S01E01 You Must Remember This
We meet the two main characters: Lionel and Jean. In the pilot episode, Lionel is in a hotel cafe giving a waitress a hard time. He is scathingly sarcastic. Jean is, similarly, seen being brittle...
As Time Goes By
S01E06: The Picnic
Jean and Lionel are both flattered by the romantic attentions of Alistair and Judith, but decide that things cannot continue as they are. Jean bets that if all four of them go on a picnic together, Judith and Alistair will hit it off. But perhaps it will be Jean and Lionel who grow closer...
Overview
Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.
Episodes
S01E02 Getting to Know You --- Again
Jean and Lionel look no closer to renewing their relationship when Lionel checks out of his hotel without telling Jean. However, Lionel's publisher, Alistair, convinces him to go to a party tonight to meet some...
S01E03 The Copper Kettle
Lionel is about to go on a lecture circuit, so he invites Jean for a day out. The revisit some old haunts, only to discover that a lot has changed. However, after a trek through...
S01E04 Surprise, Surprise
Judith persuades Jean to surprise Lionel by going along to his lecture in Nowrich. However, it is Jean who gets the surprise when she finds that Lionel already has a lady friend to stay with....
S01E05 Relationships
The trip to Nowrich has changed Jean and Lionel's relationship. While Alistair still continues his romantic overtures to Jean, Lionel attempts to smooth things over with Jean. Alistair also gets Lionel to attempt another revision...
S01E06 The Picnic
Jean and Lionel are both flattered by the romantic attentions of Alistair and Judith, but decide that things cannot continue as they are. Jean bets that if all four of them go on a picnic...
Cast
Judi Dench
Jean Pargetter
Geoffrey Palmer
Lionel Hardcastle
Moira Brooker
Judith "Judy" Hanson
Jenny Funnell
Sandy
Philip Bretherton
Alistair Deacon
