Young lovable rogue Jim London becomes a man of property when a relative dies, leaving him a run-down Victorian property at 17 Railway Terrace in the Elephant and Castle area of south London. He gets into various problems with the police and spends most of his time getting drunk and chasing women.
Up the Elephant and Round the Castle (Season 1)
A Cuckoo in the Nest (Episode 1)
Writer: Spike Mullins
Air date: 1983-11-30
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Jim London is forced to take in a lodger when some unsavoury debt collectors turn up.
May the Best Man Win (Episode 2)
Writer: Jim Eldridge
Air date: 1983-12-07
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: When Jim agrees to be best man at his friend's wedding, he doesn't realise his duties will include being stuck in the middle of an argument between two feuding, unhappily married wrestlers.
...Up the Public Spirit (Episode 3)
Writer: Geoff McQueen
Air date: 1983-12-14
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Jim finds himself in hot water with the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS), thanks to his busybody neighbour Councillor Bertram Allnutt.
Never on a Sunday (Episode 4)
Writer: Peter Learmouth
Air date: 1983-12-21
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Jim has been partying all night and is desperate for sleep, but his attempts are constantly interrupted by a string of unwelcome visitors.
A Bird in the Hand Is Worth Two in Shepherds Bush (Episode 5)
Writer: Colin Bostock-Smith
Air date: 1984-01-04
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: It's Good Neighbour Week and Jim intends to win first prize by looking after Wanda's parrot.
Every Two Minutes (Episode 6)
Writer: Tony Hoare
Air date: 1984-01-11
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: After a night on the tiles, Jim wakes to find himself being burgled by a depressed upper-class man and a woman fast asleep in his bathtub.
Seasons
Episodes 6
Episodes 8
Episodes 8