Chapter	Novelised detail	Televised detail	Episode
Thursday	Exotic Ices tasting held in Maurice Harcourt's office	The tasting was held in Reggie's office	One
Friday	Reggie's holidays were held in Chilhampton Ambo	Reggie's holidays were held in  Chilhampton St. Peter	One
Sunday	Mark's T-shirt says "Wedgwood Benn For King"	Mark's T-shirt reads "Wedgwood  Benn For Pope"	Three
Sunday	Jimmy is described as having "a ginger moustache".	Jimmy has no moustache.	Three
Sunday	Reggie is sitting on a cross-beam in the  loft looking through mementoes	Reggie is sitting in the living room looking through the mementoes	Three
Sunday	Reggie rings Joan but fears her husband will answer	Joan is single, with not even a boyfriend	Three
Monday	Exotic Ices flavours include kumquat surprise	Exotic Ices flavours include fig surprise	Four
Monday	Reggie visits his mother-in-law in hospital	She does not appear in the series	-
Tuesday	Reggie meets Henry Possett on Worthing Station	Omitted from series	-
Tuesday	Tom & Linda are guests at the dinner party without food	Only Percy, David, Davina,  C.J. and his wife Kate are guests	Four
Wednesday	Davina and Percy's relationship blossoms into marriage	They are not mentioned after the party	Four
Thursday	Jimmy has an incestuous affair with his niece Linda	Omitted from series	-
Friday	Reggie fills his pockets with money on the  day of the Bilberry Hall speech	Plans for Reggie's finances are  not mentioned in the series	Five
Saturday	Reggie buys new clothes after his pseudocide	Reggie's purchases of his disguises  are not mentioned in the series	Six
Sunday	Reggie thumbs a lift to Exeter as 'Charles Windsor'	Omitted from series	-
Monday	A police officer sets out to find Reggie	Omitted from series	-
Thursday	Reggie meets Jean Timpkins twice	Reggie only meets her once, in the country pub	Six
Thursday	CJ, David, Tim Parker and Leslie Woodcock talk  about Reggie in the pub, overheard by Reggie	CJ, David and Tony Webster are the  ones in the pub, remembering Reggie	Six
Thursday	Linda is with Elizabeth and Henry Possett  visiting Mrs. Anderson in Worthing	Only Henry Possett accompanies  Elizabeth when visiting her mother	Six
July	Donald Potts becomes the gardener  at the Hillingley Mental Hospital	Donald works at the North Hillingley  Sewage Reclamation Works	Six
July	Reggie only meets Ethel Pershore when he  moves out of Mr. and Mrs. Deacon's house	Miss Pershore and Reggie are both  tenants of Mr. and Mrs. Deacon	Six
August	Reggie sees Joan and her disabled husband while he is working at the Hillingley Mental Hospital	Joan is single until dated by Tony Webster	Six
August	Reggie has to pretend to be the plumber when  Jimmy visits Linda for an incestuous relationship	It is Elizabeth who visits Linda	Six
September	Reggie's brother Nigel, Davina, Henry Possett,  Adam and Jocasta, and Jimmy's wife Sheila all  attend his memorial service and wake	All these people are absent from  the church in the series	Seven
September	Nigel and CJ read lessons at the memorial service	Only the vicar conducts the service	Seven
Epilogue	Elizabeth takes Martin to see his place in the Garden of Remembrance and is shown his briefcase and cufflinks	Omitted from Series	-

Chapter	Novelised Detail	Televised Detail	Episode
One	Mr. and Mrs. Gossamer holiday in Crete and Greece	They do not leave the country	One
Two	Reggie tells Elizabeth about the  staff he has recruited while washing up	He tells her about the staff while both seated in the living room	One
Three	Jimmy's wife Lettuce is with him at the community	She is not mentioned in the series	Three
Five	Mark arrives home after being kidnapped in Africa	Mark is not mentioned in the series	-
Seven	Deborah Swaffham is in Tony's bedroom when  she demonstrates Cleopatra's kiss on him	They are in the garden, on a seat-swing  when Deborah kisses Tony	Five
Eight	The episode of McBlane's court appearance  for grievous bodily harm is described	Omitted from series	Six
Eight	Doc's admission to Reggie that his 'potion' was really only water comes during a visit to Doc's bedroom	Doc tells Reggie his admission over dinner	Six
Eight	Seamus visits Reggie's home  to tell him about the thugs' plans	Seamus meets Reggie in the pub	Six
Eight	Mrs. CJ comes to join CJ in the community	Mrs. CJ is not in the series	-

Chapter	Novelised Detail	Televised Detail	Episode
Three	Joan Greengross preaches about nudity at Speakers' Corner	Omitted from series	-
Nine	CJ visits his landlord brother in his pub	Omitted from series	-
Twelve	Tom and David's disguises include bald wigs	They wear ginger wigs	Five
Thirteen	When David forgets to relieve Tom, Hank drives David to CJ's	Tom makes his own way back	Five
Fifteen	Tom and Linda argue at the reception, and Linda walks out	Omitted from series	Five
Sixteen	CJ makes advances towards Elizabeth	Omitted from series	-
Eighteen	Moira Stuart is the BBC news reader	Angela Rippon is the news reader	Seven

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