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Season 13 Episode 11: Wayne and Albert

14 Seasons Mar 15, 1983 NR 59m 7.8

Wayne goes to live with his grandfather Albert. Initial generation gap hostilities between them are eventually overcome as a mutual respect develops through a their shared love of carpentry and snooker.

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Season 13 Episodes:

Episode 1 Soft Targets

1. Soft Targets

Aired: Oct 19, 1982

A Russian in London finds himself targeted by British Intelligence.

Episode 2 3 Minute Heroes

2. 3 Minute Heroes

Aired: Oct 26, 1982

Out on the streets, young people looking for fun. They come together at night...

Episode 3 The Remainder Man

3. The Remainder Man

Aired: Nov 2, 1982

Jack's obsession with the possibility of nuclear war sees him usher his famil...

Episode 4 Intensive Care

4. Intensive Care

Aired: Nov 9, 1982

When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything t...

Episode 5 A Mother Like Him

5. A Mother Like Him

Aired: Nov 16, 1982

A family of five orphaned children are going to be split up into different ho...

Episode 6 John David

6. John David

Aired: Nov 23, 1982

After giving birth to a Down's Syndrome baby, Judith decides she doesn't want...

Episode 7 Aliens

7. Aliens

Aired: Nov 30, 1982

In June 1940 Italy entered the war. With Britain threatened by a German invas...

Episode 9 Last Love

9. Last Love

Aired: Mar 1, 1983

Annabel, an upper-middle-class widow, falls in love with Jack, a self-made ma...

Episode 10 Gates of Gold

10. Gates of Gold

Aired: Mar 8, 1983

In 1959, ten years before the present Troubles began, two glamorous travellin...

Episode 11 Wayne and Albert

11. Wayne and Albert

Aired: Mar 15, 1983

Wayne goes to live with his grandfather Albert. Initial generation gap hostil...

Episode 12 Atlantis

12. Atlantis

Aired: Mar 22, 1983

Goff and Lytton have a dream - a canal boat of their own on which to cruise t...

Episode 13 The Last Term

13. The Last Term

Aired: Apr 5, 1983

Devon 1940. The boys of the local public school are alerted after a German pa...

Episode 14 Reluctant Chickens

14. Reluctant Chickens

Aired: Apr 12, 1983

Malcolm is a GP wrestling with ideas of retirement, while his wife Jo is a fr...

Episode 15 Shall I Be Mother?

15. Shall I Be Mother?

Aired: Apr 19, 1983

Susan and Jenny are aged 13 and 14 and in care. Jenny's mother has died, Susa...

Episode 16 The Falklands Factor

16. The Falklands Factor

Aired: Apr 26, 1983

A controversial war breaks out in the far-off Falkland Islands. Dr. Samuel Jo...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy, Drama