Love Thy Neighbour

- Season 1

(1972)

When a Black couple moves in next door, Eddie decides that he and his wife Joan must move. He changes his mind when he sees the woman, but trouble is still afoot.

The house next door to Eddie and Joan has been sold and the couple that moves in comes as a massive shock to Eddie.

Joan tries some of Barbie's exotic food on Eddie. After joining the works social club, Bill challenges Eddie to see who's best at Limbo dancing.

Bill gets angry at Eddie when he keeps ogling Barbie while she's sunbathing in the garden. Eddie thinks Bill is stirring things up, so he decides to move. Bill doesn't want any Black people moving in.

After an argument over a new machine at work gets out of hand, Bill and Eddie both withdraw their labour and go on strike. As a result, Barbie and Joan both also go on strike until the guys go back to work.

Eddie has a union meeting at the pub with Jacko and Arthur; Barbie and Joan think that their husbands have a roving eye, so they phone two friends to try to tempt them into cheating.

Eddie gets all excited about meeting Harold Wilson, but the arguments start when Bill puts a poster of Edward Health in his window. To prove a bet that Blacks can get served anywhere, Eddie dresses up in an Afro wig and blacks himself up.

Barbie suggests to Joan that she doesn't wear a bra like her, to try to keep Eddie interested, but Eddie doesn't even notice. When he later thinks he sees Joan and Bill embracing, Eddie gets really drunk and tries to start a fight.