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"Waiting for God"
A Quick Reference Episode Guide by John T Burt - 1998As seen on KVIE-PBS in the USA.
"Waiting for God" is a 1/2 hour comedy from England. It is about Tom and Diana and the other people at a retirement / rest home. It is funnier that you might imagine. The summaries are from very brief notes.
The new longer summaries are here.
Shows with a USA number were shown on KVIE. The shows did not have on air titles. The summaries for shows I did not see and the titles were adapted from a UK episode guide site at http://www.phill.co.uk/.
| Cast: | |
| Tom - | A relaxed dreamer who goes to imaginary worlds to retreat from reality. |
| Diana - | A grouchy stubborn realist news photographer who refuses to give up. |
| Harvey - | The money and power hungry stupid young man who runs the home. |
| Jane - | Harvey's religious assistant who appears befuddled a lot. |
| Geoffrey - | Tom's ordinary son. |
| Marion - | Geoffrey's alcoholic bitchy wife. |
| USA | Title (unofficial) | Summary | BBC |
| 01 | Welcome to Bayview | Quirky Tom arrives and discovers his grouchy neighbor Diana. | 1-01 |
| 02 | A Trip To Brighton | Diana and Tom take a trip to Brighton in a 'borrowed' Porch. | 1-02 |
| 03 | Cheering Up Tom | Tom threatens to suicide. | 1-03 |
| 04 | The Christening | Diana might have to leave. | 1-04 |
| 05 | Fraulein Mueller | Gretta tries to take over. | 1-05 |
| 06 | The Psychiatrist | The retirement home operator, Harvey, tries to get their power of attorney. | 1-06 |
| 07 | The Helicopter | Diana's aerial photos show a politician doing it on the lawn. | 1-07 |
| 08 | Counseling For The Dying | Keeping the dying company. | 2-01 |
| 09 | The Partition | Tom propositions Diana. She builds a wall across their patio. Daisy arrives. | 2-02 |
| 10 | Daisy Takes Charge | Daisy tries to take over. Tom stops her. The wall comes down. | 2-03 |
| 11 | The Thief | Investigating a theft leads to shoplifting charges. | 2-04 |
| 12 | Tell The Truth | Tom's total honesty has interesting results. | 2-05 |
| 13 | The Hip Operation | Diana breaks her hip and goes to a wedding anyway using a walker. | 2-06 |
| 14 | Glamorous Grannies | Diana is nice till the granny beauty contest. | 2-07 |
| 15 | Foreign Workers | Tom starts a fitness campaign. Harvey hires illegal aliens to save money. | 2-08 |
| 16 | Young People | Harvey's young man sets up Marion, not Diana. | 2-09 |
| 17 | The Boring Son | Jeff leaves Marion and joins his dad. Marion happy, dad not. | 2-10 |
| 18 | The Funeral | Jeff goes back. A wacky vicar runs off with Marion. | 3-01 |
| 19 | Two Nasty Children | Jane, Harvey's assistant, tries to date Harvey. Tom and Diana baby-sit the kids. | 3-02 |
| 20 | Looking For Work | The heat is off at the home and Tom gets a job. | 3-03 |
| 21 | Harvey's Fiancee | Is Harvey engaged to Jane? | 3-04 |
| 22 | The Estate Agent | Diana foils a crooked estate agent. | 3-05 |
| 23 | Scandal | There are interesting results when Tom and Diana have sex. | 3-06 |
| 24 | Sabotage | Diana and Tom fight the hospital to get a vacation. | 3-07 |
| 25 | Politics | Diana and Harvey run for office. | 3-08 |
| 26 | Sleeping Pills | Diana, in hospital, thinks she's dying. | 3-09 |
| 27 | Great Aunt Diana | Diana helps her niece have her baby. | 3-10 |
| Christmas At Bayview | 3-11 | ||
| 28 | Financial Difficulties | Out of money, Diana moves in with Tom. | 4-01 |
| 29 | Living Together | Diana and Tom help a new resident cheer up. | 4-02 |
| 30 | Living In Miserable Sin | Diana moves in with her niece and baby. | 4-03 |
| 31 | Shelves | Diana returns after destroying her niece's fashion show. | 4-04 |
| 32 | The Seance | Diana exposes a fake spiritualist. | 4-05 |
| 33 | The Promotional Video | Sabotaging Harvey's advertisement filming. | 4-06 |
| 34 | Adult Education | Diana pushes Harvey over the edge to get art classes. | 4-07 |
| 35 | Sent To Coventry | Harvey's faking it. Tom makes Diana apologize. | 4-08 |
| 36 | Waterworks | Tom has trouble peeing after a night out. | 4-09 |
| 37 | The Conference | Does Tom have prostate cancer? Turns out it doesn't matter. (last show on KVIE) | 4-10 |
| Another Christmas At Bayview | 4-11 | ||
| After The Operation | Tom returns from prostate surgery. Geoffrey wants to move in with him. | 5-01 | |
| The Bayview Conservation Society | Harvey hires a Japanese consultant to pack more people into Bayview. | 5-02 | |
| A Royal Visit | The monarchy comes under discussion when a visit is rumored. | 5-03 | |
| Diana's Diet | A doctor tells Diana she has to improve her diet if she wants her foot to heal. | 5-04 | |
| Trouble With Men | Harvey takes an interest in Jane. She and Diana decide men are too much trouble. | 5-05 | |
| Harvey The Priest | A driving lesson puts Tom in Jail. Jane is even more religious. Harvey becomes a mail order priest. | 5-06 | |
| Bungee Jumping | Diana agrees to accept Tom's marriage proposal only to stop him from bungee jumping but she imposes strict conditions. | 5-07 | |
| A Double Wedding | The bachelor parties produce some surprises. The two weddings end up at the same time because of a scheduling conflict with a funeral. Harvey and Jane marry but Tom declines at the last minute delighting Diana. | 5-08 |
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