13. Neighbors
Bob and Margaret try to befriend the new American neighbours. They also buy a burglar alarm from Graham, the worst salesman in the world.
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S4 E13 · A Very Fishy Christmas
Bob and Margaret is a comedy and animation TV series that premiered on Global TV on June 22, 1998. It has 4 seasons and 52 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 4 Episode 13 "A Very Fishy Christmas", aired on December 25, 2001.
Revolves around married English couple named Bob and Margaret Fish, a middle class 40-ish working couple with no children and two dogs named William and Elizabeth. Bob is a dentist and Margaret is a chiropodist. Bob and Margaret struggle with everyday issues and mid life crisis. Stories often revolve around the mundane, but in a way which is eminently relatable. In the first two seasons, Bob and Margaret live in England, in the South London community of Balham. For the third and fourth seasons, they move to Toronto, Canada, allowing the writers to explore the humour of the culture clash.
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52 episodes · 4 seasons
1998 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 28 years ago
Bob and Margaret try to befriend the new American neighbours. They also buy a burglar alarm from Graham, the worst salesman in the world.
It's Halloween and also the anniversary of Bob's father's death. Bob's Mummy wants to take him to the grave, but it's now a parking lot for a supermarket. Meanwhile Bob has to attend the funeral of an old school friend who has died, but he doesn't remember who he is.
Bob's cousins, Cookie and Melvin, arrive from Canada unannounced. They hate the food and the lack of TV channels and the high cost of everything and they follow Bob and Margaret on their romantic holiday to Cheddar.
Bob is persuaded to give a speech at a big convention in Frankfurt, but he is terrified and doesn't know what to say.
Penny demands a pay rise. Bob stands firm, so Penny quits to work in a florist. Margaret helps out Bob with disastrous consequences and so Bob has to woo Penny back.
Bob and Margaret are having dinner at a friends who they don't particularly like, but feel that they are owed a dinner because of the number of times they have had them over. They expect a lavish spread, but no dinner is planned. Instead, they play a board game called ‘What Would You Do?'
Bob's TV chef brother Peter, leaves the kids with Bob and Margaret when he and his wife travel to India for a live cooking program. When Peter falls ill, Bob and Margaret are concerned they will suddenly be parents.
The dogs are left at a strange kennels while Bob and Margaret go on holiday to a Greek island. But, Bob is terrified to fly and the dogs are terrified of Mr Buttons and his domineering mother.
Bob and Margaret venture to a massive superstore and have many mishaps in the search for cheaper dog food
Bob and Margaret's house is robbed by a couple of charming, hugging burglars. Beany and Boney would make many appearances in the series as the comic rogue element.
Bob and Margaret decide to get fit by playing badminton. Trouble is, they play with Ken and Cathy who take the game very seriously. Ken ends up in the hospital and Bob and Margaret reluctantly go along to be polite
Bob and Margaret are concerned about missing the opportunity to have children so they stay in with a romantic movie and end up going to visit a friend with an obnoxious baby who puts an end to any thoughts of parenthood.
A flashy young dentist opens a practice right across the road from Bob's and steals all his customers - even Margaret. His receptionist also defects, which results in Bob hiring Penny. Things are not, however, as they seem.
1999 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 26 years ago
Bob finds a clown on black velvet painting at a boot sale which ends up potentially worth a small fortune. Features a Godfather pastiche fantasy sequence in which Bob is gunned down by a clown.
Margaret hosts a local radio phone in show called ‘My Foot Hurts'. To celebrate, they go to a new Indian restaurant, but the owners beg for radio support to help them so that they can afford fertility treatment.
Margaret wins a cycling holiday in holand, but Bob tries to get out of it because he never learned to ride a bike. Margaret takes Cathy instead.
Margaret unwittingly hosts a sex toy party, but can only manage to round up a feeble group of guests who include her elderly wheel chair bound aunt and the owner of the Indian restaurant below her office.
The dogs need more excitement in their lives, and so do Bob and Margaret, so they hook up with The Widgeners, a bitchy, artsy couple who live in a converted warehouse. This episode features an enormous corned beef penis!
Bob is impressed by a promotional video about living in the brand new town of Wordsworth Shakespeare and considers leaving London for this idyllic place where roads are straight and named after popular movies.
Margaret takes on a fawning young apprentice at the foot clinic. Meanwhile, Bob and Margaret have an unwanted house guest in the Clive, who tries to interest Bob in hookers. When Bob finds a pair underpants in Margaret's coat pocket he suspects the worst.
When a patient dies of a heart attack in Bob's chair, Bob is struck off and so hires a flashy lawyer to fight the ruling.
Margaret bumps into an old school friend she hasn't seen since she was six. The friend is very successful and this makes Margaret feel inadequate. Meanwhile, Bob agrees to attend an AA meeting and confronts some devils.
An old school friend of Bob's wants to make a documentary about his dental practice, but it doesn't go as Bob had hoped.
When Bob's mother's best friend dies, Bob's brother and sister decide that Mummy might be best moved to a home. They are also excited about selling the house for a small fortune.
Margaret's parents visit. They refuse to answer questions and bring their own toilet paper. They keep thanking Bob for having married their daughter
Margaret is accidentally arrested for shop lifting and treated like a terrorist. Bob is enlisted to entrap her.
2001 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 25 years ago
After Bob and Margaret go shopping in the States, they must transport their goods back through customs.
Bob and Margaret apply for Canadian drivers' licenses, but Bob fails his test.
Bob's obnoxious cousins ruin his visit with the president of the dental council.
A film crew begins shooting a movie on their street.
Bob and Margaret try to expand their limited social circle by joining a book club.
Margaret becomes self-conscious about her looks
Margaret discovers more than she wanted to know about their neighbors when she accidentally picks up the wrong photographs.
Bob gets cajoled into joining his office softball team. Everyone at work is convinced that Bob is a world-class cricket player, but in truth he is terrible at all sports and too embarrassed to tell anyone...
Bob and Margaret are invited to their goddaughter's wedding, which will be televised.
Bob buys a cemetery plot for Margaret as an anniversary gift.
Now in Canada, Bob gets a job at an inner-city dental clinic and Margaret enters the world of women's foot care.
Because their dogs were left unattended while they were stranded in Toronto, an RSPCA uproar forces Bob and Margaret to move to Canada.
Bob and Margaret must spend time with their Canadian cousins when their New York flight is rerouted to Toronto.
2001 · 13 episodes · Last episode: 24 years ago
The Fishes experience the joys of their first Christmas in Canada.
Bob gets stuck taking his neighbors' adult son Gary to work.
Bob's canoe outing with his co-workers goes badly, while back home Margaret tries to deal with incompetent workmen.
After Bob is in a car accident with a local mobster, he decides to install a new security system when the man is released from jail.
When he loses his job, Bob experiences an identity crisis and joins a therapy group.
When Bob saves the life of a suicidal man, he is unprepared for the consequences.
When Margaret becomes a candidate for city council, Bob finds himself enjoying his role as a political spouse.
Margaret is upset when she learns what will happen to Bob's donation to the local sperm bank.
Bob is shocked to learn about his mother's new boyfriend.
Nominated for a Golden Arch Support Award, Margaret wins a romantic getaway, but Bob becomes too jealous to enjoy it.
After attending a financial seminar, Bob becomes hooked on day trading.
Margaret's planned vacation must be aborted when she is called to jury duty.
Bob and Margaret have a near-death experience.
Created by David Fine and Alison Snowden
Bob and Margaret has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on December 25, 2001.
The most recent episode of Bob and Margaret, Season 4 Episode 13 "A Very Fishy Christmas", aired on December 25, 2001.
Bob and Margaret has 4 seasons with 52 episodes in total.
Bob and Margaret first aired on Global TV on June 22, 1998.
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