History Recap / BirdsOfAFeatherS5E10FindTheLady

** Tracey gets some clothes from an ''OXFAM'' shop, much to Dorien's embarrassment.

* ProductPlacement: Tracey asks Dorien if she's tried the new corn burgers from Sainsbury's.

** Sharon, Dorien and Garth all tell Tracey to shut up when she suggests peeping around the back of the house rather than going through with the scheme.

The search is thus on to find the missing money. They track her down and decide to disguise themselves as having come from the District Surveyor office to inspect the conservatory. After getting the exact door number, everyone claims in claiming to represent Stubbs Conservatories. However, this turns out to be pointless when it turns out that not only has Annalies moved, but that they could have just looked in the phonebook for her address. At Annalies' place, Sharon finds that Chris had ended up investing his money in places such as the BCCI, Polly Peck, and Robert Maxwell's offshore holdings, meaning that all that Sharon gets is a bill for £210 in brokerage charges. Plus interest.

* DeadpanSnarker: Occurs when Tracey is worried about the large amount of money that went into her account in 1988:
-->'''Sharon''': Oh, yeah. ({{Beat}}) It must be 'eartbreakin', that. ''Knowing'' you're gonna be rich. You must be half-distracted with it.
-->'''Tracey''': What I ''mean'', Miss Sark Attack 1993, is where did the money come ''from''?

** Chris spends his investment money in the BCCI, Robert Maxwell's offshore account, and Polly Peck, which are presented as poor financial decisions.

* SpeakInUnison: After Dorien accuses Tracey and Sharon of only seeing her as a NosyNeighbour, they both tell her she is at the same time.

* HouseFire: As part of the "District Surveyors" lie, Garth has to claim that he lost the number to Annalies' house through losing it in an office fire.

* ProductPlacement:
** Tracey asks Dorien if she's tried the new corn burgers from Sainsbury's.
** Tracey gets some clothes from an ''OXFAM'' shop, much to Dorien's embarrassment.

The search is thus on to find the missing money. They track her down and decide to disguise themselves as having come from the District Surveyor office, come to inspect the conservatory. After getting the exact door number, everyone claims in claiming to represent Stubbs Conservatories. However, this turns out to be pointless when it turns out that not only has Annalies moved, but that they could have just looked in the phonebook for her address. At Annalies' place, Sharon finds that Chris had ended up investing his money in places such as the BCCI, Polly Peck, and Robert Maxwell's offshore holdings, meaning that all that Sharon gets is a bill for £210 in brokerage charges. Plus interest.

-->'''Dorien''': No, local councils always have a terrible backlog. I mean, they're hopelessly incompetent, especially this one - it's Labour - bound to be a disaster.
-->'''Sharon''': You what?
-->'''Dorien''': I said Labour-
-->'''Sharon''': Excuse me. Excuse me, Labour? A disaster? Ha-he. Excuse me while I die laughing. Who were the clowns that gave this country the worst recession in 'istory, eh?
-->'''Dorien''': The recession is a ''worldwide'' phenomenon, Labour councils are famously useless. ''Paying'' people to stay home on the sick, running up huge debts, erecting day centres for disabled black lesbians!
-->'''Sharon''': Now, look-
-->'''Tracey''': Oh, shut it, you two. This ain't ''Series/QuestionTime''!

** Sharon blames the [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem Conservative Party]] for the recession going on at the time.

** Sharon exclaims that even Creator/OliverReed wouldn't call £5,000 a "bit of a drink".

There is an issue with Darryl’s pension plan - one year abnormally large contribution put in to it. Dorien suggests looking into the tax returns by Darryl's business when he was convicted of BankRobbery, and the sisters find that the contribution was inherited as a bequest from a man named Henry Michael Stapleton. Darryl explains that a man wanted a conservatory built for cheaper and that Darryl could do it cheaper if it was in cash, as there would be less tax for it. The man was a tax inspector, but he let it slide and even suggested putting the resultant money into the pension scheme, as it would mean less tax. Sharon finds from Chris that not only did he make £5000 from the scheme but that he had invested it with a woman named Annalies Morovia, and that he didn't learn too much about the woman.

The search is thus on to find the missing money. They track her down and decide to disguise themselves as having come from the District Surveyor office, come to inspect the conservatory. After getting the exact door number, everyone claims in claiming to represent Stubbs Conservatories. However, this turns out to be pointless when it turns out that not only has Annalies moved, ut that they could have just looked in the phonebook for her address. At Annalies' place, Sharon finds that Chris had ended up investing his money in places such as BCCI, Polly Peck, and Robert Maxwell's offshore holdings, meaning that all that Sharon gets is a bill for £210 in brokerage charges. Plus interest.

* BankRobbery: Dorien theorizes that the large sum of money may have come from a prior bank robbery, athloguh this turns out to be not the case.

-->'''Sharon''': Oh, yeah. ({{Beat}}) Must be heartbreaking that. Knowing you're gonna be rich. You must be half-distracted with it.
-->'''Tracey''': What I ''mean'', Miss Sark Attack 1993, is where did the money come from?

* ProductPlacement: Tracey gets some clothes from an ''OXFAM'' shop, much to Dorien's embarrassment.

** Chris spends his investment money in ''BCCI'', Robert Maxwell's offshore account, and ''Polly Peck'', which are presented as poor financial decisions.

There is an issue with Darryl pension plan - one year abnormally large contribution put in to it. Dorien suggests looking into the tax returns by Darryl's business when he was convicted of BankRobbery, and the sisters find that the contribution was inherited as a bequest from a man named Henry Michael Stapleton. Darryl explains that a man wanted a conservatory built for cheaper and that Darryl could do it cheaper if it was in cash, as there would be less tax for it. The man was a tax inspector, but he let it slide and even suggested putting the resultant money into the pension scheme, as it would mean less tax. Sharon finds from Chris that not only did he make £5000 from the scheme but that he had invested it with a woman named Annalies Morovia, and that he didn't learn too much about the woman.

Darryl's pension plan has come in, Tracey having lied to the woman that Darryl is away working in California. However, the woman is worried that there is a year with a major contribution put in. Dorien suggests looking into the tax returns by Darryl's business when he was convicted of Bank Robbery, and the sisters find that the contribution was inherited as a bequest from a man named Henry Michael Stapleton. Darryl explains that a man wanted a conservatory built for cheaper and that Darryl could do it cheaper if it was in cash, as there would be less tax for it. The man was a tax inspector, but he let it slide and even suggested putting the resultant money into the pension scheme, as it would mean less tax. Sharon finds from Chris that not only did he make £5000 from the scheme but that he had invested it with a woman named Annalies Morovia, and that he didn't learn too much about the woman.

-->'''Tracey''': What I ''mean'', Miss Sark Attack 1993 is where did the money come from.

* StatingTheSimpleSoltuion: The girls try to track down Annalies using a ton of ruses, such as claiming to be from the District Surveyors office. At the end, they find that it probably would have been easier to look her through the phone book first.

* TakeThat: Sharon blames the [[UsefulNotes/BritishPoliticalSystem Conservative Party]] for the recession going on at the time.

Tracey meets Darryl's pension advisor, who spots a large unexplained payment in 1988. It seems Darryl and Chris were in on a fiddle suggested by a bent tax inspector, and the money was invested with a financial advisor who now proves elusive. Tracey is worried so it's up to her, Sharon, Dorien and Garth to tackle some detective work.

* Date First Aired: 24/10/1993

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: What starts off as an investigation into Darryl's pension plan changes into a search for Chris' investment money.

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: What starts off as an investigation into Darryl's pension plan changes into a search for Chris' investment money.