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Waiting for God

BAFTA TV AWARD® nominee
Tom Ballard is a retired accountant and Diana Trent is a no-nonsense, sharp- tongued ex-journalist. It seems an unlikely alliance, but Tom wins Diana's respect when he first arrives by organizing a hunger strike to improve the food. Twin spirits with a strong non-conformist streak, they refuse to accept the constraints of old age and especially authority.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Episode 1 - Waiting for God, Season 1
    June 27, 1990
    29min
    TV-14
    Tom is a reluctant new member of the Bayview Retirement Village. He meets Diana, a sharp-tongued spinster who lives next door. They strike up an uneasy alliance hinting at hilarious events to come.
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  2. S1 E2 - Episode 2 - Waiting for God, Season 1
    July 5, 1990
    26min
    TV-14
    Diana commandeers her niece's Porsche for a trip to Brighton and brings Tom along for company. By the time their journey ends, the police have been alerted about two renegade senior citizens on the loose in a sports car.
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  3. S1 E3 - Episode 3 - Waiting for God, Season 1
    July 12, 1990
    28min
    TV-14
    Diana has discovered that Tom won't leave his bed and protests that he is dying. Diana might not be the best to cheer up her friend. She admits to having last been happy herself in 1955.
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  4. S1 E4 - Episode 4 - Waiting for God, Season 1
    July 19, 1990
    30min
    TV-14
    Diana has a secret illness that Tom is afraid it may put her residential status in jeopardy. He conjures up an outrageous plan to blackmail the management of Bayview. Tom and Diana also disrupt the christening of Tom's great-nephew.
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  5. S1 E5 - Episode 5 - Waiting for God, Season 1
    July 25, 1990
    29min
    TV-14
    The arrival of a new matron at Bayview creates a great rift between Tom and Diana. The matron promptly gets rid of flower beds, removes the piano from the dining room and plots to have Diana voted out of the retirement home.
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  6. S1 E6 - Episode 6 - Waiting for God, Season 1
    August 2, 1990
    30min
    TV-14
    The Bayview management attempt to remove both Tom and Diana by having them certified. The psychiatrist passes them both as mentally sound even though Tom announces that he is Sir Edmund Hillary and has just conquered Everest.
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  7. S1 E7 - Episode 7 - Waiting for God, Season 1
    August 9, 1990
    29min
    TV-14
    Diana relives her past as a photo journalist with a bit of aerial photography from a helicopter. Tom has accompanied her but is not too keen on the event. "Up here is far to close to God."
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Content advisory
Violencealcohol usefoul languagesexual content
Subtitles
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Directors
Gareth GwenlanSue Bysh
Producers
Gareth Gwenlan
Cast
Graham CrowdenStephanie ColeDaniel HillJanine Duvitski
Studio
BBC America
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