A Sharp Intake of Breath

- Season 2

(1979)

Sheila decides that she wants to move house after six long weeks of DIY, Peter has to make his escape after breaking into a newly built house, and an estate agent refuses to listen when he arrives to take measurements.

Peter is rushed to hospital with a fractured fibula after falling off a fork, a sister causes alarm when she insists on helping him to go to the toilet, and the patient proves to be very difficult when it comes to medication.

Sheila's aunt has died. Peter and Sheila organize the buffet but the relatives are more interested on her bequests from the will.

Peter needs to get away from his friends in the pub, as he has made plans to take Sheila to the cinema. However, leaving the pub is not easy as he thought when he finds that he has a bit of trouble leaving the car park.

A stranger in the pub pours his heart out about his complicated love life, Peter's forced into helping out when the man's wife and girlfriend arrive, and Sheila's left fuming after she speaks to her husband's other woman.

A maintenance man refuses to put lubricant on a squeaky conveyor belt, the shop steward isn't happy when Peter fixes the problem himself, and his boss visits him at home when the union prepare for industrial action.