7.6/1015 votesLoading...#1 - Cat Happy
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1958
The Larkin's have an unwanted guest: Blackie, a large cat prize winning cat, whom Ada has offered to look after while his owner is away on holiday. Alf decides that Blackie must go missing if the family is ever going to return to normal.
Director: Bill Ward
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 7.5/1014 votesLoading...
#2 - Ale and Farewell
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1958
Alf has been accepted into a local drinking 'society' and Ada is determined to clip his wings - even if it means resorting to somewhat bizarre measures. Turning her front room into an extension of the saloon bar of the Lion and Unicorn, for one...
Director: Bill Ward
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 7.0/1015 votesLoading...
#3 - Angry Young Man
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1958
Jeff is going through a bad patch; if he can't sell his new novel, he may be forced to sell his typewriter. Ada decides that this would be quite unthinkable, and sets out to interest a publisher in Jeff's work.
Director: Bill Ward
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 7.0/1013 votesLoading...
#4 - Telly-Ho
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1958
Ada wants a television set. Alf is dead set against the idea. It takes all the ingenuity of Eddie and his girlfriend, Myrtle, aided and abetted by Jeff and Joyce, to settle the issue once and for all.
Director: Bill Ward
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 7.0/109 votesLoading...
#5 - Unlucky Strike
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1960
Ada takes over Alf's job leaving Alf with the housework.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.9/1019 votesLoading...
#6 - Wide Open House
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1958
Alf becomes a tad skittish when he discovers that Ada's laying on a far too expensive party for Eddie's demob from his national service. After all, it's hardly hail, hail the conquering hero - he's been working at the war office for two years and comes home at weekends!
Director: Bill Ward
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.9/107 votesLoading...
#7 - Strictly Commercial
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/1959
The Larkins make a washing powder commercial.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/107 votesLoading...
#8 - All The Answers
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/15/1960
Alf is concerned when an encyclopaedia arrives in 36 volumes and Eddie's teacher wishes to meet the family.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.9/1010 votesLoading...
#9 - Little Big Brother
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1960
The boy's struggle to fix the parlors damaged floor.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.8/106 votesLoading...
#10 - Come Cleaner
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/29/1960
Ada feels it's time to replace the old vacuum cleaner.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1016 votesLoading...
#11 - Gun-In-Law
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1958
Eddie Larkin's attempt to get a job leads to the involvement brother-in-law Jeff, who writes for "The Bullet", a cowboy comic. Eddie's prospective employer arrives for tea at exactly the same time as four winners of a competition in the comic...
Director: Bill Ward
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.7/107 votesLoading...
#12 - Country Style
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 8/22/1964
No description available
Director: Dicky Leeman
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.6/107 votesLoading...
#13 - Stranger Than Friction
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/1960
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.6/107 votesLoading...
#14 - Celebration Blues
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/1964
No description available
Director: Dicky Leeman
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.5/106 votesLoading...
#15 - Haul For One
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/16/1959
The Larkins disagree about a pools win.
Director: Antony Kearey
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.5/106 votesLoading...
#16 - Gift Horsepower
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/23/1959
Ada expects a washing machine for her birthday.
Director: Antony Kearey
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.5/106 votesLoading...
#17 - Total Welfare
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/1959
No description available
Director: Antony Kearey
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.5/106 votesLoading...
#18 - Home Win
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/1960
Ada confronts the landlord about house repairs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/108 votesLoading...
#19 - Beatle Drive
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/1963
Georgie is told to stop practicing his experiments after Hetty falls for his anti=burglar device.
Director: Dicky Leeman
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.4/107 votesLoading...
#20 - Operation Neighbour
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/1960
Hetty insults Ada in her own kitchen.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.4/107 votesLoading...
#21 - Gamblin' Fever
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1960
Jeff's American father sends him a poker set.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.3/106 votesLoading...
#22 - Very Important Parent
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/9/1959
No description available
Director: Bill Ward
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.3/106 votesLoading...
#23 - A Fiddle In Froth
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/22/1960
Eddie is led astray.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.3/109 votesLoading...
#24 - Frightful Nightful
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1960
Alf is left confused after watching an Alfred Hitchcock film at the cinema.
Director: N/A
Writer: Fred Robinson
- 6.3/109 votesLoading...
#25 - Think Quicker, Vicar
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/1964
No description available
Director: Dicky Leeman
Writer: Fred Robinson
The Best Episodes of The Larkins
Every episode of The Larkins ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Larkins!
'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to...
Genres:ComedyDrama
Network:ITV1
Best Episodes Summary
"Cat Happy" is the best rated episode of "The Larkins". It scored 7.6/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Bill Ward and written by Fred Robinson, it aired on 10/3/1958. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Ale and Farewell".