On the Up

Season 1 Episode 2: Mum

3 Seasons Sep 11, 1990 NR 30m 7.6

Tony worries how he will explain Ruth walking out on him to his mother. Further concerns about her health push Tony to consider getting her to move in with him. Ruth complicates matters by wanting the question of Stephanie's school open...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Walking Out

1. Walking Out

Aired: Sep 4, 1990

Tony Carpenter has come to grips with his wife leaving. She's always been dri...

Episode 2 Mum

2. Mum

Aired: Sep 11, 1990

Tony worries how he will explain Ruth walking out on him to his mother. Furth...

Episode 3 Mr. Burton

3. Mr. Burton

Aired: Sep 18, 1990

Ruth has not returned and Tony asks Dawn to act as a model at his stall adver...

Episode 4 Dawn

4. Dawn

Aired: Sep 25, 1990

Ruth visits,accusing Tony - wrongly - of having had sex with Dawn and announc...

Episode 5 Maggie's Dad

5. Maggie's Dad

Aired: Oct 2, 1990

Tony employs his first woman driver, a strident feminist who almost causes a ...

Episode 6 Douglas

6. Douglas

Aired: Oct 9, 1990

Sam gets a call to drive a mystery woman to the airport. It turns out to be R...

Episode 7 Barbados

7. Barbados

Aired: Oct 16, 1990

Tony resigns from the golf club in protest at the president's anti-Semitism. ...

Info about On the Up

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy