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The Best Episodes of Love Thy Neighbour

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Love Thy Neighbour is a British sitcom, which was transmitted from 13 April 1972 until 22 January 1976, spanning seven series. The sitcom was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. The principal cast

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Love Thy Neighbour Season 2 Episode 2 - Voodoo
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    #1 - Voodoo

    S2:E2

    Whilst Bill holds the voodoo cult in great respect, he's definitely not a witch doctor and he certainly does not need to invoke black magic to obtain tickets for the match between West Ham and Manchester United, nor to persuade Eddie to dance naked round an oak tree at midnight.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Love Thy Neighbour Season 5 Episode 6 - Eddie's Birthday
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #2 - Eddie's Birthday

    S5:E6

    Eddie's birthday has arrived, but he's rather put out to find that Harold (Macmillan, naturally) hasn't sent him a card. Not until Bill turns up, that is.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Love Thy Neighbour Season 6 Episode 4 - The Darts Final
    8.5/10(16 votes)

    #3 - The Darts Final

    S6:E4

    After a row over babysitting duties, Joan locks away all of Eddie's clothes to stop him going to the darts final. But it takes more than that to stop Eddie Booth!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 3 - The Petition
    8.4/10(24 votes)

    #4 - The Petition

    S1:E3

    Eddie decides that Maple Terrace just isn't big enough to hold both the Booths and the Reynolds. But when he tries to organise a petition to "keep Maple Terrace white", his plans misfire - with hilarious results.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Love Thy Neighbour Season 6 Episode 6 - The Club Concert
    8.3/10(17 votes)

    #5 - The Club Concert

    S6:E6

    The club concert is in the capable hands of Bill and Eddie, and optimistic as always, Eddie reckons on a success - especially if he can get the Duke of Edinburgh to attend and a star guest to perform.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 6 - Refused a Drink
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Refused a Drink

    S1:E6

    Despite the fact that Eddie is a staunch socialist and Bill is a true blue Conservative, there are many subjects on which they both agree. For instance, they are both against discrimination. When Bill tells Eddie that he was once refused a drink in a pub because of his colour, Eddie's British sense of justice and fair play is outraged and he sets out to prove that the opposite must be the case, with rather painful results.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Love Thy Neighbour Season 2 Episode 4 - The Bedroom Suite
    8.2/10(19 votes)

    #7 - The Bedroom Suite

    S2:E4

    The rivalry between Eddie and Bill reaches boiling point when, in the grip of sale fever, they try to outwit each other in a desperate attempt to be first in the queue for the bedroom suite that their respective wives have set their hearts on. Strategy and vigilance is everything, so who is caught napping ?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Love Thy Neighbour Season 2 Episode 5 - The TUC Conference
    8.2/10(19 votes)

    #8 - The TUC Conference

    S2:E5

    The TUC Conference in Brighton provides Eddie with the ideal excuse for a week away from the wife. He is not too pleased though when Bill tells him that he will also be there attending the conference as a Conservative Party observer. However, the two decide to make the best of it when they find out that they are sharing the same small hotel with two attractive young ladies. Unfortunately, the simultaneous arrival of their wives, Joan and Barbie, and the two young ladies' husbands results in a swift change in the agenda.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Love Thy Neighbour Season 3 Episode 5 - The Lift
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    #9 - The Lift

    S3:E5

    Out of the frying pan and into the fire! Having escaped the wives for the evening, Eddie and Bill find themselves trapped in a lift with Arthur and Jacko and no sign of rescue. Nerves start to fray but who will crack first ?

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Love Thy Neighbour Season 3 Episode 6 - Barbie Becomes Pregnant
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Barbie Becomes Pregnant

    S3:E6

    With the news that the Reynolds household will soon be numbering three and with Bill bragging about "ringing the bell," Eddie devises a plan to prove his manhood. Brace yourself for a master class in seduction.

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Love Thy Neighbour Season 6 Episode 2 - Jacko's Wedding
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    #11 - Jacko's Wedding

    S6:E2

    Jacko returns from holiday in a loved-up stupor. The gang are thrilled he's willing to pay for rounds but when he introduces the fantastically beautiful, busty young blonde Amy as his fiancée, Eddie is suspicious of her motives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 2 - Limbo Dancing
    8.0/10(25 votes)

    #12 - Limbo Dancing

    S1:E2

    The Saturday night dance at the Work's Social Club gives Eddie Booth the opportunity of proving that he is as good at the limbo as he is at anything else.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Love Thy Neighbour Season 5 Episode 1 - The Mediterranean
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #13 - The Mediterranean

    S5:E1

    It's time for the club's annual holiday, and much to Eddie's objection, the boys and their families head off to Majorca. As usual, little goes in his favour, and he's soon behind bars - through no fault of his own!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 1 - The New Neighbours
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    #14 - The New Neighbours

    S1:E1

    It is quite a shock for Joan and Eddie Booth when Mr and Mrs Reynolds move in as their next door neighbours.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Love Thy Neighbour Season 3 Episode 1 - The GPO
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #15 - The GPO

    S3:E1

    When Eddie has to 'toe the Party line', it's more to do with the GPO than politics. Forced to share his telephone line with Bill and Barbie, it doesn't take long for him to get his wires crossed. When he overhears Bill talking about a plan to hijack him, he fears for his life and runs to the police for protection.

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Love Thy Neighbour Season 3 Episode 2 - The Car
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #16 - The Car

    S3:E2

    "Keeping up with the Reynolds'" is starting to prove difficult for Eddie, especially when Bill rolls out his newly acquired status symbol. Not to be outdone, Eddie invests in an automobile of his own, but it's not just the car that ends up on the scrap heap.

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Love Thy Neighbour Season 3 Episode 3 - Eddie Returns from Holiday
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #17 - Eddie Returns from Holiday

    S3:E3

    Eddie returns from holiday to find that somebody has commandeered his seat in the Lion and Lamb! Not only that, but the Co-op has been transformed into the Taj Mahal Emporium. With rumours that Fortnum and Mason's is about to become a Curry Centre, he decides enough is enough. Something has to be done.

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Love Thy Neighbour Season 4 Episode 6 - Two Weeks to Babies
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Two Weeks to Babies

    S4:E6

    The countdown to the big day has started but so have the rumours. Are Eddie and Bill really the fathers of their unborn children or has Specky Nuttall, the window cleaner, been doing more than he's being paid for ?

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Love Thy Neighbour Season 5 Episode 3 - Teething Problems
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #19 - Teething Problems

    S5:E3

    Bill has bought Barbie a ticket to visit her mother back home in Barbados, but his plan to live like a bachelor for 2 weeks falls on its face when it's revealed that he will be staying with Joan and Eddie for the duration. That is, if the plane ticket can be found...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Love Thy Neighbour Season 7 Episode 1 - Famous Crimes
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Famous Crimes

    S7:E1

    Indulging his interest in famous crimes by purchasing a pair of handcuffs reported to have been used to arrest Dr. Crippen, Jacko tests them out on Eddie and Bill. Unfortunately he hasn't brought a key!

    Director:William G. Stewart
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Love Thy Neighbour Season 8 Episode 2 - Eddie Becomes a Father Again
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #21 - Eddie Becomes a Father Again

    S8:E2

    Following a comment about virility, Eddie and Bill are competing to grow moustaches and prove their machismo. Meanwhile, Barbie talks Joan into making some extra money by becoming a fellow agent for her catalogue club.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 4 - The Factory Dispute
    7.8/10(23 votes)

    #22 - The Factory Dispute

    S1:E4

    An industrial dispute between Eddie and Bill at the factory causes a domestic dispute with their respective wives, Joan and Barbie. However, blood is thicker than water - as Eddie learns to his cost.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Love Thy Neighbour Season 4 Episode 1 - Hines' Sight
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #23 - Hines' Sight

    S4:E1

    Joan and Barbie are now members of their own special "club" but just as Eddie thinks he's evened out the white to black ratio, a new neighbour looks to upset the balance. But who is moving in and who is moving out ?

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Love Thy Neighbour Season 4 Episode 5 - The Ante-Natal Clinic
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #24 - The Ante-Natal Clinic

    S4:E5

    After a Father's Evening at the antenatal clinic, Eddie and Bill strike up a bet: can Eddie last 24 hours without insulting his neighbour ? It's going to take an awful lot of willpower, especially as Bill is going out of his way to provoke a verbal attack.

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Love Thy Neighbour Season 5 Episode 2 - Bananas
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #25 - Bananas

    S5:E2

    Eddie intercepts a box of bananas intended for Bill, and unleashes the spider hidden within. Bill duly informs him that he seems to have been bitten, and has 3 days to live.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Voodoo" is the best rated episode of "Love Thy Neighbour". It scored 8.8/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/18/1972. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Eddie's Birthday".