-> ''All he needed was the love of a good woman. Any woman would have done.''

The Miss World episode. Eddie has been out to to the dole office where the supervisor has cut his dole off because their savings are too high — £11.80. Of this, he has spent £1.50 on a pristine first-edition copy of ''Parade'' and £10 on a bet on Miss World. Richie tries to fake his death to get a drink from him. Richie laments on why no one will have sex with him (again). Richie makes a meal for two consisting of grilled lettuce, beans, green 'bacon' and 'elm' tea. Richie changes the channel which results in a fight, and Eddie is thrown out.

The two make up and Eddie confesses to having bet £10 on Miss China who, we are told, isn't very poised or attractive. The competition results in a win for Miss France. Eddie destroys the TV in a fit of rage and then confesses to never putting the bet on -- instead, he spent the money on a slap-up grill to avoid Richie's cooking.

!!Tropes

* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Combined with AnachronismStew. Eddie's dole is cut because he has too many savings - £11.80, which is then supposed to last up to two months. That little money would not have lasted them anywhere near as long at the time the show is set. Although, given the lifestyle the duo have, it's possible the clerk was taking the piss. [[SarcasmBlind Richie, of course, takes it literally]].
* AssShove: Eddie threatens Richie with a creative version:
-->'''Eddie:''' Richard, I'm warning you. If you don't shut up and let me watch Miss World I'm going to stuff your head up your bum. And you'll spend the rest of your life wandering around on all fours looking for the light switch.
* BigShutUp: In so many words from Eddie:
-->'''Eddie:''' Oh, shut up. Every day, yakkety bloody yak, on and on and on! Day in, day out - slime in this ear, slime in that ear! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Just! Stop! Talking!]]
* BottleEpisode: The episode solely focuses on the duo in the flat.
* CordonBleughChef: Richie concocts a dinner of burnt green bacon, ruined vegetables and fly-ridden beans.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Most definitely when compared to the rest of the series. This episode, long suspected to be the pilot (though never confirmed as such), has a distinctly bleaker tone than all other episodes. It begins with Richie faking a suicide attempt in a doomed bid to get Eddie to buy him a drink. Even the flat looks dingier than usual.
* HowWeGotHere: It is established that they got the flat from Richie's aunt (although given that their landlord is Mr. Harrison, Richie is presumably the beneficiary of some sort of sitting tenancy arrangement). Eddie is supposed to pay (or at least contribute to) the rent but hasn't done so for years.
* ILied: Eddie spent the missing ₤10 on dinner elsewhere after noticing Richie foraging through the window box for stuff to cook. He just said the money went on a bet on Miss World so that Richie would let him watch it on the television.
* ItsNotPornItsArt: Discussed in relation to the pristine first-edition copy of ''Parade'' magazine [[note]] a RealLife British "art pamphlet" (or, if you prefer, "jazz mag") that was published from 1960 until the mid-2000s, by which time men looking for that sort of thing could just [[TheInternetIsForPorn use the Internet]] [[/note]] that Eddie bought, and a section of the Sistine Chapel depicting three naked women (the latter being an image reproduced in Richie's art book, which he uses as a masturbatory aid so frequently that the book always falls open on that page).
* NoodleIncident: The bullfight-like incident involving Eddie's trousers during his 10-minute Bunny Girl job in 1978. Which was the last time he had a job.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Richie turns his nose up at the prospect of watching Miss World on TV, but as soon as Eddie leaves, he starts watching it and fully intends to pleasure himself, only to be interrupted by Eddie returning before he can get started.
* PrecisionFStrike: A mild humourous version:
-->'''Eddie:''' ''(looks in his cup)'' What's this?
-->'''Richie:''' Elm tea. The gypsies swear by it.
-->'''Eddie:''' I bet they do. I bet they say "What the bloody hell is this?"
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After their revolting dinner.
-->'''Eddie:''' Is there any pudding?
-->'''Richie:''' Oh yes.
-->'''Eddie:''' Right, I'm off.
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