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- Wuzzo, a convict Timothy has met on the prison library run, escapes and asks Timothy to bring his girlfriend Cilla to meet him - in the Lumsdens' shed. At the same time Mother is expecting Inspector Henderson and his wife from the Neighbourhood Watch to visit and Timothy must keep the two couples apart. When Muriel and Kevin turn up in costume for a vicars and tarts party and Timothy also discovers that his father has bought a stolen bottle of whiskey much confusion follows.
- An ex-advertising executive, Morris Codman, practices a philosophy of selfishness. His bizarre antics in promoting his product surprisingly lead to a fortune.
- Discovering that Timothy has over four hundred pounds in his bank account Mrs Lumsden decides to change her will and leave her money to the dog's home. Timothy however does have some cause for celebration after meeting nurse Christine and imagining himself as a champion snooker player. Unfortunately it is only a dream and his chances of impressing Christine grow slimmer when Muriel's car breaks down.
- Timothy attends a weekend self-assertiveness course but his mother suspects that he is staying with Jennifer and makes a fool of herself by going to Jennifer's house to accuse her. On his return Timothy decides to put his new found confidence into effect, with surprising results.
- Timothys mother is outraged when he decides to leave home to flat share with two young women.
- Timothy is named in the will of his late uncle Barstable but his reward is in a secret drawer in a sideboard and nobody can find the key. During a concert at the wake the key is eventually located but when Timothy finally opens the drawer he is surprised at the nature of his legacy.
- Timothy is promoted from prompter to Bottom in the the local dramatic society production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
- Whilst playing the rear of a pantomime horse in 'Cinderella', Timothy is asked by Zac, the smooth casting director, to date his old girlfriend Vanessa as he now has a new lady friend in Poppy. Timothy is delighted but unfortunately Vanessa already has a boyfriend in the hulking Tiny Heseltine and when, on his father's advice, Timothy challenges Tiny to a duel, he actually has cause to thank his mother for her intervention.
- With their parents away at the Chartered Accountants Ball Timothy, Muriel and Kevin decide to throw a party in the Lumsden house, the guests including Gillian the Bearded Lady and other circus folk Timothy has befriended. When the bailiffs arrive to repossess the circus Timothy and his accountant friend Maxwell swing into action to save the day - including hiding an elephant in the kitchen.
- When Mr Lumsden starts doing gardening work for Violet Cathcart, the 'Merry Widow', his wife is convinced that they are going to elope and decides to sell the house and move away, which is bad news for Timothy. He decides to visit Mrs Cathcart and persuade her to leave Father alone but there is the inevitable mix-up before Mr Lumsden returns home and Mrs Lumsden's curiosity brings its just deserts.
- The night before Frank's wedding Timothy meets and gets on extremely well with bridesmaid Liz, who also has a restrictive family life and is accident-prone like himself. Next day Timothy has to come to her aid but, as best man, has to get the ring to the church on time, and almost fails to make it due to a succession of mishaps. On arrival he encounters disappointment and a lucky escape both at the same time.
- When Timothy's parents go on a second honeymoon, he plans to hold a party and get closer to Veronica.
- The Lumsdens get a visit from Timothy's sister Muriel, to whom their mother refuses to speak because she disapproves of Muriel's husband Kevin. Muriel prevails upon Timothy to leave home and come with her and, helped by Timothy's best friend Frank, they escape. However Timothy's parents give chase and freedom seems very unlikely.
- Timothy is getting married to Jennifer, the reception has been arranged and Frank makes sure the stag night is one to remember, Next day, however, Timothy gets locked in the house by his evil mother and, even after he has escaped thanks to Muriel, there is another obstacle - literally - placed in their path. The honeymoon is booked for a fortnight in Eastbourne but with whom will Timothy be spending it - Mother or Jennifer?
- Mother wants Timothy to paint the cupboard under the stairs before the man comes to read the meter but Timothy is more concerned with betting snide colleague Victor that he can take new library assistant Caroline to see 'Gone With the Wind'. However the film has started by the time they reach the cinema and Caroline wants to see 'Rickshaw of Blood' instead. A second attempt is also thwarted when Victor buys the last available ticket.
- Timothy is rehearsing for 'Private Lives' but looking forward to his parents going to visit an uncle in Australia, which means that he can have time alone with the desirable Jennifer Blenkinsop. There is a set-back after he meets Jennifer's supposed boyfriend, the hulking Sandy, but after Timothy has had a dream in which Jennifer declares her feelings for him he knows what he must do.
- Timothy is the prompter for the local dramatic society production of Hamlet.
- Things are going well for Timothy in his plan to buy his own house but Muriel is rightly suspicious when her mother announces that she is helping him. Her suspicions are confirmed when a surveyor Timothy has met by chance declares the house to be unfit for purchase and Timothy catches the same apparent surveyor in a secret meeting with his mother.
- Timothy is now dating Pippa, the young lady who crash-landed on the house. Mother has announced her intention to divorce her husband, sell the house and move in with Timothy,, but with Muriel pregnant she and Kevin will have no room for her father. Fortunately Timothy learns from Pippa's friend Garth that, as the house is in Mr Lumsden's name, only he has the right to sell it.
- Meek, 41-year old librarian Timothy Lumsden still lives with his domineering mother and hen-pecked father. Having met the sweet Annette at his amateur dramatics group he arranges to go on a river-boat shuffle with her. However, his mother decides to sabotage the arrangement, leading to his going on the date dressed as a cat and ending up in the river.
- Phyllis appears to have died in mysterious circumstances, but is there more to it, when Timothy will only inherit the entire Estate if he doesn't marry for 30 years.
- When rich Aunt Esme visits the family Timothy and his father are so embarrassed by Mother's attempts to get Esme to leave her her money they sneak off to the pub but prang the car in the process. A shifty garage owner mends it at cut price, thanks to aunt Esme, but since Mrs Lumsden has reported the car stolen the police give chase and there is a second accident before Timothy learns who will benefit from the will.
- Timothy is obsessed with the fair Jean from Acacia Avenue but is too cowardly to approach her. On Mrs Lumsden's birthday she is predictably ungracious about the family's presents but delighted when Timothy arranges a day on the river with her ukulele-playing old friend Edgar. Typically it rains and things go from bad to worse as Timothy literally goes overboard in front of Jean.
- When Timothy wishes he had never been born, a Fairy Godmother makes his wish come true.
- Timothy rescues an injured fox from the local hunt and after taking it to the vet releases back into the countryside. He manages to see through his mother's ridiculous lie that he and Jennifer are actually brother and sister but having watched Muriel and Kevin have a big row he wonders whether he is doing the right thing in getting married and imagines himself being chased by the hunt - led by Mother.