World of Pub
BBC Two (ended 2001)
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Season 1
- Ep 6Ladies7/29/01
Barry and Garry decide to open a women's pub but the contractor they hire is not all she's cracked up to be. The plot of this episode is suspiciously similar to The Simpsons Springfield Monorail episode. But the Simpsons didn't have Germaine Greer singing Stand By Your Man. - Ep 5Caine7/22/01
On the premise that pubs which become restaurants make the most money Dodgy Phil has the idea to turn the pub into a restaurant this week. Barry and Garry can only cook toast, so it will be a celebrity restaurant because no-one will care what they're eating. Cue the themed Michael Caine restaurant...moreless - Ep 4Sixties7/15/01
This week the pub becomes music venue The Cockney Cavern. The Cockneys, the next big thing, come for the warm up gig. - Ep 3Bookshop7/8/01
Julia Robbins, a wealthy US movie star, moves to the east end "the new Notting Hill". Barry and Garry devise a scheme to draw Robbins, and the ensuing customers, to their pub, by making it into a bookshop. - Ep 2Drink7/1/01
Barry and Garry accept a challenge by their rival landlord to a drinking competition. If they lose they will have to close. Can they win without breaking the Pearly Queensbury Rules and the Cockney Code? - Ep 1Queen6/24/01
This week the Queen is due to visit the pub to celebtrate the 500th anniversary of the East End.
