Season 1
6 episodes · Nov 21, 1969
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- S1E1
Episode 1
Nov 21, 196930mWhen Arthur Blenkinsop (Eric Sykes), foreman at Lillicrap Ltd., gives a job to the half-Irish, half-Pakistani Kevin O'Grady (Spike Milligan), the existing workforce don't take kindly to a new "wog" in their midst.
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Episode 2
Nov 28, 196930mWhen all he wants to do is an honest day's work for an honest day's pay, Kevin has trouble understanding the work-shy and heavily union-based ethics of his colleagues.
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Episode 3
Dec 5, 196930mUpon winning £250,000 in the football pools, Kevin suddenly finds that he has far more friends than he ever realized. His landlady cooks him a special meal, and the landlord stands a round of drinks at the local.
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Episode 4
Dec 12, 196930mOn his way to holy confession in case he gets killed at a football match, Kevin walks into the middle of a race riot and gets walloped and arrested. When Young Dick finds out that Kevin has doubled his chance of getting to heaven by being both Catholic and Muslim, he is ever so slightly appalled.
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Episode 5
Dec 19, 196930mAmong those giving O'Grady trouble is Kenny; he has always thought of himself as 'one of the lads', but since O'Grady's arrival, the black Cockney workman finds himself now firmly placed on the 'immigrant' side.
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Episode 6 (1969 Christmas Special)
Dec 26, 196930mRedecorating the office for Cristmas, Smelly laments the impending lack of a Queen's Speech on the television that year. The Shop Steward is quick to denounce Christmas as a capitalist racket, but Kevin puts him straight.