The Best Episodes Written By Jimmy Perry

Every TV Episode Written by Jimmy Perry Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 0 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Pilot

    S0:E1

    London, 1927: Alf Stokes and his daughter Ivy are given the sack from their jobs on the music halls. Alf decides that he has no option but to go into service as a butler. When he arrives at the residence of Lord Meldrum, some familiar faces await him.

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  2. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - The Phantom Sign Writer
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - The Phantom Sign Writer

    S1:E1

    Alf and Ivy are settled into their new jobs but things soon hot up when Sir Ralph suspects that his wife, Lady Agatha, is having an affair. Lord Meldrum's car is vandalised – someone has daubed the word "fornicator" on the side which causes a panic when the Bishop wants to use the vehicle.

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  3. undefined Season 3 Episode 5 - Gretna Green or Bust
    6.8/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Gretna Green or Bust

    S3:E5

    Miss Poppy and Dickie Metcalfe decide to marry and elope to Gretna Green, the rest of the household set off in hot persuit in an attempt to stop them...

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  4. undefined Season 3 Episode 7 - A Day in the Country
    6.8/10(2 votes)

    #4 - A Day in the Country

    S3:E7

    Lord Meldrum decides he is going to treat the servants to a picnic in the country. Nobody is surprised however, that upon their arrival at Peabody Hall, Sir Ralph and Lady Agatha are there too...

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  5. undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - Come to the Ball
    6.8/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Come to the Ball

    S4:E3

    Lord Meldrum decides to inspect the servants' quarters and Mabel has found a purse containing five pounds. Then the staff are invited to the luxurious ball where the employers have to wait upon their servants...

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  6. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - Well, There You Are Then...!
    6.8/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Well, There You Are Then...!

    S4:E6

    Things look bleak for the Meldrums with most of their money lost on the stock market crash and the effects of the Bangokhan beetle. Cissy and Lavender try to save the situation, but the servants have little choice but to look elsewhere for their futures...

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - Royal Flush
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Royal Flush

    S2:E7

    Excitement runs through the household when it is announced that the King and Queen of Dalmatia are coming to dinner, although Mrs. Lipton is upset to find that she will not be doing the catering. In addition, Noel Coward is expected to join them after the opening night of his new play...

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  8. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - Please Help the Orphans
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Please Help the Orphans

    S3:E1

    Alf is being pestered by Mrs. Lipton to finalise his divorce so he gets an old friend to agree to pose as Mrs. Stokes. Meanwhile, he has a brainwave to make some money by fooling Mrs. Lipton into baking some cakes, which she thinks are destined for the local orphanage...

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  9. undefined Season 3 Episode 3 - Mrs. Lipton's Nasty Turn
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Mrs. Lipton's Nasty Turn

    S3:E3

    Having discovered Alf's deception and broken his Lordship's crockery in a fit of anger, Mrs. Lipton is left wondering if she still has a job. On a visit to the Sunshine Pantry, Ivy discovers the truth about Miss Potter's cherry cake...

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  10. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - Meet the Workers
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Meet the Workers

    S3:E4

    Miss Poppy annonces her engagement to Dickie Metcalfe but Alf smells a rat! Lord Meldrum is convinced that he must learn more about the lower classes before he can join the board of governors at the BBC and so he invites his factory workers to dinner and serves them fish and chips...

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - Yes Sir, That's My Baby
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Yes Sir, That's My Baby

    S4:E1

    Miss Cissy leads the house into helping out at the local soup kitchen for the poor. Meanwhile, Teddy is still trying to escape the romantic clutches of Madge Cartwright. This time, Alf thinks he has the perfect solution - he traces all of Teddy's illegitimate children and brings them to the house to face Madge...

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  12. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - Requiem for a Parrot
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Requiem for a Parrot

    S4:E2

    Lord Meldrum is intent on sending Teddy to his rubber plantation in Malaya, however the death of Lady Lavender's parrot leads to some bizarre funeral arrangements...

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  13. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - Beg, Borrow or Steal
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Beg, Borrow or Steal

    S1:E5

    Alf is being blackmailed by the local pawn broker into letting him burgle the house. Lord Meldrum allows Cissy & Poppy to hold an evening of progressive poetry in the dining room. At last the relationship between Alf and Ivy is revealed to James.

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  14. undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - Trouble at Mill
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Trouble at Mill

    S2:E2

    The Prime Minister is coming to dinner but Alf's thoughts are consumed by Lady Lavender. At the factory, Teddy's flirtations with the factory girls causes a mass walk out...

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Money Talks
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Money Talks

    S2:E3

    Lady Lavender throws her money out of the window and into the street, naturally some of the money goes astray when Alf gets his hands on it...

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  16. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - The Wounds of War
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Wounds of War

    S2:E5

    To protect his master, Alf tells Sir Ralph that Lord Meldrum was wounded in the Artillery. Ivy is over the moon when James agrees to take her to the pictures. Mrs. Lipton is convinced that Alf's divorce is being held up by his wife...

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - A Deed of Gift
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - A Deed of Gift

    S1:E2

    Lady Lavender sends for her solicitor whom she instructs to give Ivy her shares from the Union Jack Rubber Company. James is tortured by thoughts of Miss Poppy after she asks to feel his muscles. Then Lavender sends for her solicitor again.

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - Hey Diddle Diddle (Pilot)
    6.5/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Hey Diddle Diddle (Pilot)

    S1:E1

    It is 1959. Tired of academia, Cambridge University archaeology professor Jeffrey Fairbrother goes to Maplin's Holiday Camp as the new Entertainments Manager, a job he looks forward to with idealised optimism. Camp host, Ted Bovis, instructs his new recruit, camp comic Spike Dixon, in how to succeed at Maplin's. The pilot would subsequently be shown consecutively with the first series, although repeated broadcasts on television were edited to reduce the runtime down to a more standard half-hour format.

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  19. undefined Season 3 Episode 2 - Current Affairs
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Current Affairs

    S3:E2

    Alf continues to supply the Sunshine Pantry with Mrs. Lipton's cakes. Myrtle pays a visit to the house posing as Mrs. Stokes but can she persuade Mrs. Lipton?...

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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 6 - The Night of Reckoning
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - The Night of Reckoning

    S3:E6

    Twelvetrees gets an offer to be butler for Sir Ralph and Lady Agatha. Mabel is on the verge of being evicted from her home. Meanwhile, Alf comes up with a drastic solution to Teddy's problem...

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  21. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - The Fall of the House Of Meldrum
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - The Fall of the House Of Meldrum

    S4:E5

    Meldrum is convinced that Sir Ralph has put a curse on him. In addition, the rubber plantation in Malaya has been ravaged by the Bangokhan beetle. The family face financial ruin!...

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  22. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Labour or Love
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Labour or Love

    S2:E1

    Lord Meldrum gives Teddy an ultimatum - marry Madge Cartwright or be sent to work in his factory. Teddy thinks it's a bluff but finds that his brother means every word. Alf discovers that Lady Lavender has got some money stashed under her bed and schemes to relieve her of the burden...

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  23. undefined Season 2 Episode 4 - The Meldrum Vases
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - The Meldrum Vases

    S2:E4

    Alf has hidden some of the money in one of his Lordship's antique vases - unfortunately Lord Meldrum has donated three identical vases to the Bishop's auction for Distressed Gentlewomen. James and Ivy are in a race to stop Alf retrieving the money...

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Jimmy Perry Ratings Summary

"Pilot" is the best rated episode written by Jimmy Perry. It scored 8.5/10 based on 2 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 12/29/1988 and is rated 1.5 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Phantom Sign Writer".