Sickness and Wealth

Del is having stomach pains. It could be his new fast-paced Yuppy lifestyle, or it could the eviction notice demanding three months worth of unpaid rent up front.

TITCO hasn’t been successful and the pressure’s on to raise the cash.

The solution presents itself in the shape of Uncle Albert’s lady-friend Elsie Partridge, a medium who lives off payments for her amazing predictions.

Del thinks it’s a load of mumbo-jumbo, but sets up a seance room in The Nags Head. Albert, worried for Del’s health tells Elsie to say his Mum has contacted her asking him to go the doctor.

When Marlene falls pregnant, just as Elsie foresaw, Del takes heed and is prescribed with irritable bowl syndrome. When he gets home Rodney has another shock for him: He and Cassie are engaged.

Episode Observations

• In Sickness and Wealth, re Mick below – Patrick Murray and Steven Woodcock, they were in this episode but it was cut on the TV, however on the video they are clearly seen as well as quite a few other cut scenes. Strange really.
• In Sickness and Wealth, The closing credits of “Sickness and Wealth” include the names Patrick Murray and Steven Woodcock, but neither of these actors actually appear in the episode.
• In Sickness and Wealth, have you evernoticed on the door to the kitchen in this episode there is a poster with EL DEL written on it?
• In Sickness and Wealth, has any one noticed that Dr Meadows is one of the officers out of “Titanic”?
• In Sickness and Wealth, when Del is in hospital, when Rodney, Cassandra and Alburt leave, Cass says: “Nice to have MET you Del” but in ‘The Chain Gang’ Rodney introduces her to Del!
• In Sickness and Wealth, just before Marlean told everyone she was pregnant. She says “I’m not talking about Del’s illness.” How could she know the ghost said anything about Del’s illness? She wasnt there. Nor was Boycie.
• In Sickness and Wealth, Boycie’s first name, contrary to popular belief on various websites, is NOT Aubrey. Two things back this up: When the ghost asks to speak to “Aubrey”, Del nor Trigger know who it is, until Boycie says it is his middle name and adds later that his father was the only one who called him Aubrey. This is also backed up by “Class of ’62″ as it proves that Del, Denzil & Trigger all went to school with Boycie. Surely they would know his first name in that instance, as the teachers can’t also have called him Boycie?
• In Sickness and Wealth, When Del calls the nurse back to ask about his application for a bed bath, there is no-one in the background, but seconds later, as she walks away, Robbie Meadows is leaning up against a bed as if he’s been there for ages. There’s no way he would have had time to get there in between the two shots.

Sickness and Wealth Script

Sickness and Wealth – DVD Bonus