6.7/1045 votesLoading...#1 - How I Won the War
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 5/30/1999
Gary thinks that Yvonne is having an affair, so he asks Ron to spy on her for him. Plus, Gary and Phoebe join a concert troupe in Belgium, but their efforts are quickly thwarted.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1048 votesLoading...#2 - California Dreamin'
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 4/25/1999
Gary has to think fast when both of his wives decide they want to emigrate to California. In 1944 Reg retires from his job, but no one turns up at his leaving do.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1065 votesLoading...#3 - Just One More Chance
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/6/1995
Gary is due to appear in court after a drinking spree in 1941. He looks destined to lose his licence, his job and could well lose his wife, but she has marriage guidance in mind.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1049 votesLoading...#4 - All About Yvonne
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 4/18/1999
Gary and Yvonne have a bust up which ends with Gary having to move out and into Ron's place. During Gary's estrangement he becomes suspicious of Yvonne's interior designer. Meanwhile over in 1944, Phoebe suspects that Gary is having an affair with Yvonne, and Reg contracts impetigo.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1042 votesLoading...#5 - Something Fishie
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 6/6/1999
Gary and Phoebe come up against the bully tactics of a protection racket, so Gary utilises his modern gadgets to halt their reign of terror. Plus, Yvonne receives a rude surprise.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1058 votesLoading...#6 - Nice Work If You Can Get It
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/10/1995
Gary's new career as an entertainer in 1941 is taking off, as is his trade in rare wartime records and amateur dramatics in 1993, but the stress of such ventures is taking a toll.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.1/1058 votesLoading...#7 - It Ain't Necessarily So
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/1996
As New Year's Eve rapidly approaches, Gary seeks a way of celebrating the occasion with both his wife and girlfriend, in the contrasting timeframes of 1941 and 1995.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.1/1056 votesLoading...#8 - Turned Out Nice Again
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/5/1996
George Formby turns up at the Royal Oak wanting to record a Beatles song that Gary claims to have written. Consequently, Gary has to find a way of keeping musical history intact.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1051 votesLoading...#9 - Someone to Watch Over Me
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 2/19/1996
Phoebe is very ill back in the 1940s, so Gary thinks that he may have a solution - but can he really take medicine back in time?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1047 votesLoading...#10 - In the Mood
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/1997
Both Yvonne and Phoebe are pregnant and feeling unwell. Yet Yvonne and Gary agree to babysit Gary's nephew, Arthur, who goes missing during his visit and is suspected of having time travelled to 1942. So Gary might not be the only one that can access the time portal after all.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1046 votesLoading...#11 - Out of Town
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/17/1997
Yvonne is out of town so Gary hopes to spend some time with Phoebe, but Gary's father George turns up and stuns him when telling a story about discovering a time warp in his youth.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1046 votesLoading...#12 - How Long Has This Been Going On?
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 4/15/1997
Yvonne has a miscarriage and Reg's mistress leaves her husband, who mistakes Gary for Reg.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.1/1045 votesLoading...#13 - The Bells Are Ringing
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 5/20/1997
Yvonne's new health drink is about to go into production, but Gary is primarily concerned with Phoebe, who is going through childbirth back in the 1940s.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/1048 votesLoading...#14 - Love the One You're With
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 4/20/1998
The porter of Gary's Mayfair flats informs him that a former resident died in a road accident 55 years ago. Gary aims to travel back in time to reverse the chain of events.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.1/1047 votesLoading...#15 - Grief Encounter
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 5/2/1999
Gary and Phoebe are cast in Noel's film Brief Encounter, but Gary declines. Meanwhile, both Phoebe and Yvonne catch the attentions of other men, which Gary resents and intercepts.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.2/1051 votesLoading...#16 - Change Partners
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 1/22/1996
Time travelling comedy series starring Nicholas Lyndhurst. Gary is on top of the world, but pride comes before a fall, or in Gary's case, several falls.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
7.2/1045 votesLoading...#17 - And Mother Came Too
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/24/1997
Ron is in trouble with the police, while Phoebe tells Gary that they are finally free to marry.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1046 votesLoading...#18 - Easy Living
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 4/22/1997
Yvonne leaves her job and Gary struggles to revisit 1942, where Phoebe is wedding planning.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1043 votesLoading...#19 - Heartaches
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 5/6/1997
Gary oversleeps and misses his 1942 wedding. While In the present, Yvonne is upset that he's forgotten their first anniversary. Back in 1942, Gary appeases Phoebe and the wedding goes ahead.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1056 votesLoading...#20 - Have You Ever Seen a Dream Walking ...
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/13/1998
As the strain of living a double life takes its toll on Gary, Rolf Harris appears in a dream and berates him for having claimed the authorship of 'Two Little Boys.'
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1046 votesLoading...#21 - Flash Bang Wallop
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 6/13/1999
Gary must ensure that a compromising photo taken of him in the 1940s avoids discovery in the present. Yvonne goes to see Noel Coward's Gary and Phoebe stage play.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1063 votesLoading...#22 - Wish Me Luck
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/20/1995
Yvonne is in line for a work promotion, while Gary needs to decide which life to choose. Life in 1941 is appearing increasingly more attractive.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1067 votesLoading...#23 - As You Wave Me Goodbye
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/27/1995
Gary discovers that living in 1941 isn't quite what he expected, but having 'committed suicide' in 1994, he can hardly return home. Or can he?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1053 votesLoading...#24 - Goodnight Children Everywhere
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 1/29/1996
An evicted Ron is now staying with Gary and Yvonne, and Phoebe's orphaned relatives arrive to move in with her at the Royal Oak.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1047 votesLoading...#25 - London Pride
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/1998
In the present and wartime 1944, both Gary and Phoebe find themselves being refused entry into higher society circles.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maurice Gran, Laurence Marks
The Worst Episodes of Goodnight Sweetheart
Every episode of Goodnight Sweetheart ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Goodnight Sweetheart!
Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes...
Genres:ComedyDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:BBC One
Worst Episodes Summary
"How I Won the War" is the worst rated episode of "Goodnight Sweetheart". It scored 6.7/10 based on 45 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/30/1999. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "California Dreamin'".