Goodnight Sweetheart: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Goodnight Sweetheart Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
A Room with a View
Feb 23, 1998
Gary and his son Michael are blasted into present time by a 1944 air raid bomb. They are caught by Yvonne, who demands an explanation regarding the child's identity.
London Pride
Mar 2, 1998
In the present and wartime 1944, both Gary and Phoebe find themselves being refused entry into higher society circles.
When Two Worlds Collide
Mar 9, 1998
The detonation of an unexploded bomb in Duckett's Passage catapults Gary into the present, with Phoebe in tow. Consequently Phoebe and Yvonne meet for the first time.
Mairzy Doats
Mar 16, 1998
Gary tries to persuade Ron to give up his time travelling ambitions, and Yvonne begins some consultancy work for Chelsea FC, which Gary is pleased to hear, especially when she acqu
Pennies from Heaven
Mar 23, 1998
Gary tries using his knowledge of the past to bet on certainties at the 1940s race track, but it all goes wrong. Meanwhile Ron's white fiver printing press is raided by the police.
We Don't Want to Lose You ... (1)
Mar 30, 1998
Gary's assumed identity as a secret agent even fools the 1944 authorities. He is recruited by a genuine M15 agent to go on a secret mission to the Isle of Wight.
... But We Think You Have to Go (2)
Apr 6, 1998
Gary's secret mission in wartime France quickly descends into a dicey fight or flight situation, as the German's rapidly close in on him.
Have You Ever Seen a Dream Walking ...
Apr 13, 1998
As the strain of living a double life takes its toll on Gary, Rolf Harris appears in a dream and berates him for having claimed the authorship of 'Two Little Boys.'
Love the One You're With
Apr 20, 1998
The porter of Gary's Mayfair flats informs him that a former resident died in a road accident 55 years ago. Gary aims to travel back in time to reverse the chain of events.
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Apr 27, 1998
Gary encounters his 1940s now-adult son Michael, who is shabbily dressed and trying to flog him items. Gary returns to the past to try and improve Michael's future prospects.