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* SlowAndSteadyWinsTheRace: Roger hasn't got the greatest cricket team, and there are jokes about their low success rate when his captaincy is challenged in series two, but over the course of the series we see them win far more matches than they lose.
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* SlowAndSteadyWinsTheRace: Roger hasn't got the greatest cricket team, and there are jokes about their low success rate when his captaincy is challenged in series two, but over the course of the series we see them win far more matches than they lose. Specifically: five won, one lost, plus one abandoned due to the death of a player, one draw because rain stopped play, and two outcome unknown.
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* DinnerWithTheBoss: Alex brings Gerald Mason, the senior partner of his law firm, to the club barbeque. He's been trying to impress him but after he snubs Kevin, Maggie teaches him a lesson by behaving outrageously flirtatiously in front of Gerald and getting Alex to dance with her.
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* DinnerWithTheBoss: Alex brings Gerald Mason, the senior partner of his law firm, to the club barbeque. He's been trying to impress him but after he Alex snubs Kevin, Maggie teaches him a lesson by behaving outrageously flirtatiously in front of Gerald and getting Alex to dance with her.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Alex's karmic punishment during series three. See LaserGuidedKarma below.
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* ComeToGawk: After being [[spoiler: disfigured by Sophie's dog]] in series three, Alex attempts to return to the cricket ground just to watch the team lose without him, but then Miriam and every member of the team wants to come and have a look at [[spoiler: his face minus a nose]].
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* DontYouDarePityMe: Alex's reaction to Sophie trying to support him in the final episode, following his accident. He's threatening to sue her, her dog, and everyone on the team.
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* HumiliationConga: Alex gets one in each of the two final episodes - when [[spoiler: everyone on the team wants to see what he looks like after the dog attack, and when they all laugh at him for turning up in church in a GagNose.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: The vain and arrogant Alex, who's obsessed with his looks, [[spoiler: gets attacked by Sophie's dog in series three, which ''bites off his nose'', thankfully offscreen. He's only seen from behind or in a ridiculous carnival mask for the remainder of the show.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: The vain and arrogant Alex, who's obsessed with his looks, [[spoiler: gets attacked by Sophie's dog in series three, which ''bites off his nose'', thankfully offscreen. He's only seen from behind or in a ridiculous carnival mask GagNose for the remainder of the show.]]
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* PsychoPoodle: Sophie's dog is one, as Alex discovers to his cost.
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* AreYouSureYouCanDriveThisThing? Kevin and Maggie present the club with a new motor-mower in series three. Everyone wants a go - but it's Miriam who gets the throttle stuck and goes surging off across the fields. [[spoiler: She's rescued by Clive.]]
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* AreYouSureYouCanDriveThisThing? AreYouSureYouCanDriveThisThing Kevin and Maggie present the club with a new motor-mower in series three. Everyone wants a go - but it's Miriam who gets the throttle stuck and goes surging off across the fields. [[spoiler: She's rescued by Clive.]]
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* AreYouSureYouCanDriveThisThing? Kevin and Maggie present the club with a new motor-mower in series three. Everyone wants a go - but it's Miriam who gets the throttle stuck and goes surging off across the fields. [[spoiler: She's rescued by Clive.]]
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Kevin and Maggie are (mainly) happy together, and can't have the baby they long for. Bob and Ginnie aren't, and have a child together.
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* RomanticCandlelitDinner: Kevin and Maggie enjoy these at home, with Kevin doing the cooking, though he lets Maggie choose the menu.
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* BrattyFoodDemand: Miriam is ill and unable to join Roger at the pavilion. Alex's reaction? "Never mind about all that, who's going to do my tea?"
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* EnforcedPlug: Albeit for a good cause: on the original broadcast, the Christmas special had the ITV Christmas Care Line phone number scrolling across the screen towards the end. A couple of cast members recorded pieces to camera promoting the service, to be shown later in the evening.
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* FeminineWomenCanCook: Miriam is synonymous with her teas in the eyes of the team, and when she gets flu, Roger and everyone else start looking around for another woman to do the job, with no one thinking of [[spoiler: Kevin]].
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* SickEpisode: When Miriam gets flu in series two, Roger has to find someone else to make the teas.
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* SoupIsMedicine: Maggie takes Miriam some of Kevin's chicken soup when she is suffering from flu.
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* BrattyHalfPint: The team is bothered by a mischievous kid in the final episode of series two, who impresses Roger with his cricket knowledge and asks if he can have a bowl. Determined to prove himself a better candidate for captain than Alex, Roger agrees and announces he will set up a junior branch of the team. The kid then takes a very, very long run-up... then [[spoiler: runs off with the ball]].
* CharacterCatchphrase:
"Love you, OK, fair enough?"/"Love you too, darling." (Roger and Miriam)
"Come along, Mim, chop chop."/"Oh, please don't chop chop me, Roger." (Roger and Miriam)
".. stupid great haystack..." (Kevin, of Maggie)
"... you silly little person..." (Maggie, of Kevin)
"... let's go and watch them knock their silly little ball about." (Maggie, of the team, with variations)
"Love you, OK, fair enough?"/"Love you too, darling." (Roger and Miriam)
"Come along, Mim, chop chop."/"Oh, please don't chop chop me, Roger." (Roger and Miriam)
".. stupid great haystack..." (Kevin, of Maggie)
"... you silly little person..." (Maggie, of Kevin)
"... let's go and watch them knock their silly little ball about." (Maggie, of the team, with variations)
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* HappierHomeMovie: Roger's movie of the Corfu trip helps to mend most of the relationships within the team in the Christmas special. This is then inverted when Ginnie spots Bob on the video with his ex-wife Helen, setting off a chain of furious rows.
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* HappierHomeMovie: Roger's movie of the Corfu trip helps to mend most of the relationships within the team in the Christmas special. This is then inverted when [[spoiler: Ginnie spots Bob on the video with his ex-wife Helen, setting off a chain of furious rows.rows]].
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* SlowAndSteadyWinsTheRace: Roger hasn't got the greatest cricket team, and there are jokes about their low success rate when his captaincy is challenged in series two, but over the course of the series we see them win far more matches than they lose.
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* TheVicar: The team's new ground in the final series is close to a church, and its vicar John joins the cricket team.
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* TheVicar: The team's new ground in the final series is close to a church, and its vicar Vicar John joins the cricket team.
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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The theme and most of the incidental music for the series consists of classical pieces, arranged by Fiachra Trench. This includes Haydn's 'Surprise Symphony' for the opening titles, 'Carmen' for Maggie and the 'wolf' theme from Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf' for Dennis.
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* DodgyToupee: Subverted with Dennis in series 3 - he's bald, vain and suddenly starts appearing with his cap permanently on his head. Everyone, especially Bob, assumes he's building up to the reveal of a new hairpiece, but in the final episode we discover [[spoiler: he's been concealing the scars of a hair transplant that went badly wrong]].
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* DodgyToupee: Subverted with Dennis in series 3 three - he's bald, vain and suddenly starts appearing with his cap permanently on his head. Everyone, especially Bob, assumes he's building up to the reveal of a new hairpiece, but in the final episode we discover [[spoiler: he's been concealing the scars of a hair transplant that went badly wrong]].
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* ShoutOut: During the Corfu trip, Maggie is chatted up by Spiros, a middle-aged Greek who says she must be unhappy in her marriage and invites her aboard his boat. Maggie turns him down politely, noting: "I've seen the film" ({{Theatre/"Shirley Valentine"}}).
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* ShoutOut: During the Corfu trip, Maggie is chatted up by Spiros, a middle-aged Greek who says she must be unhappy in her marriage and invites her aboard his boat. Maggie turns him down politely, noting: "I've seen the film" ({{Theatre/"Shirley Valentine"}}).({{Theatre/Shirley Valentine}}).
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* ShoutOut: During the Corfu trip, Maggie is chatted up by Spiros, a middle-aged Greek who says she must be unhappy in her marriage and invites her aboard his boat. Maggie turns him down politely, noting: "I've seen the film" ({{Theatre/Shirley Valentine}}).
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* ShoutOut: During the Corfu trip, Maggie is chatted up by Spiros, a middle-aged Greek who says she must be unhappy in her marriage and invites her aboard his boat. Maggie turns him down politely, noting: "I've seen the film" ({{Theatre/Shirley Valentine}}).({{Theatre/"Shirley Valentine"}}).
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* ShoutOut: During the Corfu trip, Maggie is chatted up by Spiros, a middle-aged Greek who says she must be unhappy in her marriage and invites her aboard his boat. Maggie turns him down politely, noting: "I've seen the film" ({{Theatre/ShirleyValentine}}).({{Theatre/Shirley Valentine}}).
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* ShoutOut: During the Corfu trip, Maggie is chatted up by Spiros, a middle-aged Greek who says she must be unhappy in her marriage and invites her aboard his boat. Maggie turns him down politely, noting: "I've seen the film" ({{Theatre/ShirleyValentine}}).
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* DomesticAbuse: Roger to Miriam, Dennis to Shirley, Ginnie to Bob... Treated more lightly than a comedy series would today.
* ForcedFromTheirHome: Bob is thrown out by Ginnie during series three and goes to stay with the Dervishes after being found sleeping in the pavilion, though Ginnie later denies this and says he walked out.
* ItsAllAboutMe: It doesn't matter if your basement has collapsed, if your wife is having a baby, if you're a Vicar about to do a christening... if Roger needs you to play or do something for the team, he expects you to put this above all else.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The real cricket pavilion and field used up until the Christmas special were becoming increasingly difficult, with filming having to take place around fixtures for the real-life team. This led to Brent Park CC moving to a new ground at the start of series three, with the new pavilion being built on location especially for the production.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The real cricket pavilion and field used up until the Christmas special were becoming increasingly difficult, difficult to use, with filming having to take place around fixtures for the real-life team. This led to Brent Park CC moving to a new ground at the start of series three, with the new pavilion being built on location especially for the production.
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* BritsLoveTea: Everything, but "everything" revolves around the tea interval at Brent Park CC, and heaven help Roger if there are no refreshments for the team to enjoy.
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* BritsLoveTea: Everything, but "everything" ''everything'' revolves around the tea interval at Brent Park CC, and heaven help Roger if there are no refreshments for the team to enjoy.
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* MeaningfulFuneral: Arranged for [[spoiler: Fred]] in series two. Unfortunately, a drunken Kevin has suggested to Roger it be a CheerfulFuneral and has neglected to tell anyone else on the team. [[spoiler: Roger and Miriam turn up in the brightest outfits imaginable, to find everyone else dressed in black.]]
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* BritsLoveTea: Everything, but "everything" revolves around the tea interval at Brent Park CC, and heaven help Roger if there are no refreshments for the team to enjoy.
