sharon, Dennis feels that dancing lessons might be a way of making friends. Abbott, of course, has a much better idea, an idea that could lead to disaster . . .
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Leave It To Me, Darling
Episode 3 - 10-01-1971
25m
The Fenn Street Gang get a new member - Bernard Hedges
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Distant Horizons
Episode 6 - 10-22-1971
26m
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 . . .
7.4/10Haven't Seen
