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The Bounder

Comedy · 1982

Last aired: S2 E7, Unreasonable Behaviour · 1983-10-28

The Bounder is a British sitcom which ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983, made by Yorkshire Television. The series starred Peter Bowles as Howard Booth, an ex-convict who served two years in jail.

Cast

Peter Bowles Howard Booth

George Cole Trevor Mountjoy

Isla Blair Laura Miles

Rosalind Ayres Mary Mountjoy

Season 2

Season 1 Season 2

E1 A Tale of the Unexpected 1983-09-16 · 30 min Mary has left Trevor and the house is a mess. Trevor engages a cleaning woman, but Howard thinks she's Trevor's girlfriend and scares her into leaving.

E2 Matchmaker 1983-09-23 · 30 min Howard starts the HB Matrimonial Agency, but the first (and only) two clients are dissatisfied with his bumbling efforts and demand their money back.

E3 Raffles 1983-09-30 · 30 min Laura's house is burgled and her jewellery stolen. The police suspect it's the work of a known thief, nicknamed ‘Raffles', but Howard's criminal record causes them to suspect him instead. Howard discovers Raffles breaking into Trevor's house, but realises it's really ‘Greasy', who he shared a cell with in prison.

E4 Love Me - Love My Dog 1983-10-07 · 30 min Howard is still smitten with Laura, but she isn't as gullible as he supposes and resists his advances. To compound her resistance, she acquires ‘Sabre', a German Shepherd Dog, who takes Howard's presence as a threat.

E5 Third Party 1983-10-14 · 30 min Howard and Laura believe that Mary is seeing another man, but it turns out that he's only trying to sell her insurance. But then Laura falls for him – or does she?

E6 A Genuine Simpson 1983-10-21 · 30 min Howard meets ‘Softly' Simpson, a painter and forger he knew in prison, and persuades him to paint Trevor. But the painting looks more like the portrait of the Duke of Wellington on a five pound note (withdrawn in 1991) than Trevor.

E7 Unreasonable Behaviour 1983-10-28 · 30 min Mary sues Trevor for divorce. Laura is attracted to Trevor, but Howard sets him up with Gloria, Trevor's secretary, who is already engaged. They all meet at a social function where Trevor is due to speak, and it's a disaster. Mary phones to ask to see Trevor, and he hopes for reconciliation, but the situation is left unresolved.

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