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The notes about these shows are from the Radio Times, taken from The BBC Genome Project
- Series 1 - Reduced quality
- s01e01 - 1985-02-25
- William and Dorothy settle in their sublime cottage. Dorothy is worried about William. Stinking Iris concocts herbal remedies.
The Leechpedlar delivers a letter and Samuel Tailor Cholericke arrives....
- s01e02 - 1985-03-04
- William pledges to protect his sister from the philandering Lord Biro, who arrives with his menagerie.
He attempts the seduction of both Stinking Iris and Dorothy.
His mysterious half-cousin is in labour. William is afflicted by his ailment....
- s01e03 - 1985-03-11 - Poor quality
- Dorothy is perturbed by William's impending wedding. Percy Jelley is depressed despite his recent bigamous marriage to Mary Godwit.
Upon Gorsemere the Leechpedlar reveals that he was 'The Antique Mariner'.
A hungry albatross inspires Samuel Tailor Cholericke's poetic musings.
- s01e04 - 1985-03-18
- Cholericke is indisposed. William attempts to recollect an emotion. The Lumps arrive. Dorothy prepares tea and Mary Lump goes mad.
- Series 2
- s02e01 - 1987-05-16 - 21st July 1799
- Dorothy is worried about William's impending marriage. Iris bangs bolsters. Samuel Tailor Cholericke falls from grace. And Thomas de Quinine arrives....
- s02e02 - 1987-05-23 - 27th July 1799
- Stinking Iris brews laburnum tea. Cholericke returns secretly. Dorothy's arrangements for the wedding feast are disturbed. William and Mary's wedding bells ring,
but there is an unexpected guest. And a honeymoon is embarked upon....
- s02e03 - 1987-05-30 - 26th September 1799
- Dorothy is perturbed by de Quinine's enthusiasm. Stinking Iris is in an interesting condition. There is a reconciliation. And Sir Walter Spott arrives....
- s02e04 - 1987-06-06 - 2nd October 1799
- Domestic bliss is enhanced by the arrival of John Sheets. Views are exchanged on the desirability of the married state. And a game of cricket is proposed....
- s02e05 - 1987-06-13 - 6th May 1800
- de Quinine and Cholericke contemplate the plight of womankind. William polishes his 'Frozen Stalk'. With the babies set to arrive, a visitor surprises Cholericke.
Mrs Cholericke and the children descend. And babes are born....
- s02e06 - 1987-06-20 - 16th June 1800
- William meditates upon his Miltonic sonnet. William's peace is shattered by the arrival of spooky William Bloke with a warning. De Quinine returns in disarray.
There is a visitation and all is at peace.