The Best Episodes of Budgie Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.1/10(45 votes)

   #1 - Out

   S1:E14/9/1971

   Ronald "Budgie" Bird has just been released from prison, and has been given the job of looking Charity, one of Charlie Endell's strippers While looking after Charity, Budgie and his Irish mate Grogan accidentally steal a van load of pornographic magazines from the police and then try to destroy the evidence by burning them on a cricket field.

   Director:Jim Goddard

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse

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   Director:Jim Goddard

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
2. 

   6.8/10(37 votes)

   #2 - Some Mothers' Sons

   S1:E24/16/1971

   Budgie seems to have fallen on his feet - a flat right in the centre of Soho all to himself for six weeks. But why is Charlie doing him a favour - and Hazel's mother has plans for him too.

   Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse

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   Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
3. 

   6.8/10(35 votes)

   #3 - Brains

   S1:E34/23/1971

   Budgie's on to something big. It means "playing at home" in Watford for a change. It means seeing his wife Jean; but Budgie knows he's sure of a welcome there isn't he?

   Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse

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   Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
4. 

   7.7/10(41 votes)

   #4 - Grandee Hotel

   S1:E44/30/1971

   An evening of "luxury"- Spanish nosh and chateau-bottled "plonk" at the Grandee Hotel on the North Orbital Road - gives Budgie the chance of clinching an important business deal.

   Director:Jim Goddard

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse

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   Director:Jim Goddard

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
5. 

   6.9/10(33 votes)

   #5 - In Deep

   S1:E55/7/1971

   Budgie's in the money - it's unheard of. But it's true. But how did he get it, and more importantly how can he hang on to it?

   Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse

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   Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
6. 

   7.1/10(31 votes)

   #6 - Could Do Better

   S1:E65/14/1971

   Budgie's got a job working in Charlie Endell's bookshop. He's saving up for a holiday. But Hazel has a problem that starts off a sequence of events which leads Budgie back to his old school and into a tricky situation.

   Director:Jim Goddard

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse

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   Director:Jim Goddard

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
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   7.0/10(32 votes)

   #7 - Best Mates

   S1:E75/21/1971

   "A man's best mate is his best mate" they said, especially when he is in trouble. But Budgie finds that in the case of Maguire that trouble leads to trouble, and still more trouble - 500 troubles to be exact.

   Director:Mike Newell

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse

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   Director:Mike Newell

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
8. 

   7.1/10(32 votes)

   #8 - Everybody Loves a Baby

   S1:E85/28/1971

   Budgie is in the farming business - but not the kind that includes furry creatures or our feathered friends. The only "birds" are two-legged ones.

   Director:Jim Goddard

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse

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   Director:Jim Goddard

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
9. 

   6.7/10(33 votes)

   #9 - A Pair of Charlies

   S1:E96/4/1971

   Budgie is asked to join a gang of criminals to rob a bank, but the police are on to it. But Charlie Endell's sex shop is hit instead.

   Director:Mike Newell

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse

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   Director:Mike Newell

   Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse
10. 

    7.1/10(25 votes)

    #10 - And in Again

    S1:E137/2/1971

    Budgie gives Charlie Endell a birthday present, but Charlie shows his gratitude in a very peculiar way - and Budgie finds himself back in the company of old friends.

    Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

    Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse

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    Director:Michael Lindsay-Hogg

    Writers:Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse