You Rang, M'Lord? - Season 3 (1991)

P. C. Wilson cheers up Mrs. Lipton with a bunch of flowers - from the front garden - whilst Lady Lavender invites the staff to the wedding of her pet parrots. With Cissy a potential Labour candidate and himself anxious to join the board of governors of the BBC, Lord George feels he should take on the workers' point of view and invites three of his factory staff to a dinner of fish and chips. The evening is neither a flop nor a success though it awakens Teddy's liking for fish and chips and unites Alf and James in their discontent that they are not the workers enjoying...

When Poppy tells Agatha of her engagement to Dickie Metcalfe Agatha is appalled. He is a penniless fortune hunter, blackmailing Agatha over her indiscretions. Poppy, however, will hear nothing bad about Dickie and they drive off to Gretna Green to get married. The family and the staff give chase and catch up with them at Watford Gap where Dickie escapes in Cissy's plane and Ralph takes pot shots at him, incurring his wife's admiration for once. Poppy also reiterates her fondness for James but Ivy is annoyed that she treats him like her lap-dog and he obeys.

James is offered the post of butler with Ralph Shawcross and, apart from Alf, nobody wants him to leave, particularly love-struck Poppy, who promises to pay him more money to stay, and Ivy. Mabel, the daily skivvy, is also grateful to him when he lends her rent money and there is general jubilation when the job offer is withdrawn. Not only that but Cissy has been elected as a Socialist member, to her father's horror but the staff's delight. Alf's advice to Teddy to feign impotence to get out of marrying Madge Cartwright, however, backfires.

Lord George treats the entire household, including P. C. Wilson, who drives the bus, to a picnic at stately Peabody Hall. Nobody is surprised to find that Ralph and Agatha are also there with their staff - except Lord George, supposedly. Teddy finds he has feelings for Ivy whilst Poppy and James renew some unfinished business. Ralph has a nice afternoon nap due to the brandy with which Agatha has plied him and he thanks George for 'entertaining' her. In the evening both households join together for a sing-song round the campfire.