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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Enn_Reitel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Enn_Reitel.jpg/220px-Enn_Reitel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Enn_Reitel.jpg/330px-Enn_Reitel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Enn_Reitel.jpg/440px-Enn_Reitel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="766" data-file-height="1092" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Enn Reitel as The Optimist</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category">Comedy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Richard Sparks, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sidaway_(actor)" title="Robert Sidaway (actor)">Robert Sidaway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director)" title="Peter Ellis (director)">Peter Ellis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director)" title="Peter Ellis (director)">Peter Ellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data">David Spear</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of series</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">13</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Sidaway_(actor)" title="Robert Sidaway (actor)">Robert Sidaway</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">30 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data">New Century Films, Charisma Films</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">14 April 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-04-14</span>)</span> –<br />5 January 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1985-01-05</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Optimist</b></i> is a British television comedy series starring <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a> and produced by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sidaway_(actor)" title="Robert Sidaway (actor)">Robert Sidaway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TV_Comedy_Resources_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TV_Comedy_Resources-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each episode tells a separate comic adventure in the life of an everyday man who, whether it turns out a success or a failure, always remains optimistic. The stories made a feature of fantasy and dream sequences. </p><p>Citing the influences of <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Tati" title="Jacques Tati">Jacques Tati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buster_Keaton" title="Buster Keaton">Buster Keaton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a>, as well as the character of <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mitty" title="Walter Mitty">Walter Mitty</a>, the series was designed as a silent comedy, with original music and enhanced sound effects. Shooting on 16mm, it was made on location in <a href="/wiki/Cabo_San_Lucas" title="Cabo San Lucas">Cabo San Lucas</a>, Los Angeles and London. A total of thirteen episodes were produced. Guest stars who featured in the program include <a href="/wiki/Martin_Kove" title="Martin Kove">Martin Kove</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Scoggins" title="Tracy Scoggins">Tracy Scoggins</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Davi" title="Robert Davi">Robert Davi</a>. </p><p>The series debuted on 14 April 1983 and the final episode was broadcast on 5 January 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-TV.com_episode_guide_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TV.com_episode_guide-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Series">Series</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Optimist_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_1">Series 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Optimist_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Series 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After producer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sidaway_(actor)" title="Robert Sidaway (actor)">Robert Sidaway</a> raised the finance independently, the pilot <i>Sea Dreams</i> was filmed on location in <a href="/wiki/Cabo_San_Lucas" title="Cabo San Lucas">Cabo San Lucas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>, during summer 1981 with post-production taking place in Los Angeles and London. </p><p>After a private screening in Wardour Street, Cecil Korer,<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Programme Purchaser and Commissioning Editor for Light Entertainment at Channel 4, subsequently commissioned a further six episodes. </p><p>Each half-hour episode starred <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a> in the title role of The Optimist with the remainder of the cast specific to the requirements of the separate stories. In addition, every episode featured a different British actress as part of the romantic interest. </p><p>Filming took place in various locations in Los Angeles during summer 1982 under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director)" title="Peter Ellis (director)">Peter Ellis</a>. Director of photography was Peter Appleton, the art director was Mike Porter and the costume designer was Jo Korer. </p><p>Composer David Spear wrote and recorded the main theme and extensive score in Los Angeles while the remainder of post-production was completed in London. The editor was John Daniels. </p><p>Announced in the press and previewed on <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>'s opening night (2 November 1982), series one was broadcast on Channel 4 at 8 pm on consecutive Thursdays between 14 April and 26 May 1983. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Enn_Reitel.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Enn_Reitel.png/235px-Enn_Reitel.png" decoding="async" width="235" height="183" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Enn_Reitel.png/353px-Enn_Reitel.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Enn_Reitel.png/470px-Enn_Reitel.png 2x" data-file-width="1151" data-file-height="894" /></a><figcaption>A scene from the episode <i>The Fool of the House of Esher</i>, which was nominated for the Golden Rose of Montreux.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_2">Series 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Optimist_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Series 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Further to the broadcast of series 1, <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> commissioned a second series of six new episodes. The stories were shot on location in London during the summer of 1984 under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a>. The new Director of Photography was Francis de Groote, who worked as Assistant Cameraman on the first series, while Mike Porter and Jo Korer repeated their roles as Art Director and Costume Designer respectively. </p><p>Utilizing the original main theme, <a href="/wiki/John_Cameron_(musician)" title="John Cameron (musician)">John Cameron</a> joined the production to write the new music scores.<sup id="cite_ref-Credit_List_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Credit_List-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Series 2 was broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> at 8 pm on consecutive nights between 31 December 1984 and 5 January 1985. </p><p>The episode <i>The Fool of the House of Esher</i> was nominated for the Golden Rose of Montreux in 1985<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Optimist_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_1_(1983)"><span id="Series_1_.281983.29"></span>Series 1 (1983)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Optimist_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Series 1 (1983)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#FFCC99;width:6%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="background:#FFCC99;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FFCC99;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FFCC99;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FFCC99;width:20%;color:black">Original air date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Sea Dreams"</td><td style="text-align:center">Peter Ellis</td><td style="text-align:center">Richard Sparks</td><td style="text-align:center">14 April 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-04-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Falling asleep in his apartment while watching a late night documentary on windsurfing, The Optimist (<a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a>) imagines himself on an exotic beach where he falls in love with The Girl (<a href="/wiki/Sharron_Davies" title="Sharron Davies">Sharron Davies</a>) despite his misadventures learning to surf and dancing at the nightclub. To win over The Girl, however, he will need to beat The Rival in a surf race.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Good, The Bad and the Nasty"</td><td style="text-align:center">Peter Ellis</td><td style="text-align:center">Richard Sparks, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director)" title="Peter Ellis (director)">Peter Ellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sidaway_(actor)" title="Robert Sidaway (actor)">Robert Sidaway</a></td><td style="text-align:center">21 April 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-04-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Dressed for the "wild west", The Optimist sets out for a 'Dude Ranch' and is introduced to the riding instructor (Carinthia West), although he finds that a rival (<a href="/wiki/Martin_Kove" title="Martin Kove">Martin Kove</a>) is already in her favors. Learning to be a cowboy, The Optimist gets lost in the desert, smashes the Rival's car and fantasies that he is Clint Eastwood's 'The Man With No Name' – urged on by a Grizzly Veteran (<a href="/wiki/Bill_Erwin" title="Bill Erwin">Bill Erwin</a>) for a shootout with his nemesis.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Man's Worst Friend"</td><td style="text-align:center">Peter Ellis</td><td style="text-align:center">Richard Sparks, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director)" title="Peter Ellis (director)">Peter Ellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sidaway_(actor)" title="Robert Sidaway (actor)">Robert Sidaway</a></td><td style="text-align:center">28 April 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-04-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> As odd-job man extraordinaire, The Optimist manages to be a tennis pro, a waiter, a golfing coach and a dog minder – all in one day! One morning he is out walking a St Bernard and a toy poodle for a walk in the opulent surroundings of Beverley Hills and manages to lose the poodle while helping out a beautiful Lady Golfer (<a href="/wiki/Tracy_Scoggins" title="Tracy Scoggins">Tracy Scoggins</a>). He also meets the gorgeous Daughter (Jenifer Landor) of his employer (<a href="/wiki/Ferdy_Mayne" title="Ferdy Mayne">Ferdy Mayne</a>) and she persuades him not only to play tennis but act as a waiter at the evening's poolside party. Naturally chaos ensues as The Optimist finds himself pursued by both women.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Healthy Bodies, Unhealthy Mind"</td><td style="text-align:center">Peter Ellis</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director)" title="Peter Ellis (director)">Peter Ellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sidaway_(actor)" title="Robert Sidaway (actor)">Robert Sidaway</a></td><td style="text-align:center">5 May 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-05-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Out jogging, The Optimist realizes that is totally unfit and decides to enroll himself at a health farm, but soon discovers the place is more like a prison run by the scary Matron (<a href="/wiki/Fran_Ryan" title="Fran Ryan">Fran Ryan</a>) – half-starved, tortured in the gymnasium and physically battered in an all ladies aerobic session. Despite this he of course manages to fall in love with the Dancer (Terri Robinson) as well as devises a way to eat and a plan to escape. Helped by the Dancer, a multitude of disguises and the local fire brigade, he heads for freedom, jogging into the sunset with the girl of his dreams.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Kid's Stuff"</td><td style="text-align:center">Peter Ellis</td><td style="text-align:center">Richard Sparks, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director)" title="Peter Ellis (director)">Peter Ellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sidaway_(actor)" title="Robert Sidaway (actor)">Robert Sidaway</a></td><td style="text-align:center">12 May 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-05-12</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Employed by a mother (<a href="/wiki/Patrika_Darbo" title="Patrika Darbo">Patrika Darbo</a>) to babysit her 'perfect' son, The Optimist instead finds the overweight boy is a particularly unpleasant 10-year-old. Keeping him amused is no easy task, although when they visit the local circus The Optimist immediately falls in love with acrobatic Circus Girl (Christine Garner) and faces an adversary in strongman The Bull. Forced into performing with the acrobats, the clowns and on the high trapeze, he ends up being fired from a cannon by the cunning boy.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Burning Rubber"</td><td style="text-align:center">Peter Ellis</td><td style="text-align:center">Richard Sparks, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director)" title="Peter Ellis (director)">Peter Ellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sidaway_(actor)" title="Robert Sidaway (actor)">Robert Sidaway</a></td><td style="text-align:center">19 May 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-05-19</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Roller-skating through <a href="/wiki/Venice,_Los_Angeles#Venice_Beach" title="Venice, Los Angeles">Venice Beach</a>, The Optimist runs into a lady racing driver (<a href="/wiki/Dinah_May" title="Dinah May">Dinah May</a>). After helping mend her bust tire, he follows the Girl to the racing circuit where he becomes a mechanic and soon afterwards finds himself one of the drivers. Suddenly it's Grand Prix time and the race is on – his prize, the Girl of course! In competition with a bad-tempered Cabbie (<a href="/wiki/Robert_Davi" title="Robert Davi">Robert Davi</a>). Miraculously he wins, but fame and fortune is brief – he needs to make a quick getaway before any finds out his true identity.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep7" style="text-align:center">7</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"A Challenge"</td><td style="text-align:center">Peter Ellis</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ellis_(director)" title="Peter Ellis (director)">Peter Ellis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Sidaway_(actor)" title="Robert Sidaway (actor)">Robert Sidaway</a></td><td style="text-align:center">26 May 1983<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1983-05-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> After meeting a stunning girl (Jadie Rivas) in <a href="/wiki/Marina_Del_Rey" class="mw-redirect" title="Marina Del Rey">Marina Del Rey</a>, The Optimist finds himself in competition with a Rival (Richard Booker) for her affections – first in a surfing competition and then in a duel which starts on <a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Monica Beach">Santa Monica Beach</a> but takes them on a continuous battle throughout Los Angeles, including a car wash, across <a href="/wiki/Wilshire_Boulevard" title="Wilshire Boulevard">Wilshire Boulevard</a>, outside the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_High_School" title="Hollywood High School">Hollywood High School</a> and even hanging off the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Sign" title="Hollywood Sign">Hollywood Sign</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_2_(1984-1985)"><span id="Series_2_.281984-1985.29"></span>Series 2 (1984-1985)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Optimist_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Series 2 (1984-1985)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#FFCC99;width:6%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="background:#FFCC99;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FFCC99;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FFCC99;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#FFCC99;width:20%;color:black">Original air date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Any Messages"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a></td><td style="text-align:center">31 December 1984<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1984-12-31</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> As chief sprayer of green fly to both the Chinese and Indian Embassies, The Optimist is forcibly persuaded to smuggles messages into the Russian and American Embassies via roller towels. MI5 then persuades him to become a double agent and steal top secrets from the Russians. Amidst the mayhem of a poisoned cocktail party, he pulls off the job with the help of a bewitching Agent (Annette Lynton) only to end up in a Chinese restaurant being persuaded by money, and more to the point a meat cleaver, to work once more for his oriental friend (<a href="/wiki/Anthony_Chinn" title="Anthony Chinn">Anthony Chinn</a>).</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"Turf Luck"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a></td><td style="text-align:center">1 January 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-01-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> The Optimist goes racing, meets the lovely Sal (Julia Chambers) and becomes a stable boy. He saves the aptly-named horse Nutter from being sent to the knackers yard and lovingly prepares him for the big race. Betting spies are afoot and the stakes are high as the big day arrives, with Nutter the big favorite. Unfortunately, Nutter loves his savior so much that during the race he suddenly stops to go over and say hello to The Optimist and give him a nuzzle.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Light Fantastic"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a></td><td style="text-align:center">2 January 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-01-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> Working as a humble cobbler, The Optimist is thrown into an international world of crime and classical ballet when a diamond is stolen – the famous Light Fantastic. Olga (Karen Smith) is on the run from incompetent Thugs (<a href="/wiki/Ian_McNeice" title="Ian McNeice">Ian McNeice</a> and ) when she hides the stone in her ballet shoe and draws The Optimist into a convoluted plot that leads to him on stage dancing the pas-de-deux in <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Swan_Lake" title="Swan Lake">Swan Lake</a>. By the end he finds alone himself alone in the theater – unknowingly still in possession of the fabulous diamond.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Double"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a></td><td style="text-align:center">3 January 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-01-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> On his arrival at a plush London casino, The Optimist discovers that he has become an instant celebrity. What he doesn't know is that he is actually the identical double of the Boss (<a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a>) who owns the club. After loving and losing his double's girlfriend (<a href="/wiki/Jenny_Runacre" title="Jenny Runacre">Jenny Runacre</a>), and winning and losing a million pounds on the tables, The Optimist has to work out how to make a safe escape.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Fool of the House of Esher"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a></td><td style="text-align:center">4 January 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-01-04</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> An unexpected inheritance leaves The Optimist with a crumbling and sinister country estate, which includes an equally crumbling and sinister butler named Old Norman (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Francis_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eric Francis (actor) (page does not exist)">Eric Francis</a>). He spends his time trying to win the respect of his landed gentry neighbors as well as avoiding the murderous attempts of his cousin Rachel (<a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Lloyd" title="Rosalind Lloyd">Rosalind Lloyd</a>) – who is not happy that she did not benefit from the will and is determined to put it right.</div></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"The Brush Off"</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fuest" title="Robert Fuest">Robert Fuest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a></td><td style="text-align:center">5 January 1985<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1985-01-05</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="6" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #ffcc99"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> After unintentionally whitewashing the walls and then the entire garden of a suburban home, The Optimist is mistaken for a new impressionist painter. His absurd abstracts sell for thousands and the art world flocks to his new master of the brush. When his artistic muse Mimi (<a href="/wiki/Julie_Peasgood" title="Julie Peasgood">Julie Peasgood</a>) suddenly leaves him, he is left in despair and attempts to paint his masterpiece – but unveiled at an exhibition it is proclaimed a complete and total disaster. Back on the streets as a laborer, The Optimist unwittingly paints a true masterpiece.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="DVD_&_streaming_releases"><span id="DVD_.26_streaming_releases"></span>DVD & streaming releases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Optimist_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: DVD & streaming releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 2-disc set containing all 13 episodes was released on DVD by Kaleidoscope in 2023. The set includes scripts from the first series, and an unbroadcast version of the pilot episode.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The program is also featured on the <a href="/wiki/Tubi" title="Tubi">Tubi</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Roku_Channel" title="The Roku Channel">Roku</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plex_Inc." title="Plex Inc.">Plex</a> streaming platforms <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2024 <i>The Optimist</i> was announced as part of the launch schedule of the UK television channel Rewind TV<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Optimist_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 122.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 120.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Optimist_Season_One,_Los_Angeles_1982_actors.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Christine Garner, Terri Robinson, Dinah May and Carinthia West on location in Los Angeles, July 1982, for the shoot of The Optimist, series one"><img alt="Christine Garner, Terri Robinson, Dinah May and Carinthia West on location in Los Angeles, July 1982, for the shoot of The Optimist, series one" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_actors.jpg/181px-The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_actors.jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_actors.jpg/272px-The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_actors.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_actors.jpg/362px-The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_actors.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3235" data-file-height="4015" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Christine Garner, Terri Robinson, <a href="/wiki/Dinah_May" title="Dinah May">Dinah May</a> and Carinthia West on location in Los Angeles, July 1982, for the shoot of <i>The Optimist</i>, series one</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 121.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 119.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Optimist_Season_One,_Los_Angeles_1982_Enn_Reitel_Kid%27s_Stuff.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Enn Reitel on location in Los Angeles, July 1982, on the shoot of The Optimist, series one (episode 5, "Kid's Stuff")"><img alt="Enn Reitel on location in Los Angeles, July 1982, on the shoot of The Optimist, series one (episode 5, "Kid's Stuff")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_Enn_Reitel_Kid%27s_Stuff.jpg/179px-The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_Enn_Reitel_Kid%27s_Stuff.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_Enn_Reitel_Kid%27s_Stuff.jpg/268px-The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_Enn_Reitel_Kid%27s_Stuff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2c/The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_Enn_Reitel_Kid%27s_Stuff.jpg/357px-The_Optimist_Season_One%2C_Los_Angeles_1982_Enn_Reitel_Kid%27s_Stuff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3224" data-file-height="4059" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a> on location in Los Angeles, July 1982, on the shoot of <i>The Optimist</i>, series one (episode 5, "Kid's Stuff")</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 165.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 163.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist,_Season_One_(Healthy_Body,_Unhealthy_Mind).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Enn Reitel on location in Los Angeles, August 1982, on the shoot of The Optimist, series one (episode 4, Healthy Body, Unhealthy Mind)"><img alt="Enn Reitel on location in Los Angeles, August 1982, on the shoot of The Optimist, series one (episode 4, Healthy Body, Unhealthy Mind)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Healthy_Body%2C_Unhealthy_Mind%29.jpg/245px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Healthy_Body%2C_Unhealthy_Mind%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="164" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Healthy_Body%2C_Unhealthy_Mind%29.jpg/367px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Healthy_Body%2C_Unhealthy_Mind%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Healthy_Body%2C_Unhealthy_Mind%29.jpg/489px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Healthy_Body%2C_Unhealthy_Mind%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="692" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Enn Reitel on location in Los Angeles, August 1982, on the shoot of <i>The Optimist</i>, series one (episode 4, Healthy Body, Unhealthy Mind)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 107.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 105.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist,_Season_One_(Man%27s_Worst_Friend)).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tracy Scoggins on location in Los Angeles, July 1982, on the shoot of The Optimist, series one (episode 3, "Man's Worst Friend")"><img alt="Tracy Scoggins on location in Los Angeles, July 1982, on the shoot of The Optimist, series one (episode 3, "Man's Worst Friend")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Man%27s_Worst_Friend%29%29.jpg/158px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Man%27s_Worst_Friend%29%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Man%27s_Worst_Friend%29%29.jpg/238px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Man%27s_Worst_Friend%29%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Man%27s_Worst_Friend%29%29.jpg/317px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_One_%28Man%27s_Worst_Friend%29%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1433" data-file-height="2035" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Tracy_Scoggins" title="Tracy Scoggins">Tracy Scoggins</a> on location in Los Angeles, July 1982, on the shoot of <i>The Optimist</i>, series one (episode 3, "Man's Worst Friend")</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 262px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 260px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist,_Season_Two_(Any_Messages).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Annette Lynton and Enn Reitel in August 1984 on the London shoot of The Optimist, series two (episode 1, "Any Messages")"><img alt="Annette Lynton and Enn Reitel in August 1984 on the London shoot of The Optimist, series two (episode 1, "Any Messages")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28Any_Messages%29.jpg/390px-On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28Any_Messages%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28Any_Messages%29.jpg/586px-On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28Any_Messages%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28Any_Messages%29.jpg/780px-On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28Any_Messages%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="807" data-file-height="466" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Annette Lynton and Enn Reitel in August 1984 on the London shoot of <i>The Optimist</i>, series two (episode 1, "Any Messages")</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 220.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 218.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist,_Season_Two_(The_Light_Fantastic).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Karen Smith and Enn Reitel in August 1984 on the London shoot of The Optimist, series two (episode 5, "The Light" Fantastic)"><img alt="Karen Smith and Enn Reitel in August 1984 on the London shoot of The Optimist, series two (episode 5, "The Light" Fantastic)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Light_Fantastic%29.jpg/328px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Light_Fantastic%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="219" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Light_Fantastic%29.jpg/493px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Light_Fantastic%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Light_Fantastic%29.jpg/656px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Light_Fantastic%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3934" data-file-height="2698" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Karen Smith and <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a> in August 1984 on the London shoot of <i>The Optimist</i>, series two (episode 5, "The Light" Fantastic)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 233.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist,_Season_Two_no.2_(The_Fall_Of_The_House_Of_Esher).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Enn Reitel and Rosalind Lloyd in September 1984 on the London shoot of The Optimist, series two (episode 5, The Fool of the House of Esher)"><img alt="Enn Reitel and Rosalind Lloyd in September 1984 on the London shoot of The Optimist, series two (episode 5, The Fool of the House of Esher)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_no.2_%28The_Fall_Of_The_House_Of_Esher%29.jpg/350px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_no.2_%28The_Fall_Of_The_House_Of_Esher%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="234" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_no.2_%28The_Fall_Of_The_House_Of_Esher%29.jpg/526px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_no.2_%28The_Fall_Of_The_House_Of_Esher%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_no.2_%28The_Fall_Of_The_House_Of_Esher%29.jpg/701px-On_location_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_no.2_%28The_Fall_Of_The_House_Of_Esher%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="859" data-file-height="552" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Lloyd" title="Rosalind Lloyd">Rosalind Lloyd</a> in September 1984 on the London shoot of <i>The Optimist</i>, series two (episode 5, The Fool of the House of Esher)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 220px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 218px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist,_Season_Two_(The_Brush_Off).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Julie Peasgood and Enn Reitel in September 1984 on the London shoot of The Optimist, series two (episode 6, "The Brush Off")"><img alt="Julie Peasgood and Enn Reitel in September 1984 on the London shoot of The Optimist, series two (episode 6, "The Brush Off")" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Brush_Off%29.jpg/327px-On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Brush_Off%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="218" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Brush_Off%29.jpg/491px-On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Brush_Off%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/df/On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Brush_Off%29.jpg/654px-On_location_in_London_for_the_shoot_of_The_Optimist%2C_Season_Two_%28The_Brush_Off%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="732" data-file-height="504" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Peasgood" title="Julie Peasgood">Julie Peasgood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Enn_Reitel" title="Enn Reitel">Enn Reitel</a> in September 1984 on the London shoot of <i>The Optimist</i>, series two (episode 6, "The Brush Off")</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Optimist_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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