one year after love thy neighbour make it i. t. v. debut and it follow the route take by on the bus and steptoe and son by graduate onto the big screen and in a picture make by hammer film . it open with a stir patriotic speech laud the virtue of england green and pleasant land and then cut to a shot of eddie and bill walk up a street and argue furiously . this escalate into a strange sequence of white and black neighbour vandalise their each other home . at least the original theme tune be retain ( even if it be sing by someone other than stuart gillie ) . the local paper the gazette be hold a contest to find the best neighbour and the winner land a mediterranean cruise . barbie suggest to joan that they should enter . the thing be and can bill and eddie stay friend long enough to win it . that the main part of the plot . the film be by and large episodic . one chunk be lift directly from season 1 and namely bill and eddie go to the club pretending to be on union business . in reality theyre go to see a stripper ( not meet two girl ) . another portion of the movie have bill and along with other black factory worker ( in the series he be the only one ) and break a strike eddie have help bring about by various ploy ( include be smuggle in through the gate in beer barrel ) . while another ( seemingly inspire by powell and driver for the love of ada ) see eddie talkative mother ( the magnificent patricia hayes ) get friendly with bill father ( charles hyatt ) . the climax to episode 1 season 1 reappears in an expanded form . bill once more put on paint and a towel to terrify eddie and but his friend join him and and they dance round a drum contain a naked booth and so that they can pretend to cook and eat him . eddie then have to make his way home in the nude ( surprisingly and there be less nudity here than there be in episode 2 season 2 ) . the film end with the reynolds and the booth win the love thy neighbour contest and and take the cruise together and but there an unexpected twist involve joan sex mad brother cyril ( james beck private walker of dad army ) and who be work a a steward . this be your typical 70 sitcom into movie and with all the fault usually prevalent in such film . the laugh be scatter about and and interest wane after about half an hour . the cast be augment by familiar face such a melvyn hayes ( cast a terry and a character from episode 2 season 1 and play on that occasion by leslie meadow ) and bill fraser ( a the factory manager ) and anna dawson and andria lawrence ( who seem to have be in every 70 british comedy film and mostly cast a nymphomaniac ) and and arthur english . the director and john robin and be also responsible for the man about the house movie . funny moment while eddie sleep in a quiet part of the factory and bill paint his face black . the first he know of it be when the manager secretary scream in terror . the table have be turn .