Barbara

Barbara

1999 4 Seasons 28 Episodes ⭐ 6.5 Comedy

Barbara is a British sitcom starring Gwen Taylor in the title role. A pilot was broadcast in 1995, and three series were then televised from 1999 to 2003. It was made by Central Television, and filmed at their Lenton Lane studios in Nottingham in front of a live studio audience. The majority of location scenes for the series were filmed in various suburbs of Nottingham, including Mapperley and West Bridgford, with other scenes filmed around Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Despite winning awards and respectable viewing figures, it was axed by ITV in 2003.

Barbara is a British sitcom starring Gwen Taylor in the title role. A pilot was broadcast in 1995, and three series were then televised from 1999 to 2003. It was made by Central Television, and filmed at their Lenton Lane studios in Nottingham in front of a live studio audience. The majority of location scenes for the series were filmed in various suburbs of Nottingham, including Mapperley and West Bridgford, with other scenes filmed around Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Despite winning awards and respectable viewing figures, it was axed by ITV in 2003.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Birthday

Abrasive doctor's receptionist Barbara is preparing for her sister Jean's birthday when daughter Linda rings to say she

EP 2

Rivals

Barbara and Doreen find themselves competing for the attention of handsome young Dr Brown but when he clearly prefers to

EP 3

Armour

Having been sacked as a hospital visitor for failing to notice when a patient passed out, Barbara is not in the best of

EP 4

Friends

Ted finds a salmon left in his cab so Barbara cooks it for tea but when the irate owner arrives demanding its return Ted

EP 5

Coffee

Jean returns to Phil but her obsession with his baldness leads Linda and Neil to believe that she is also bald and they

EP 6

Scattering

Barbara drags the rest of the family to the Yorkshire moors to scatter her mother's ashes but no sooner has she begun th

EP 1

Kids

The new baby is giving Martin sleepless nights and he falls asleep on air,getting him the sack. In frustration he punche

EP 2

Massage

When Barbara does her back in she does not take kindly to Ted hiring beefy Mrs Gibbs to do her cleaning and goes behind

EP 3

Mum

Ted's mother Queenie,who is even ruder and more outspoken than Barbara - whom she dislikes - comes to visit and makes it

EP 4

Christening

Linda and Martin's baby's christening is not the most smooth running of affairs. Firstly Martin's divorced parents have

EP 5

Tyres

Barbara resigns after being told patients complain of her rudeness but,having gone for interview at another practice wit

EP 6

Fox

Martin and Linda are not happy when Barbara offers to help mind the baby when Linda returns to work. Barbara is not happ

EP 7

Sisters

With Doreen away Jean steps in to help Barbara at the surgery and is a great hit with the patients,organizing sing-songs

EP 8

Mate

Ted makes a new friend in the lonely but pushy and irritating Vernon who shares Ted's interest in metal detection but is

EP 9

Wedding

Jean is get married to Phil but Barbara is not happy - this time because Ted's old flame Yvonne is back in town and he i

EP 10

Sheep

Ted and Barbara spend a day returning sheep dumped on them to the countryside but for Ted the real nightmare is dreaming

EP 1

Queenie

Having been thrown out of yet another care home Queenie becomes an unwelcome guest at Ted and Barbara's house refusing t

EP 2

Flood

Ted and Barbara put the house up for sale but,after a night of torrential rain,find that,like the rest of the street,the

EP 3

Valentine

It's midnight and soon Valentine's Day will dawn but Ted and Martin have both forgotten and a quick visit to the all-nig

EP 4

Crime

When the area is hit by a spate of burglaries Barbara joins the Neighbourhood Watch and hosts them at her house but so a

EP 5

Weekend

After a trying day at work Barbara and Ted both decide to take early retirement but find themselves under each other's f

EP 6

Baby

Linda and Martin have been trying for another baby without success - though Martin is more pleased about this than Linda

EP 1

Honeymoon

To celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary Ted takes Barbara to Scarborough,where they spent their original honeymo

EP 2

Neighbours

Christmas is coming but due to Barbara's abrasive manner the Liversidges are not getting many cards. Then Barbara gets i

EP 3

Guy Fawkes

Ted and Barbara go to offer their sympathies to his friend Frank,whose wife Edna has recently died and discover that Ted

EP 4

Kirsty

Barbara and Ted return from holiday,Ted having broken his leg retrieving their luggage from the airport carousel. They f

EP 5

Cottage

To celebrate Barbara's sixtieth birthday the family,with Doreen,head off for a country cottage for the weekend,only to f

EP 6

Who Shot Barbara?

Barbara rows with Ted,accusing him of spending too much time doing DIY for Neil's girlfriend's mother,an old flame of hi

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