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The Worst Episodes of The Fenn Street Gang

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The Fenn Street Gang is a British television sitcom which ran for three seasons between 1971 and 1973. The series was created by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, it was spun-off from their Please Sir!

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 15 - A Fair Swap
    4.6/10(10 votes)

    #1 - A Fair Swap

    S1:E15

    The happiest day of a girl's life is her wedding day - that is unless she's being married from the Duffy household! The whole affair of the wedding of Duffy's cousin, Deborah, however, is somewhat complicated by Maureen's kidnapping, and the assistance of Frankie "nurse" Abbott.

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  2. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 13 - Private Eye, Public Nuisance
    4.7/10(9 votes)

    #2 - Private Eye, Public Nuisance

    S2:E13

    Frankie Abbott is enjoying life on the dole, spending his days in bed and only waking occasionally to play with his new camera. This his mother meets private investigator Mr Drew and persuades him to re-employ her son.

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  3. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 17 - Tally Ho
    4.9/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Tally Ho

    S1:E17

    With a bit of help from Craven, Dennis Dunstable tries to make his abusive alcoholic dad turn over a new leaf.

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  4. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 19 - From Sudbury With Love
    5.0/10(10 votes)

    #4 - From Sudbury With Love

    S1:E19

    Frankie Abbott hits town looking for a new girlfriend.

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  5. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 14 - Dypsomania On Sea
    5.1/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Dypsomania On Sea

    S2:E14

    When Dennis is persuaded to take a holiday by the sea, his father goes too and takes the cure. but, much to the horror of elderly residents of a certain hotel, the sea air revives the spirits in both father and son!

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  6. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 7 - The Lady With The Lamp
    5.2/10(11 votes)

    #6 - The Lady With The Lamp

    S2:E7

    At last Maureen passes her O-levels and begins a new career as a "real" nurse. Little do the patients and the staff realise what they are in for with the arrival of a modern-day Florence Nightingale gone berserk!

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  7. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 15 - Is Anybody There?
    5.2/10(10 votes)

    #7 - Is Anybody There?

    S2:E15

    The gang go other-worldly when Maureen gets them interested in spiritualism. At a meeting held by Mr Grout, a local medium, he tells them that one of them could easily turn out to be a medium too. Abbott immediately assumes that he has psychic powers, but a surprise is in store for Maureen!

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  8. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 7 - Change Partners
    5.4/10(10 votes)

    #8 - Change Partners

    S1:E7

    Bernard still waits to start work at London University, while at home the bills keep on piling up. When a friend suggests a lucrative part-time job, he jumps at the chance but the kind of work involved makes him wished that he had looked before he leaped . . .

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  9. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 14 - When Did You Last See Your Father?
    5.4/10(9 votes)

    #9 - When Did You Last See Your Father?

    S1:E14

    Until now, Frankie Abbott's mother has kept the awful secret of his father private. But Frankie is growing up - even if he is 10 years late about it - and his questions finally reveal the skeleton in mum's cupboard.

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  10. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 6 - The Left Hand Path
    5.4/10(9 votes)

    #10 - The Left Hand Path

    S2:E6

    Working for the crooked Mr Bowler has brought Craven a flash car and flash clothes. Working for himself has brought Duffy packed lunches and overalls. Craven cannot resist showing off, but showing off with Bowler's money is not only silly, but also very dangerous.

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  11. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 9 - Father's Day
    5.4/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Father's Day

    S2:E9

    Mr. Dunstable has his last drunken row with his wife - who leaves him. So he decides to move in with Dennis. But Dennis, now making sweet, if slow, progress with his girlfriend, has other ideas.

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  12. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 16 - How To Handle A Woman
    5.7/10(8 votes)

    #12 - How To Handle A Woman

    S2:E16

    The relationship between Craven's parents consists of Mrs Craven yelling and Mr Craven obeying. So he decides to incite his father to rebellion, and succeeds - in splitting them up!

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  13. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 11 - Rough Justice
    5.8/10(10 votes)

    #13 - Rough Justice

    S1:E11

    Dennis falls into bad company and is introduced to Russian bitter. The result is an appearance in the Magistrate's Court. Bad enough, you may think, but when Duffy, Craven and Mr Smith (one of their old teachers) appear for the defence, things go from bad to worse.

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  14. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 5 - That Sort Of Girl
    5.9/10(10 votes)

    #14 - That Sort Of Girl

    S2:E5

    Struggling to stay in business, Duffy needs, but cannot afford, some new ladders. Sharon enters a beauty contest to try to get enough money to buy them, but Duffy has strong views on beauty contests and Maureen has strong views on men who have strong views on beauty contests.

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  15. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 10 - Low Noon
    5.9/10(11 votes)

    #15 - Low Noon

    S2:E10

    Mr, Bowler likes Peter Craven working for him because he has "style". He very much wants Duffy on his payroll, too, because he has even more "style". Duffy says no, but Mr Bowler is a determined man who thinks anyone will change their mind - with a little persuasion . . .

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  16. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 12 - Is That A Proposal, Eric?
    5.9/10(9 votes)

    #16 - Is That A Proposal, Eric?

    S2:E12

    Sharon has been Eric Duffy's girlfriend since the Third Form at fenn Street School, and she is beginning to think that she will only be his girlfriend when they are drawing their pensions. This leads Sharon to take drastic steps. Eric only takes one step - but it's a big one.

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  17. The Fenn Street Gang Season 3 Episode 1 - An Englishman's Home
    5.9/10(9 votes)

    #17 - An Englishman's Home

    S3:E1

    Duffy and Sharon are engaged and looking for a home of their own. They think they've found one but Frankie Abbott loses them the chance to buy it. Full of remorse, Abbott sets out to try and make amends.

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  18. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 13 - Kill Or Cure
    6.0/10(10 votes)

    #18 - Kill Or Cure

    S1:E13

    Maureen is a bundle of nerves as she waits for her "O" level results which will affect her nursing career. What better cure for the nerves than a nice date with a "nice chap"? So Duffy and Craven, with the best will in the world, pick the "nice chap". But where there is a will there is not always a way.

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  19. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 18 - Horse Of The Year
    6.0/10(8 votes)

    #19 - Horse Of The Year

    S1:E18

    Dennis has to decide how to spend his birthday money, and spends it on a horse at an auction.

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  20. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 11 - And Baby Makes Four
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    #20 - And Baby Makes Four

    S2:E11

    Craven moves away from home and gets himself a flat - which he regards as a potential "come up for coffee and do you have to go home?" set-up. Then he gives a lift to a heavily-pregnant hitch-hiker, and his love-nest begins to look like a nursing home.

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  21. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 2 - The Start Of Something Big
    6.1/10(12 votes)

    #21 - The Start Of Something Big

    S1:E2

    Things are not going too smoothly for Eric and Sharon. While Eric is busy having a brush with the Law, Sharon realises that there are other fish in the sea. It is then that ace "tec" Frankie Abbott comes onto the scene - on his first case!

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  22. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 5 - Meet The Wizard
    6.1/10(11 votes)

    #22 - Meet The Wizard

    S1:E5

    Penny (Bernard's wife) decides that a woman's place is certainly not at home but the problem is keeping her job a secret from Bernard, who has rather old-fashioned views on women. Because, when at last he does get off the dole, his new job brings him into contact with all sorts of people.

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  23. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 10 - These Foolish Things
    6.1/10(10 votes)

    #23 - These Foolish Things

    S1:E10

    The final dust-up between Duffy and Sharon; Abbott in hospital with a stab wound; Dunstable's flat as a rendezvous . . .

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  24. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 20 - Who's Minding The Shop?
    6.1/10(9 votes)

    #24 - Who's Minding The Shop?

    S1:E20

    A road accident means that the Fenn Street Gang become shop-keepers.

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  25. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 4 - Menagerie A Trois
    6.1/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Menagerie A Trois

    S2:E4

    Abbott's hypochondriac mother throws off her bandages when she falls for a man. Abbott's jealousy drives him from home, and he decides to inflict himself on Dennis. But Abbott and his mother deserve each other too much for the parting to be permanent.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"A Fair Swap" is the worst rated episode of "The Fenn Street Gang". It scored 4.6/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/31/1971. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Private Eye, Public Nuisance".