Synopsis
Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken identities and impeccable timing.
Episodes
1E1A Good Night's SleepA husband arrives home late from a fancy-dress ball, waking his wife. The ensuing row is interrupted by a servant bringing bad news.2E2All Night SittingTwo men-about-town plan a romantic evening in a private room at the Café Anglais. Unfortunately the lady picked up at the opera ball turns out to be very different from what they expected, and the evening is further complicated by the arrival of one of their wives.3E3A Little Bit to Fall Back OnA gentleman who is trying to rid himself of his mistress and marry a woman of property engages a servant who insults his master's future mother-in-law and puts all the plans in jeopardy.4E4Above ReproachIn the plush interior of a private room at the Maison d'Or Restaurant two men-about-town arrange a tête-à-tête with two ladies whom they believe to be 'above reproach' but who prove to be exactly the opposite.5E5Making a PassA middle-aged bachelor and his maiden sister anxiously await the arrival of a wealthy doctor and his daughter, to whom the bachelor is engaged. Both are unaware that they are in the power of their wily servant, who is able to hypnotise them.6E6Before We Were So Rudely InterruptedAn ageing dandy calls on a pretty actress - much to the annoyance of her lover and of her doddering old husband, who has informed the police of her infidelity.7E7Call Me Maestro8E8Dear Lady9E9The Missing PersonIn order to check up on the behaviour of the man who wishes to marry his daughter Francois takes a job as a manservant in the suitor's house.10E10Two Whole DaysThe action takes place over two days and nights, and the story—very simple and very French—is about the eternal triangle.11E11The Hasty HandA shopkeeper who has a daughter of marriageable age spends his time dissuading suitors from pursuing her... then a young artist arrives at the shop to return a handbag belonging to the shopkeeper's wife, which he has found on a bus.12E12What a WeddingThe story of a hilariously impeded marriage. The mistress of the groom visits her erstwhile lover but her straw hat is eaten by a horse. She must find another straw hat before she goes home to her husband...
