

No, Honestly
1974–1975 · ITV1 · 30 min · 1 season
S01E13 · Surprise Surprise
Sun, 5 Jan, 11:00 pm
C.D. & Clara try to surprise each other on the morning of their first wedding anniversary and are both surprised by a burglar.
About
No, Honestly featured Clara and Charles "CD" Danby, a newlywed couple. Clara was a ditzy dreamer who hoped to write books for children. Charles, by contrast, was a struggling actor with a more serious streak. At the start of each episode, the couple appeared in front of an audience telling stories about their first meeting, courtship and life as newlyweds. The entire programme, therefore, was a series of flashbacks as the couple recounted the earlier days of their romance.
Episodes
- E01
The Facts of Life
Fri, 4 Oct· 30 minStruggling actor Charles Danby meets children's' author Clara Burrell at a boring party and asks her out for an afternoon and teaches her about "who does which, when and whatever."
- E02
The Object of the Game
Fri, 11 Oct· 30 minAfter a week and a half of going out, Clara tries to fit into C.D.'s life by joining his football team as a goalkeeper. This doesn't bother C.D. so much as what she does during and after the match.
- E03
More Royle Than Noble Really
Fri, 18 Oct· 30 minAt Clara's house, a case of mistaken identity lands C.D. in a situation with the butler, whom C.D. mistakes for Clara's father, the man C.D. intends to get approval for marrying Clara from.
- E04
Finding the Form
Sun, 27 Oct· 30 minC.D. takes Clara clothes shopping to try to change her image.
- E05
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Sun, 3 Nov· 30 minC.D. tries to hide that fact that he was an orphan by hiring actor friends to play his parents at a dinner party given by Clara's parents. Confusion arises when Royle takes the week off and the temporary staff arrives before C.D.'s "parents."
- E06
Just Cause or Impediment
Sun, 10 Nov· 30 minClara decides they should try various aspects of living together before they get married. Clara tries her hand at cooking except she "forgot to light the oven."
- E07
Now We Are Married
Sun, 17 Nov· 30 minThe Danbys try not to let anyone know that they are on their "thingy." So when they arrive at the hotel they try to convince everyone there that they have been married for years.
- E08
Everything in the Garden
Sun, 1 Dec· 30 minBack from their honeymoon, Clara and C.D. find they have different ideas about how to decorate their home.
- E09
Having Them Back
Sun, 8 Dec· 30 minClara and C.D. have a disastrous dinner party to pay back their social obligations.
- E10
Plenty of Shoulder Not Much Wheel
Sun, 15 Dec· 30 minClara quarrels with her publisher over the use of Ollie the Otter for a new project and C.D. goes quietly crazy when he's been out of work for nine weeks straight.
- E11
Bed, Beautiful Bed
Sun, 22 Dec· 30 minStill unemployed, the Danbys sell Clara's antique bed to help pay the bills because they aren't broke but "more completely knackered really". Then they learn the aunt who gave it to her is back in England and wants it back to give it to a recently married relative; meanwhile Clara tries to train Harold.
- E12
Only Make Believe
Sun, 29 Dec· 30 minClara gets a small part in a movie featuring C.D. and their living room.
- E13
Surprise Surprise
Sun, 5 Jan· 30 minC.D. & Clara try to surprise each other on the morning of their first wedding anniversary and are both surprised by a burglar.
Cast

John Alderton
C.D. / Charles Danby

Pauline Collins
Clara Burrell-Danby












