Ambridge bids farewell to Jack. Hazel gets down to business. Jill is burgled.

Radio Times: Hazel takes centre stage and Jill has a nasty surprise.

Characters: Alan, Eddie, Hazel, Jennifer, Jill, Kenton, Peggy

• Flaming torches! Eddie insists they’ve got to have them for the Wassail parade. It’s top of Kenton’s to-do list but not right now if he is to get to the funeral. Also getting ready for the funeral is Hazel, full of scathing remarks about Ambridge, and in need of a large G&T. Eddie expresses his condolences; he owes a lot to her dad: along with Mrs Woolley, he was the Grundys’ landlord.
• The aforementioned Mrs Woolley is a good deal more composed than Hazel seems to be. The church is full; Jack would have appreciated that. “Daddy and I shared so many precious moments together …” and so, between sobs, Hazel’s oration goes on – and on. Jill didn’t believe a word; Hazel never visited him once in The Laurels. Jennifer delivers a more appropriate tribute to a man who inspired loyalty and affection from all who truly knew and loved him. For Peggy the burial was a bit too much; although the real Jack went a long time ago, she is going to miss him.
• Over the funerial baked meats, Alan speaks of the warmth and affection expressed by so many people, though there is a general feeling that some were more genuine than others. Do they mean Hazel’s crocodile tears? They surely do. Hazel soon takes her leave – nobody is sorry to see the back of her, especially as her parting shot is to invite Peggy to a meeting she has arranged with Jack’s lawyer. Peggy is sanguine about it; it was bound to happen; she will go along and get it over with.
• Kenton walks Jill home; as they go in through the front door, they hear the back door closing. She’s been burgled.