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List of episodes and airdates:

Series one

1. Hello Joan, Hello Bruce (18 August 1980)

This series is about the ups downs of a turbulent marriage. In the first episode, shady second-hand car dealer and womanizer Bruce Jefferson meets Joan King. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 20 August 1980, p.39 [supplement]).

2. I Do, I Do (25 August 1980)

Bruce meets his father-in-law for the first time and fails to make a great impression, while Joan takes over the editorship of her father's magazine. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 27 August 1980, p.39 [supplement])

3. The Honeymoon Is Over (1 September 1980)

There's chaos when Joan and Bruce's relatives get together for dinner party. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 3 September 1980, p.39 [supplement]).

4. Dinner for Two (8 September 1980)

[No synopsis available.]

5. The Other Woman (15 September 1980)

Jacko persuades Bruce to use his masculine charms to attract new business for their advertising agency. Joan, however, becomes suspicious of Bruce's activities and believes he is being unfaithful. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 17 September 1980, p.39 [supplement])

6. The Other Man (22 September 1980)

Bruce suspects Joan is being unfaithful and hires a private detective. Joan is still not convinced of Bruce's fidelity and inadvertently engages the same detective. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 24 September 1980, p.39 [supplement])

7. Goodbye Joan, Goodbye Bruce (29 September 1980) (final)

Joan decides that she and Bruce need to consult a marriage guidance counsellor. Jacko convinces them to take a second honeymoon. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 1 October 1980, p.39 [supplement]).

Series two

1. Friends and Neighbours (17 December 1981)

Sir Edmund King installs a lady friend in the flat next door to his daughter and son-in-law. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 16 December 1981, p.157.)

[Special programming on Christmas Eve.]

2. A Nice Bit of Death (31 December 1981)

There is confusion as to whether or not Bruce is dying. The confusion is enhanced when the Doctor's nurse mixes up Bruce's medical report with someone elses. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 30 December 1981, p.221.)

[No episode on 7 January 1982]

3. Dear Helen (14 January 1982)

Joan thinks Bruce is a womaniser. Bruce thinks it is all in her mind and suggests she see a psychiatrist. The prevailing circumstances do little to relieve her doubts. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 13 January 1982, p.125.)

4. Fancy Dress (21 January 1982)

Joan's mother arranges a party and Rita tells Joan that it will be fancy dress. Joan discovers that it is not and devises a way to get back at Rita. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 20 January 1982, p.125)

5. Old Friends (28 January 1982)

Bruce and Jacko have their sights set on Hollywood when an American movie mogul comes looking for talent. ([Television guide], Australian Women's Weekly, 27 January 1982, p.125)

6. Away From It all (4 February 1982) (final)

A riot erupts when Joan and Bruce are accidentally booked into the same hotel as Sir Edmund and his lady friend. ([Television guide], Australian Women's weekly, 3 February 1982, p.125)