Please Sir!: Season 4
Season 4 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 Please Sir! Season 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
Identitwit
Sep 18, 1971
Bernard has to say goodbye to his 5C class at Fenn Street School but his new class (4C) brings some unexpected problems.
The Pruning of Hedges
Sep 25, 1971
Bernard has finally decided to leave Fenn Street School, but he finds that resigning is not as simple as he had imagined.
Viva La Revolution
Oct 2, 1971
All contributions are gratefully accepted when magazine time comes around at Fenn Street School. But headmaster Cromwell's efforts to muster his usual support are thwarted by an ir
A Rather Nasty Outbreak
Oct 9, 1971
Georgie Duffy is nervous. He is due to start his first term at Fenn Street School - three weeks late. But big brother Eric, a member of last year's 5C and an old hand at dealing wi
David and Goliath
Oct 16, 1971
Bernard Hedges has left Fenn Street School and the gap has been filled by Mr Dix, a living example of everything a teacher should not be. The staff long for a new young champion to
A.W.O.L.
Oct 23, 1971
Cromwell's yo-yo obsession helps distract him from David's request for new school supplies, including a new television set that Mr Price attacked with Nitric Acid after his horse h
What's a Class Between Friends?
Oct 30, 1971
When Cromwell succumbs to an attack of administrative megalomania, the Charge of the Light Brigade is cancelled, a class is lost at the cinema and Mr Price is driven to drink.
Our Mr Price
Nov 6, 1971
It looks as though Fenn Street will lose yet another teacher when Price applies for a job in industry. But can he really make the break?
Black Power
Nov 13, 1971
Potter's repeated demands for an assistant are finally heeded, and Sidney Noakes arrives at Fenn Street.
False Alarm
Nov 20, 1971
The amalgamation with neighbouring Weaver Street and the possibility of Fenn Street going comprehensive is more than the Fenn Street staff can cope with. Potter has to decide where
Sibley, Mumsie, Dodo and Georgie
Nov 27, 1971
For Miss Ewell, life is not exactly a bowl of cherries at the moment. There is the school inspection to be organised, and the new Weaver Street kids to keep under control.
United we Sit
Dec 4, 1971
Headmaster Cromwell makes a new rule about haircuts and skirts at Fenn Street School. But the kids won't take this lying down, they decide on a sit-in to ask for pupil representati
Nemesis for Norman
Dec 11, 1971
Potter's boasting about his war career gets out of hand when he is chosen to carry the banner at his El Alamein reunion.
Old Fennians Day
Dec 18, 1971
Cromwell's latest idea is a school song for the first meeting of his newly-formed Old Fennians Association. With the staff bursting into a flurry of musical activity, and the retur
What Are You Incinerating?
Jan 2, 1972
The headmaster's "Clean Up Fenn Street" campaign is in full swing. But when Potter takes on some temporary assistance, an explosive situation develops which threatens to clean up F
The Ugly Duckling
Jan 9, 1972
Miss Ewell gets her "mountie", Miss Petting her mandarin and Daisy her "prince".
Cup Fever
Jan 16, 1972
Fenn Street School makes sporting history when its football team reaches the semi-final of the district cup. But Miss Ewell has a match of her own with the star of the team, and if
Please Give Generously
Jan 23, 1972
When Fenn Street School holds a charity walk for the local "old and needy", the staff are confident of its success. But deciding just who the "needy" are, can be a tricky business.
Blodwyn All Over
Jan 30, 1972
When the chairman of the Fenn Street School governors makes rash promises to his "niece", the whole school is affected. Cromwell gets a secretary, the kids get a pin-up, and Pricey
The Price War
Feb 6, 1972
Headmaster Cromwell has a new toy to help him communicate with the whole school, but Price does not want to keep in touch, for an old enemy is out to get him.
The Fixer
Feb 13, 1972
Wedding bells ring out for Miss Ewell and Mr Sibley. Meanwhile, Potter's ding-dong with his wife Ruby ends in a fly-away flourish.