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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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    Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 1 - The New Neighbours
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    #1 - 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.

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  2. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 2 - Limbo Dancing
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    #2 - 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
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  3. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 3 - The Petition
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    #3 - 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.

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  4. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 4 - The Factory Dispute
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    #4 - 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
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  5. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 5 - The Seven Year Itch
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    #5 - The Seven Year Itch

    S1:E5

    There comes a time in every husband's life when he is tempted to stray from the marital home: and Eddie and Bill are no exception - for the seven year itch has no colour bar. However, the trouble with an itch is that one is tempted to scratch it.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 6 - Refused a Drink
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    #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
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  8. Love Thy Neighbour Season 1 Episode 7 - Sex Appeal
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    #7 - Sex Appeal

    S1:E7

    When Joan decides to make herself more attractive to her husband Eddie, she little realises that it will start off a chain of events which will bring the uneasy truth between them and Barbie and Bill into open warfare.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Love Thy Neighbour Season 2 Episode 1 - The Housewarming Party
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    #8 - The Housewarming Party

    S2:E1

    Eddie Booth's prejudices towards his black neighbours, Bill and Barbie Reynolds, have not lessened during the few months since we last saw him. When Bill and Barbie decide it is time to hold a housewarming, Eddie tries unsuccessfully to prevent his wife Joan from going, and does his best to sabotage the party.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Love Thy Neighbour Season 2 Episode 2 - Voodoo
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    #9 - 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.

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  11. Love Thy Neighbour Season 2 Episode 3 - Clarkey Leaves
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    #10 - Clarkey Leaves

    S2:E3

    There is much jubilation at the departure of "Clarkey", the foreman of the factory where Eddie and Bill work. The Management decide that it will serve their interests best if they promote their most idle, difficult, loudmouthed and bigoted troublemaker. The choice is obvious.

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  12. Love Thy Neighbour Season 2 Episode 4 - The Bedroom Suite
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    #11 - 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
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  13. Love Thy Neighbour Season 2 Episode 5 - The TUC Conference
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    #12 - 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
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  14. Love Thy Neighbour Season 2 Episode 6 - Religious Fervour
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    #13 - Religious Fervour

    S2:E6

    Eddie is the last person in the world you would expect to be caught up in a wave of religious fervour. However, when a group of revivalists call on him on Sunday morning, he is quick to answer. At first, his wife Joan is pleased at the transformation in his character, but when his enthusiasm changes to fanaticism, she enlists the help of Bill and Barbie to bring him back down to earth.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Love Thy Neighbour Season 3 Episode 1 - The GPO
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    #14 - 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
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    #15 - 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
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  17. Love Thy Neighbour Season 3 Episode 3 - Eddie Returns from Holiday
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    #16 - 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 3 Episode 4 - The Lion and Lamb
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    #17 - The Lion and Lamb

    S3:E4

    It's time for the showdown between Eddie's 'snowflakes' and Bill's 'Sambos'. Maple Terrace braces itself for war! Will Eddie keep the Lion and Lamb white ? Will Bill use black magic ? Will Jacko ever buy a round ?

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Love Thy Neighbour Season 3 Episode 5 - The Lift
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    #18 - 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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  20. Love Thy Neighbour Season 3 Episode 6 - Barbie Becomes Pregnant
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    #19 - 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
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  21. Love Thy Neighbour Season 4 Episode 1 - Hines' Sight
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    #20 - 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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  22. Love Thy Neighbour Season 4 Episode 2 - Friendly
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    #21 - Friendly

    S4:E2

    Eddie's day is slowly going from bad to worse. First he's had to do the housework, then Manchester United, his beloved team, have lost 3-0 and now Bill has won the top prize of a trip to Paris in the Social Club raffle. With an extra ticket up for grabs, Eddie begins his "Creep Your Way To Paris" campaign.

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Love Thy Neighbour Season 4 Episode 3 - Working on New Year's Eve
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    #22 - Working on New Year's Eve

    S4:E3

    Eddie and Bill have been called into work on New Year's Eve, leaving the very pregnant Joan and Barbie alone at home. Not one to miss out on a good celebration Eddie decides to throw a party at the factory, whilst the wives are having problems with an intruder.

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Love Thy Neighbour Season 4 Episode 4 - Eddie's Mother-in-Law
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    #23 - Eddie's Mother-in-Law

    S4:E4

    There is only one person Eddie dislikes more than his next door neighbour and that's the mother-in-law. Mind you, the feeling is mutual; Joan's mother has never made a secret that she thinks her daughter married below her station. Ding ding, let the fight begin!

    Director:Ronnie Baxter
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Love Thy Neighbour Season 4 Episode 5 - The Ante-Natal Clinic
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    #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
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  26. Love Thy Neighbour Season 4 Episode 6 - Two Weeks to Babies
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    #25 - 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
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Worst Episodes Summary

"The New Neighbours" is the worst rated episode of "Love Thy Neighbour". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/13/1972. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Limbo Dancing".