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Who killed Bobby the Builder? Sean's night of passion with Lizzie has been rudely interrupted by 'Bill' and 'Ben', two policemen. Was the murderer Lizzie (who turns out to be Bobby's daughter)? Or Barry, Lizzie's lover? Or is – gasp, horror – the killer Sean
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It's the final episode and Sean must face some grim realities. Trudy's left him, he discovers he was adopted and God tells him he's thinking of packing it all in. Are his friends mere metaphors, can Palace win, and is
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It's been a bad week for Sean Hughes. Bobby The Builder presents Sean with a £7,000 phone bill and Tony persuades him to watch a sophisticated sex video which incurs the wrath of God. God sends Brother Shaw
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Whilst Sean is on holiday in Greece – falling in love with Alexi – his best friend Tony has to fill in for him. This turns out to be a disaster as Tony falls madly in love with Susan, the woman Sean loves.
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The first series ended with the entire main cast other than Sean killed off in various ways. When he was granted a second series, he was forced to resurrect them all in the first episode.
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175 a week for sweets. He later finds out that Gordon isn't actually his son. Sean finds out that his father is dying. Under the bed in the spare room are five musicians.
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Sean decides to take control of his pathetic life, and writes the script himself. Inevitably he throws a party for his beloved Susan in an attempt to win her heart.
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Sean, Tony and Barry are in hospital, and each of them has a very different memory of Sean and Trudy's dinner party. But only Mrs Pebbles knows the full truth...
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in the bedroom who do nothing but comment inanely on television programmes; attempts to get scrambled egg from a saucepan and many, many more.
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are over, he has asked her to move in with him. But he faces an emotional dilemma: she wants a baby. Fast! Is Sean ready? And why is
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Life looks good for Sean. He gets it together with his girlfriend Susan, he writes a best-selling book and gets to be interviewed by
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co-wrote and starred as a fictionalised version of himself, aware that he is living in a sitcom. The show's style drew heavily on
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Due to a deeply embarrassing night out with his best friend Tony, Sean has discovered that a woman is lying, snoring, in his bed.
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pops around and sets a lot of jelly in his bath and Angela – a girl Sean can't stand – will be moving in.
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The final show of the series and it's Sean's last chance to get together with Susan. Or is it too late?
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In common with a number of British shows of its era, humour often came from the repetition of
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end – with a ferocious dog and a couple of Bosnian refugee telly addicts. Special guests:
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A year has passed and Sean has moved to Chelsea – the Stamford Bridge not the
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Sean discovers that he has a twelve-year-old son called Gordon who demands
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Series one is based around Sean's life on a set much like his home in
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between 15 April 1992 and 29 December 1993. Stand-up comedian
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off a plate, and Bosnian refugees in his spare room.
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Sean Hughes
Victor McGuire
Jeff Shankley
Michael Troughton
John Barrard
Eileen Way
Channel 4
television
situation comedy
Channel 4
Sean Hughes
It's Garry Shandling's Show
British Comedy Award
catchphrases
The Smiths
Morrissey
spider
Elvis Presley
Samuel Beckett
God
refugees
Muswell Hill
Windsor Davies
Tracey MacLeod
The Late Show
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Chelsea
the football stadium
Crystal Palace F.C.

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