Last Tango In Halifax
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One
- 2012 - 2020
- 24 episodes (5 series)
Romantic comedy drama about would-be childhood sweethearts who are reunited after 60 years. Stars Derek Jacobi, Anne Reid, Sarah Lancashire, Nicola Walker, Tony Gardner and more.
- Series 3, Episode 5 repeated Sunday at 6:40pm on U&Drama
- Streaming rank this week: 1,331
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Series 1, Episode 5
Further details
Caroline's depression lifts and she decides to seize the day, throwing herself whole-heartedly into her relationship with Kate.
Alan and Celia spend lunchtime in the pub with Harry and Maurice, taking injured Paul with them because he's going stir-crazy at Gillian's. Alan test-drives a second-hand Landrover (Gillian's birthday present) and ends up with more than he bargained for; unable to turn either of them down, he privately agrees with first Maurice, then with Harry, that they can both be his best man.
Later Alan explains his indirect involvement in Eddie's death to Celia. Celia puts his mind at rest and tells him to let it go. They push the furniture back and jive like teenagers. Everybody's amazed when it turns out that Caroline and Gillian weren't only born on the same day, but are exactly the same age! Could Alan and Celia have been thinking of each other 46 years ago when Caroline and Gillian were conceived?
Caroline tells John that the 'someone' she's seeing is a woman. Devastated with the implications, he doesn't know who to turn to and ends up over at the farm, hoping for Gillian's sympathy. Here he gets drunk and nastily tells Celia that her daughter's a lesbian. Celia's appalled and insists on going home. Drunk, Gillian invites John to go to bed with her.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 18th December 2012
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Derek Jacobi | Alan |
Anne Reid | Celia |
Sarah Lancashire | Caroline |
Nicola Walker | Gillian |
Tony Gardner | John |
Ronni Ancona | Judith |
Dean Andrews | Robbie |
Josh Bolt | Raff |
Edward Ashley | William |
Louis Greatorex | Lawrence |
Nina Sosanya | Kate |
Sacha Dhawan | Paul |
Paul Copley | Harry |
Meriel Scholfield | Beverley (Caroline's Secretary) |
Roy Barraclough | Maurice |
Ishia Bennison | Susan Jatri (Paul's Mother) |
Sally Wainwright | Writer |
Emily Feller | Script Editor |
Kam Odedra | Script Editor |
Sam Donovan | Director |
Karen Lewis | Producer |
Nicola Shindler | Executive Producer |
Matthew Read | Executive Producer |
Sally Wainwright | Executive Producer |
Richard Cox | Editor |
Luana Hanson | Production Designer |
Murray Gold | Composer |
Video
A very much unwanted birthday present
It's Gillian's birthday and Alan's bought her a new car for the farm. She's thrilled but worried about how much money he's spent. He then breaks the news that the clutch is broken and Gillian realises that she's going to fit the new clutch herself.