Comedy1971–1973London Weekend Television

The Best Episodes of The Fenn Street Gang

Every episode of The Fenn Street Gang ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Fenn Street Gang!

Best episode
S2E2 Smart Lad Wanted
7.614 votes
Worst episode
S1E15 A Fair Swap
4.712 votes
Top season
Season 3
6.0avg
Binge time
23h 30m
47 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 2 - Smart Lad Wanted
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    S2:E2

    Bowler, the local villain who "runs everything except London Transport", offers the out-of-work Craven a job. Craven's friends warn him about getting mixed up with Bowler, but he has never been one to listen to advice that didn't suit him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 8 - The Loneliest Night Of The Week
    7.0/10(13 votes)

    S2:E8

    Dennis and Frankie find contact with the opposite sex difficult. With advice from Craven and Sharon, Dennis feels that dancing lessons might be a way of making friends. Abbott, of course, has a much better idea, an idea that could lead to disaster . . .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 3 - The Woman For Dennis
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    S2:E3

    The gang are delighted when the lonely Dennis Dunstable announces he has found a girlfriend. Then they meet the "girl" - battle-scarred and pushing 40. Sadly, it appears that Cupid may need a little correction . . .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 8 - The Thin Yellow Line
    6.7/10(12 votes)

    S1:E8

    When the career of "Hank" Abbott, private detective come to an inglorious end, the British Army opens its arms to a new recruit. Had the Army realised what it was getting, the open arms might well have become clenched fists.

    Director:Graham Evans
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 12 - Who Was That Lady?
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    S1:E12

    Duffy is feeling the strain of separation from Sharon but is not above chatting up a bird - especially when her father is in a position to put a bit of business his way.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 21 - The Great Frock Robbers
    6.6/10(12 votes)

    S1:E21

    Sharon's job at the boutique is in jeopardy when she is blamed for not spotting a gang of shop-lifters. It seems things can't get any worse, and then Frankie gets the job of store detective . . .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 3 - Leave It To Me, Darling
    6.5/10(16 votes)

    S1:E3

    The Fenn Street Gang get a new member - Bernard Hedges

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Fenn Street Gang Season 3 Episode 7 - Abbott Of Arabia
    6.5/10(15 votes)

    S3:E7

    Mrs Abbott exerts her authority over Frankie once too often. It changes him into a latter-day "Red Shadow" and he gallops off with Celeste (his new girlfriend) to the registry office . . .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 9 - All Mod Cons
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    S1:E9

    When Dennis leaves home he finds he's taken on more than he can handle. So has Eric. He's taken on Peter Craven in an optimistic attempt to contemplate a decorating job.

    Director:Graham Evans
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 16 - The Clean Weekend
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    S1:E16

    Eric and Sharon get back together and the gang have a day out at the seaside. When they decide to stay the night in a hotel, Eric and Sharon get themselves into all kinds of trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 1 - Should Auld Acquaintance
    6.3/10(14 votes)

    S1:E1

    No longer able to say "Please Sir!" when they have a problem, Form 5C from Fenn Street Secondary Modern are out in the cold hard world. But school friendships die hard and the mob determine to preserve their group identity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 6 - Distant Horizons
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    S1:E6

    The course of Duffy's and Sharon's true love never did run very smoothly, but as they grow older it becomes positively bumpy. When Sharon meets a sensitive student and Duffy gets his first taste of real competition, something just has to give . . .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Fenn Street Gang Season 3 Episode 2 - Mother Knows Best
    6.2/10(15 votes)

    S3:E2

    Taking a girlfriend home for the first time is always a nerve-racking experience. But whenh you have a mother like Frankie has, the confrontation is particularly difficult!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 11 - And Baby Makes Four
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    S2:E11

    Craven moves away from home and gets himself a flat - which he regards as a potential "come up for coffee and do you have to go home?" set-up. Then he gives a lift to a heavily-pregnant hitch-hiker, and his love-nest begins to look like a nursing home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 10 - These Foolish Things
    6.2/10(13 votes)

    S1:E10

    The final dust-up between Duffy and Sharon; Abbott in hospital with a stab wound; Dunstable's flat as a rendezvous . . .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 1 - The Crunch
    6.2/10(12 votes)

    S2:E1

    Duffy discovers that running a small family business is not all beer and skittles. He can't even afford the beer!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Fenn Street Gang Season 3 Episode 8 - Full Circle
    6.2/10(12 votes)

    S3:E8

    Sharon has a little secret. Unfortunately it is somewhat difficult to share with Eric when they are not even talking . . .

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 18 - Absent Friends
    6.2/10(10 votes)

    S2:E18

    Duffy and Sharon's engagement is made official at last - so, of course, there has to be a party. What better time than now for the happy couple to have all their old school friends around them? Or is it?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 4 - Horses For Courses
    6.1/10(14 votes)

    S1:E4

    Dennis knows who his real friends are - or does he? Things come to a head when Maureen takes him to a party

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 13 - Kill Or Cure
    6.1/10(12 votes)

    S1:E13

    Maureen is a bundle of nerves as she waits for her "O" level results which will affect her nursing career. What better cure for the nerves than a nice date with a "nice chap"? So Duffy and Craven, with the best will in the world, pick the "nice chap". But where there is a will there is not always a way.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 20 - Who's Minding The Shop?
    6.1/10(11 votes)

    S1:E20

    A road accident means that the Fenn Street Gang become shop-keepers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 4 - Menagerie A Trois
    6.1/10(11 votes)

    S2:E4

    Abbott's hypochondriac mother throws off her bandages when she falls for a man. Abbott's jealousy drives him from home, and he decides to inflict himself on Dennis. But Abbott and his mother deserve each other too much for the parting to be permanent.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Fenn Street Gang Season 1 Episode 18 - Horse Of The Year
    6.1/10(10 votes)

    S1:E18

    Dennis has to decide how to spend his birthday money, and spends it on a horse at an auction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 5 - That Sort Of Girl
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    S2:E5

    Struggling to stay in business, Duffy needs, but cannot afford, some new ladders. Sharon enters a beauty contest to try to get enough money to buy them, but Duffy has strong views on beauty contests and Maureen has strong views on men who have strong views on beauty contests.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Fenn Street Gang Season 2 Episode 12 - Is That A Proposal, Eric?
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    S2:E12

    Sharon has been Eric Duffy's girlfriend since the Third Form at fenn Street School, and she is beginning to think that she will only be his girlfriend when they are drawing their pensions. This leads Sharon to take drastic steps. Eric only takes one step - but it's a big one.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Smart Lad Wanted" is the best rated episode of The Fenn Street Gang. It scored 7.6/10 from 14 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 22, 1972. This episode scored 0.6 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Loneliest Night Of The Week".

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