Season 30 (2009)
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Episodes 10
Some Adventures of the Inventor of the Mother Stitch
Hobbo tries to find a friend for Morton and Barry is depressed when Toby moves next door.
Read MoreThe Mother of All Mistakes - Or Is It?
Adopted as a baby, former milkman and undercover secret agent Hobbo is determined to trace his natural mother.
Read MoreWill Howard Cross the Atlantic Single Handed?
Hobbo is still having trouble getting Nelly to admit that she is his natural birth mother. To get the proof he needs, he fits Howard up with an eavesdropping wire to pick up Nelly talking to Pearl.
Read MoreWho's That Looking Sideways At Nelly?
Hobbo is ready for any dangerous situation - and going round telling everyone that Nelly is his mother is one. Another danger arises when he demonstrates his gift of diguise, and finds himself the new recipient of Marina's affections.
Read MoreNobody Messes with Tony the Throat
Howard is deeply concerned when Pearl starts going out every day with Nelly, and she will not say where. Hobbo comes to his aid, and heads a surveillance party to follow Pearl and Nelly. When the women go into a Hell's Angels club, they decide not to be hasty, and confront them later.
Read MoreWill Stella Find True Love with Norris Fairburn?
When Clegg and Truly tell Hobbo that local serial groom Norris Fairburn is free again, he decides that Norris would be an ideal husband for Stella.
Read MoreWill Randolph Make a Good Impression?
Hobbo turns up at the river wall with Randolph, who he hopes will bring romance into Stella's life. Randolph seems to lack any of the requirements of a potential suitor, and is limp and unattractive, especially after Hobbo drops him in the river.
Read MoreIn Which Romance Springs a Leak
Toby is beginning to realise that the benefits of going back to his ex-wife far outweigh the advantages of living alone in a sparsely furnished house with no-one to cook or clean for him.
Read MoreVariations on a Theme of Father's Day
In order that Hobbo can find out more about Nelly, his supposed mother, he has Howard eavesdrop on her when she is visiting Pearl.
Read MoreGoodnight Sweet Ferret
When word goes around town that Old Heptonstall is looking for volunteers, Hobbo and his army of volunteers, namely Alvin and Entwistle, go and visit him without a second thought.
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