How many seasons does The Bounder have?

The Bounder has 2 seasons with 14 episodes.

When did The Bounder premiere?

The Bounder premiered on April 16, 1982.

The Bounder

Name: The Bounder
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Peter Bowles, George Cole, Isla Blair, Rosalind Ayres

ITV1 Ended Comedy

2 Seasons · 14 Episodes · Premiered April 16, 1982 · Ended October 28, 1983

The Bounder is a British sitcom which ran from 16 April 1982 to 28 October 1983, made by Yorkshire Television. The series starred Peter Bowles as Howard Booth, an ex-convict who served two years in jail.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

7 episodes

E01

He's Not Heavy, He's My Brother-in-Law

Fri, Apr 16 1982 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Howard Booth, a smoothly plausible former investment manager, emerges from prisonafter serving two years for fraud. Having nowhere to go and no funds, he imposes himself on his trusting younger sister Mary and her cynical estate agent husband, Trevor Mountjoy.

E02

Howard at the Majestic

Fri, Apr 23 1982 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Determined to treat Trevor and Mary to a wedding anniversary dinner at a posh hotel, Howard cons his way into a private party, pretending to be a school old boy. After being exposed by the manager, he attempts to impersonate the head waiter. Despite his initially successful plan, he comes badly unstuck.

E03

We'll Go No More a' Roving

Fri, Apr 30 1982 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Howard romances Laura, a well-off widowed neighbour. Having done some creative writing whilst in prison, he pretends to be a dashingnovelist and romantic poet. But she soon learns the truth.

E04

Raising the Wind

Fri, May 7 1982 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

When Trevor won't advance Howard a small loan, he cons a bank manager into investing in an African diamond mine he claims to have discovered during a fictitious trip to Africa. But the scheme is quickly exposed as a fraud.

E05

On Approval

Fri, May 14 1982 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Howard gives Laura a £7000 diamond bracelet, which he's obtained on approval using Trevor's name. Laura likes it and Howard has to face paying for it or persuading her to reject it.

E06

Suspicion

Fri, May 21 1982 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Howard and Trevor are shopping at an expensive clothes shop, but Howard spots his former cellmate ‘Greasy" at his usual occupation - shoplifting. When Greasy slips the purloined items into Trevor's shopping bag, Howard has to do some quick thinking, includingimpersonating a police officer.

E07

The Rival

Fri, May 28 1982 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Laura is being wooed by an Italian, Count Montefiore, which leads Howard to jealousy. He engages an enquiry agent to check up on the Count and see if he's really who he claims to be. But the investigator mistakenly checks Howard out, rather than the Count.

Season 2

7 episodes

E01

A Tale of the Unexpected

Fri, Sep 16 1983 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Mary has left Trevor and the house is a mess. Trevor engages a cleaning woman, but Howard thinks she's Trevor's girlfriend and scares her into leaving.

E02

Matchmaker

Fri, Sep 23 1983 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Howard starts the HB Matrimonial Agency, but the first (and only) two clients are dissatisfied with his bumbling efforts and demand their money back.

E03

Raffles

Fri, Sep 30 1983 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Laura's house is burgled and her jewellery stolen. The police suspect it's the work of a known thief, nicknamed ‘Raffles', but Howard's criminal record causes them to suspect him instead. Howard discovers Raffles breaking into Trevor's house, but realises it's really ‘Greasy', who he shared a cell with in prison.

E04

Love Me - Love My Dog

Fri, Oct 7 1983 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Howard is still smitten with Laura, but she isn't as gullible as he supposes and resists his advances. To compound her resistance, she acquires ‘Sabre', a German Shepherd Dog, who takes Howard's presence as a threat.

E05

Third Party

Fri, Oct 14 1983 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Howard and Laura believe that Mary is seeing another man, but it turns out that he's only trying to sell her insurance. But then Laura falls for him – or does she?

E06

A Genuine Simpson

Fri, Oct 21 1983 11:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min

Howard meets ‘Softly' Simpson, a painter and forger he knew in prison, and persuades him to paint Trevor. But the painting looks more like the portrait of the Duke of Wellington on a five pound note (withdrawn in 1991) than Trevor.

E07

Unreasonable Behaviour

Fri, Oct 28 1983 12:00 PM GMT+0000 30 min

Mary sues Trevor for divorce. Laura is attracted to Trevor, but Howard sets him up with Gloria, Trevor's secretary, who is already engaged. They all meet at a social function where Trevor is due to speak, and it's a disaster. Mary phones to ask to see Trevor, and he hopes for reconciliation, but the situation is left unresolved.