 The summer season proved to be a success and frequently played to packed houses . In 1985 , the show was once again produced , first as a two @-@ week tour of Britain , and then as another summer season in Bournemouth . Fergusson returned for the second summer season , once again playing Marina . Robert Fyfe replaced Waller in the role of Howard , and Juliette Kaplan took the role of Pearl for this season . Although the new characters were not originally intended to be carried over to the television programme , Roy Clarke included them in four of the following six episodes of the 1985 series , beginning with the episode " Catching Digby 's Donkey " . All three characters remained until the end of the sitcom . 
