Please Sir!
Series· 1968–1972· 30m

Please Sir!

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A hapless but caring teacher tries to control his class of unruly kids. The teacher sees much good and potential in his pupils, much to the dismay of his fellow teachers who have lost hope in these kids.

Creators:
Bob Larbey, John Esmonde

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Last aired
S4 · E21The Fixer

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Series 41971
21 episodes
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    E1Identitwit
    · 30m

    Bernard has to say goodbye to his 5C class at Fenn Street School but his new class (4C) brings some unexpected problems.

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    E2The Pruning of Hedges
    · 30m

    Bernard has finally decided to leave Fenn Street School, but he finds that resigning is not as simple as he had imagined.

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    E3Viva La Revolution
    · 30m

    All contributions are gratefully accepted when magazine time comes around at Fenn Street School. But headmaster Cromwell's efforts to muster his usual support are thwarted by an irate local shopkeeper and Fenn Street's alternative press.

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    E4A Rather Nasty Outbreak
    · 30m

    Georgie Duffy is nervous. He is due to start his first term at Fenn Street School - three weeks late. But big brother Eric, a member of last year's 5C and an old hand at dealing with authority, explains that there is nothing to worry about.

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    E5David and Goliath
    · 30m

    Bernard Hedges has left Fenn Street School and the gap has been filled by Mr Dix, a living example of everything a teacher should not be. The staff long for a new young champion to challenge this tyrant, but when David Ffitchett-Brown arrives wearing beads, they wonder just what sort of champion they have.

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    E6A.W.O.L.
    · 30m

    Cromwell's yo-yo obsession helps distract him from David's request for new school supplies, including a new television set that Mr Price attacked with Nitric Acid after his horse had lost a horse race. But between themselves and Potter they work out a cunning plan.

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    E7What's a Class Between Friends?
    · 30m

    When Cromwell succumbs to an attack of administrative megalomania, the Charge of the Light Brigade is cancelled, a class is lost at the cinema and Mr Price is driven to drink.

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    E8Our Mr Price
    · 30m

    It looks as though Fenn Street will lose yet another teacher when Price applies for a job in industry. But can he really make the break?

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    E9Black Power
    · 30m

    Potter's repeated demands for an assistant are finally heeded, and Sidney Noakes arrives at Fenn Street.

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    E10False Alarm
    · 30m

    The amalgamation with neighbouring Weaver Street and the possibility of Fenn Street going comprehensive is more than the Fenn Street staff can cope with. Potter has to decide where his loyalties lie.

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    E11Sibley, Mumsie, Dodo and Georgie
    · 30m

    For Miss Ewell, life is not exactly a bowl of cherries at the moment. There is the school inspection to be organised, and the new Weaver Street kids to keep under control.

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    E12United we Sit
    · 30m

    Headmaster Cromwell makes a new rule about haircuts and skirts at Fenn Street School. But the kids won't take this lying down, they decide on a sit-in to ask for pupil representation on staff meetings.

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    E13Nemesis for Norman
    · 30m

    Potter's boasting about his war career gets out of hand when he is chosen to carry the banner at his El Alamein reunion.

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    E14Old Fennians Day
    · 30m

    Cromwell's latest idea is a school song for the first meeting of his newly-formed Old Fennians Association. With the staff bursting into a flurry of musical activity, and the return of the old Form 5C for the big event, it is a day to remember.

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    E15What Are You Incinerating?
    · 30m

    The headmaster's "Clean Up Fenn Street" campaign is in full swing. But when Potter takes on some temporary assistance, an explosive situation develops which threatens to clean up Fenn Street for good.

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    E16The Ugly Duckling
    · 30m

    Miss Ewell gets her "mountie", Miss Petting her mandarin and Daisy her "prince".

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    E17Cup Fever
    · 30m

    Fenn Street School makes sporting history when its football team reaches the semi-final of the district cup. But Miss Ewell has a match of her own with the star of the team, and if she wins, the school loses.

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    E18Please Give Generously
    · 30m

    When Fenn Street School holds a charity walk for the local "old and needy", the staff are confident of its success. But deciding just who the "needy" are, can be a tricky business.

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    E19Blodwyn All Over
    · 30m

    When the chairman of the Fenn Street School governors makes rash promises to his "niece", the whole school is affected. Cromwell gets a secretary, the kids get a pin-up, and Pricey gets a whole new outlook on life.

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    E20The Price War
    · 30m

    Headmaster Cromwell has a new toy to help him communicate with the whole school, but Price does not want to keep in touch, for an old enemy is out to get him.

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    E21The Fixer
    · 30m

    Wedding bells ring out for Miss Ewell and Mr Sibley. Meanwhile, Potter's ding-dong with his wife Ruby ends in a fly-away flourish.

Series 31970
14 episodes
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    E1Ag Bow Rumber
    · 30m

    A new term starts at Fenn Street and this means even more trouble for Bernard Hedges. Apart from the day-to-day hazards of teaching 5C, he has to prepare his unruly bunch for their imminent launching on an unsuspecting world. As prospective school leavers, 5C have to consider their future prospects.

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    E2Stitches and Hitches
    · 30m

    Bernard gets engaged and Abbott gets appendicitis.

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    E3Knick Knack Taffy Whack
    · 30m

    Why does one set about weighing Fenn Street School? It seems that Bernard believes that acts like this will help prepare 5C for their entry into the great, wide world at the end of this term.

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    E4Enter Mister Sibley
    · 30m

    Duffy enters the embraces of the cold and harsh world outside school and finds it cold and harsh.

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    E5It's a St Bernard's Life
    · 30m

    When Smithy falls ill in the country, Bernard sees Reigate in all its rustic glory. He is quite smitten and dreams of the idyllic married life there, but his fiance, Penny, dreams otherwise.

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    E6Two and Two Make Nun
    · 30m

    Maureen feels rejected, not only by Sir but now by Monsignor Sopwith.

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    E7The Honour of the School
    · 30m

    Bernard has an annoying habit of being honourable - even when playing golf. But what of his pupils? When Duffy invites Sharon to a half-term Majorcan holiday, will the habit be catching?

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    E8Cromwell's Last Stand
    · 30m

    When "Hank" Abbott, private detective, goes into action, he opens the cupboards that let out the skeletons. One produces a rash of honesty from Potter. The other makes Cromwell feel that Miss Ewell might yet be won back from Mr Sibley.

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    E9Catch a Falling Drop-Out
    · 30m

    Bernard and 5C drop in at the Conservative Club and make new friends. Maureen also makes a new friend, but he is more interested in dropping out.

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    E10A Star is Born
    · 30m

    It takes a face in a thousand to star in an advertising campaign, but Bernard and Potter make it a two-horse race.

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    E11The Facts of Life
    · 30m

    When Bernard hears Abbott's version of the facts of life - which can only be described as high fiction - he feels that it is time to teach 5C the facts of life in an adult way.

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    E12Situations Vacant
    · 30m

    With the end of the school term approaching, most of Fenn Street's form 5C are already fixed up with jobs, but animal-loving Dennis Dunstable still has no apparent future. Then Bernard has a brainwave which looks like the solution.

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    E13Peace in Our Time
    · 30m

    As 5C break up for the very last time, they prepare to take life by the throat, the shirt, the vest or anything else they can lay their hands on.

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    E14And Everyone Came TooFinale
    · 30m

    Bernard and Penny dream of their wedding day: it should be the happiest day of their lives. However, Potter is chief usher, class 5C are guests, the meteorological department forecasts snow and there are those inevitable unforeseen problems.

Series 21969
13 episodes
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    E1They're Off
    · 30m

    Bernard's attempts to teach maths by using betting as an example earns him admiration from not only 5C but a man who just happens to be painting the classroom walls.

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    E2Common Law
    · 30m

    It's 5C to the rescue when Sharon is attacked on the common going home. Suspicion falls on Potter the Caretaker but how can he prove his innocence?

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    E3Panalal Passes By
    · 30m

    Bernard's efforts to stimulate interest in the Parent-teacher Association ends in chaos when Panalal, a young Indian boy, joins 5C.

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    E4The Sporting Life
    · 30m

    Bernard's new job as sports master gives him the chance to help Eric Duffy solve a problem. Then Eric decides that one good turn deserves another.

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    E5Norman's Conquest
    · 30m

    Potter the caretaker fought in the North Africa regiment during World War II - known as the "desert rats". So when Form 5C get the chance to adopt an animal, they decide on a Jerboa, otherwise known as a desert rat and decide to call him Norman.

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    E6X Certificate
    · 30m

    Fenn Street is having an open day and each class must contribute, even 5C. The only problem is that no-one told Bernard.

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    E7The Decent Thing
    · 30m

    After a particularly raucous night out, Bernard wakes up in a strange bed in a state of alcoholic confusion. Things get worse when he discovers the bed belongs to Sharon's mother.

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    E8The Generation Gap
    · 30m

    Potter's on the warpath as someone has painted his wellies but 5C claim innocence. Bernard tries to get them interested in caring for geriatrics but the enthusiasm is lacking.

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    E9Life Without Doris
    · 30m

    Miss Ewell entertains an offer of migrating to Australia and the staff and kids rejoice. But if she goes then her role as Deputy Headteacher needs filling and Mr Price has his eye on it.

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    E10The School Captain
    · 30m

    The Headmaster, Mr Cromwell, decides to divide the school into houses. But Bernard discovers that 5C's voting methods do not run along the normal lines.

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    E11Out of the Frying Pan
    · 30m

    Fenn Street School dinners are not very appetising, and teachers and pupils alike are avoiding them. Bernard does his best to remedy the situation, but he discovers Mr Potter is in league with the cook.

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    E12Mixed Doubles
    · 30m

    The Headmaster invites the staff out to dinner to celebrate his birthday - at their own expense. Abbott endeavours to copy Duffy's technique with the opposite sex, but after a night out with Maureen Bullock, he only lands himself in trouble with the police.

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    E13Dress CircleFinale
    · 30m

    The staff arrange an outing to the theatre for the fifth form. But the redoubtable Miss Ewell dampens the enthusiasm of all concerned by disapproving of the choice of dress of some of the pupils.

Series 11968
7 episodes

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Details

Networks
London Weekend Television
Seasons
4 · 55 episodes
Runtime
30m per episode
Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
November 8, 1968
IMDB ID
tt0063941

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