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Never the Twain (1981)

1981 GB 11 Seasons 261 Episodes

Comedy

Overview

A beloved British sitcom that aired for eleven series from 1981 to 1991, Never the Twain was crafted by Johnnie Mortimer, marking his only solo venture without writing partner Brian Cooke. Mortimer penned the first two series and contributed to select episodes in the eighth, while Vince Powell and John Kane took on the remaining scripts. The show features Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden as feuding antique dealers, alongside a talented cast including Derek Deadman, Zara Nutley, and Honor Blackman. Its title pays homage to Rudyard Kipling's poem, The Ballad of East and West.

Cast

Donald Sinden Windsor Davies Zara Nutley Honor Blackman Teddy Turner Derek Deadman

Episodes

Families At War

The Name Is Mannix

Skid Marks on a Dry Run

A Night At The Opera

Nothing Ever Works Twice

The Many Deaths of Saint Christopher

Make Like It Never Happened

Nothing But The Truth

The Cost of a Vacation

Father Of The Groom

Warning: Live Blueberries

Beyond the Shadow of a Dream

Coffin for a Clown

Catalogue of Sins

Turn Every Stone

Run, Sheep, Run

Then the Drink Takes the Man

The Falling Star

License to Kill---Limit Three People

You Can Get Killed Out There

Another Final Exit (or, The Box)

Eight to Five, Its a Miracle

Delayed Reaction

To Kill a Writer

The Girl in the Frame

Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed ?

As Young As You Feel

A Woman's Place ...

To the Swiftest, Death

End of the Rainbow

lf You Knew Susan

A Copy of Murder

The More We Are Together

Edge of the Knife

Who Will Dig the Graves?

In Need of a Friend

Night Out of Time (or, Blackout)

A View of Nowhere

A Pittance of Faith

Only Giants Can Play

Shadow of a Man (or, Killjoy)

The Girl Who Came in with the Tide

Death in a Minor Key

All Around the Money Tree

The Odds Against Donald Jordan

Last Rites for Miss Emma

The Solid Gold Web

Merry Go Round for Murder

To Catch a Rabbit

Eagles Sometimes Can't Fly

Color Her Missing

A Nose For Quality

Return to Summer Grove

The End Of The Line

A Question of Midnight

The Welsh Connection

A Penny for the Peep Show

Not On The Same Wavelength

A Sleep in the Deep

The Nowhere Victim

The Sound of Darkness

Missing: Sun and Sky

Tooth of the Serpent

Medal for a Hero

Walk With a Dead Man

A Chance at the Roses

Harlequin's Gold

Only One Death to a Customer

Fly, Little One

The Search for Darrell Andrews

Murder Revisited

Once Upon a Saturday

A Home of Your Own

A Ticket to the Eclipse

The Royal Connection

One for the Lady

Time Out of Mind

Words and Music

Figures in a Landscape

No Flame Like An Old Flame

The Mouse That Died

Love's Neighbours' Lost

The Lost Art of Dying

Come Fly with Me!

The Other Game in Town

The World Between

To Cage a Sea Gull

Bang, Bang, You're Dead

Round Trip to Nowhere

What Happened to Sunday?

The Judas Touch

With Intent to Kill

The Crime That Wasn't

A Gathering of Ghosts

A Day Filled with Shadows

Voice in the Dark

The Color of Murder

In Whom We Tryst

Dark So Early, Dark So Long

Going, Going, Gone!

Thicker Than Water

Wine From These Grapes

Reading Between the Lines

Woman in the Shadows

Days Beyond Recall

Definitely Not Cricket!

A Choice of Evils

A Button for General D

The Man Outside

Murder Times Three

To Save a Dead Man

Babe in the Woods

The Sound of Murder

A Walk in the Shadows

To Draw the Lightning

Death in the Fifth Gear

Love ls A Many Splendoured Thing

The Crimson Halo

A Night to Remember

The Battle of Deveraux Dale

Portrait of a Hero

Affair of the Heart

To Kill a Memory

The Upside Down Penny

One Step to Midnight

Harvest of Death

A Puzzle for One

Light and Shadow

A Game of Shadows

The Man Who Wasn't There

A Matter of Principle

Out of the Night

Carol Lockwood, Past Tense

The Faces of Murder

Search for a Whisper

To Quote a Dead Man

A Problem of Innocence

The Danford File

Settled Out of Court

The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress

The Wagers of Sin

A Way to Dusty Death

Climb a Deadly Mountain

Betrothed, Bothered and Bewildered

Little Girl Lost

The Second Time Around

The Gang's All Here

Born to Blush Unseen

Fasten Your Seat Belts

A World Without Sundays

Sing a Song of Murder

Search in the Dark

The Deadly Madonna

All the Dead Were Strangers

Race Against Time (1) (a.k.a.) A Matter of the Heart

Race Against Time (2) (a.k.a.) A Matter of the Heart

A Night Full of Darkness

Walk a Double Line

The Girl From Nowhere

Mask For a Charade

A Question of Murder

Trap for a Pigeon

The Ragged Edge

Grandfathers-In-Law

Portrait in Blues

A Fine Day for Dying

Walk on the Blind Side

Death Has No Face

It's A Long Way To Friern Barnet

A Small Favor for an Old Friend

Enter Tami Okada

Picture of a Shadow

The Survivor Who Wasn't

A Choice of Victims

A Word Called Courage

Edge of the Web

A Ransom for Yesterday

The Empty Tower

Quartet for a Blunt Instrument

Bird of Prey (1)

Bird of Prey (2)

Design for Dying

Search for a Dead Man

Just the Ticket

A Point of Honour

A New Lease of Life

Aspects of Love

A Winter's Tale

X Marks the Spot

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

There But for the Grace of God

A Car By Any Other Name

The Best Laid Plans

There Goes the Bride

Two Fools and Their Money

The First of the Queue