Editing In Sickness and in Health (section)

===Series 4 (1989) ===
Alf gets a new lodger, Pele, and Mrs Hollingbery starts to get closer to Alf. Eventually, Alf begins courting her and they are soon engaged. Mrs Hollingberry learns that as a couple, they can purchase their house for £20,000. Later in the series, with Arthur in tow, they travel to the [[Outback]] to meet her wealthy long-lost brother Ricky ([[John Bluthal]]) so they can get his blessing on their engagement and provide them the money towards the purchase of the house. Alf soon comes to blows with her brother and they have a fight at a drinks party to celebrate his engagement to Mrs Hollingberry. Ricky expels them and sends them back to London with their plans in disarray.

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! style="background:#ffdead" | First broadcast
! style="background:#ffdead" | Description
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|1 
|7 September 1989
| Alf has recovered from his hip operation and Winston has moved out. At the pub, he discusses his financial situation with Arthur, who suggests to him that he could improve his finances by marrying Mrs Hollingberry.    
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|2 
|14 September 1989 
| Alf attempts to propose to Mrs Hollingberry but she spurns his advances and wants time to think over his proposal of marriage. Later, a surprise engagement party is thrown for them at the pub, where Mrs Hollingberry discovers that if she marries Alf, as a couple they can purchase their house from the council. 
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|3 
|21 September 1989 
| Excitement is in the air when Arthur has a large windfall on the football pools. Upon hearing the news, Alf organises a lavish celebratory meal for Arthur. When he comes over for the meal, Arthur despondently announces that his wife has failed to post the coupon. Meanwhile, Mrs Hollingberry receives a letter from her brother Ricky in Australia who is willing to purchase their house, providing he gets to meet the groom to be. 
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|4 
|28 September 1989 
| Alf, Mrs Hollingberry and Arthur are preparing for their trip down under. On the night before they depart, Alf is dismayed when everyone in the pub places a bet on whether the plane will crash. Back at the flat, he gets into an argument with Mrs Hollingberry about having to travel to Australia.  
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|5 
|5 October 1989
| During their flight to Australia, Alf's initial fears about flying are soon relieved when he gets drunk on Whisky. At the airport, he gets into a heated argument with a man, who turns out to be Mrs Hollingberry's brother. He takes them back to the house where he introduces them to his haughty wife Railene ([[Noeline Brown]]). Alf and Ricky soon quickly bond over their shared racial views.   
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|6
|12 October 1989 
| The following day, Ricky persuades Alf, Arthur and Mrs Hollingberry to take a sightseeing tour around [[Sydney]]. During their trip, Alf gets into a row with a lifeguard, and later on discovers that he and his bride to be have conflicting views over many things. 
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|7
|19 October 1989 
| After a disastrous trip to the Outback which leads to Ricky getting injured when Alf mistakes him for a Crocodile. At the flat, Alf and Arthur overhear Ricky's deceitful property plans and they decide to get their revenge on him when Ricky offers Alf a business proposition. At a drinks party to celebrate the engagement, it quickly descends into drunken chaos between the two. 
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