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* ProductPlacement:
** Dorien makes a snarky comment about Darryl and Chris' cells being featured in ''Country Homes & Interiors''.
** The coach the girls take to the prison is supplied by ''Atlas Coaches''.
** Sharon gets a can of ''Pepsi'' at the roadside café, while a can of ''Tango'' is visible in the background.
** The taxi Tracey and Sharon take to the hospital is supplied by ''Tony's Taxis''.
** Chris asks the prison warder to get him and Dorien a couple of ''Kit Kat's'', however there are none so he gets Dorien a ''Flake''.
** Dorien shows off her ''Versace'' blouse at breakfast.
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** Dorien makes a snarky comment about Darryl and Chris' cells being featured in ''Country Homes & Interiors''.
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-->'''Dorien''': No no, she did shift her fat- Look, she is on the Isle of Wight.

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-->'''Dorien''': No no, she did shift her fat- ({{Beat}}) Look, she is on the Isle of Wight.
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-->-- '''Chris Theodopolopodous''' asking '''Dorien Green''' why his wife Sharon isn't visiting him.
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-->'''Chris''': Wha' th' 'ell are you doin' 'ere? Sommat happen to Sharon did it?
-->'''Dorien''': No she's fine, she just didn't want to visit you.

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-->'''Chris''': ->'''Chris''': Wha' th' 'ell are you doin' 'ere? Sommat happen to Sharon did it?
-->'''Dorien''': ->'''Dorien''': No she's fine, she just didn't want to visit you.
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* SpotOfTea:
** Sharon offers Tracey some prison tea when she starts to feel sick.
** Dorien asks the prison warder for two cups of tea.
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* CallBack: Two to "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherS3E5Confidence Confidence]]" - Dorien's interest in psychology and Chris developing feelings for Dorien.
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* TakeThat:
** Chris calls himself Gazza without the streak of self-destructive violence.
** Sharon tells Dorien she wears more jewelry than Ron Atkinson.


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* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Dorien hides a microphone in her cleavage so she can interview Chris.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Tracey vomits on Sharon in the taxi.
-->'''Cab Driver''': Oi! I 'ope that did'n' go all over my upholst'ry.
* WolfWhistle: A prisoner does this when he sees Dorien and gets slapped by his wife.

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Chris and Darryl are temporarily in Albany prison on the Isle of Wight. Sharon cancels her visit for Dorien so she can interview Chris about sexual deprivation for her OU dissertation. But while Dorien becomes the centre of attention, Tracey becomes a victim of food poisoning after eating at a motorway cafe.

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Chris and Darryl are temporarily in Albany prison on the Isle of Wight. Sharon cancels her visit for Dorien so she can interview Chris about sexual deprivation for her OU dissertation. But while Dorien becomes the centre of attention, Tracey becomes a victim of food poisoning after eating at a motorway cafe.
roadside café.



* AccidentalMisnaming: The prison warder accidentally pronounces Theodopolopodous as "Theodopolopolous".
* BigDamnKiss: Dorien gives Chris one as she leaves the prison.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: A woman calls out Dorien for jumping the prison queue, and in response a clueless Dorien waves her visiting order and tells the woman not to worry because she's got an invitation.
* DopeSlap: A woman slaps her husband for whistling at Dorien.
* EroticEating: The way Dorien eats a ''Flake'' makes all everyone in the room stare and clap once she's finished.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Dorien asks a guest at the hotel why he'd stay doing manual labour on the Isle of Wight for eighteen years, so the guest explains he was sentenced to after his murder trial. After hearing this, Dorien's eyes pop out and she makes a hasty exit.
* FictionalDocument: Dorien begins writing a book called ''Long-term Imprisonment and Sexual Deprivation''.
* TheFoodPoisoningIncident: Tracey gets food poisoning from a bad quiche just before she can visit Darryl.
* ForcefulKiss: Dorien grabs Chris by the head and makes out with him before she leaves the prison.
* GroinAttack: Marcus' cousin Irving thinks all prisoners should be castrated.
* MurphysBed: Dorien sits on a bed in the hotel room that instantly folds her inside it.
* ObnoxiousInLaws:
** Dorien leaves dinner early because she can't stand Marcus' "fascist" cousin Irving.
** Sharon refused to move in with Chris' parents.
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Dorien starts calling Chris by his proper name, "Christopher", which briefly confuses Sharon despite her being married to him.
* ProductPlacement:
** The coach the girls take to the prison is supplied by ''Atlas Coaches''.
** Sharon gets a can of ''Pepsi'' at the roadside café, while a can of ''Tango'' is visible in the background.
** The taxi Tracey and Sharon take to the hospital is supplied by ''Tony's Taxis''.
** Chris asks the prison warder to get him and Dorien a couple of ''Kit Kat's'', however there are none so he gets Dorien a ''Flake''.
** Dorien shows off her ''Versace'' blouse at breakfast.
* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Dorien has no idea how a prison works and makes a fool of herself when she visits Chris.
* ShipTease: Dorien becomes infatuated with Chris.
* ShoutOut:
** Sharon mentions Literature/MobyDick.
** There's apparently a damp patch on the hotel wall that looks like King Juan Carlos of Spain.
** Sharon mentions UsefulNotes/RichardIII when talking in UsefulNotes/CockneyRhymingSlang.
** Sharon mentions going to see ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs''.
* SpotOfTea:
** Sharon offers Tracey some prison tea when she starts to feel sick.
** Dorien asks the prison warder for two cups of tea.
* TakeOurWordForIt: We never see the damp patch on the hotel wall, but we are told that it resembles King Juan Carlos of Spain.



-->'''Chris''': Ohh tha's typical. Just been transferred, don't know no one apart from Darryl an' she can't even be bothered to shift her fat arse across the Su'herland!

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-->'''Chris''': Ohh Ohh, tha's typical. Just been transferred, don't know no one apart from Darryl an' she can't even be bothered to shift her fat arse across the Su'herland!



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-->'''Chris''': Wha' th' 'ell are you doin' 'ere? Sommat happen to Sharon did it?
-->'''Dorien''': No she's fine, she just didn't want to visit you.

* Date First Aired: 19/10/1991

Chris and Darryl are temporarily in Albany prison on the Isle of Wight. Sharon cancels her visit for Dorien so she can interview Chris about sexual deprivation for her OU dissertation. But while Dorien becomes the centre of attention, Tracey becomes a victim of food poisoning after eating at a motorway cafe.

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* VerbalBackspace: Chris and Dorien talking about Sharon:
-->'''Chris''': Ohh tha's typical. Just been transferred, don't know no one apart from Darryl an' she can't even be bothered to shift her fat arse across the Su'herland!
-->'''Dorien''': No no, she did shift her fat- Look, she is on the Isle of Wight.

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