Sat, May 12, 2012
Terry and Jan Starling welcome Grandad into their already crowded house after an 'incident' at his retirement home and tomboy daughter Charlie is not pleased at having to share with him.Hugely pregnant daughter Bell gives birth in the birthing pool in the living room whilst eldest son Gravy has,once more,lost one of his eight-legged friends. Grandad's illegitimate son,artist Loz,returns to stay with the family along with Jan's caravan-dwelling nephew Fergie.
Top-rated
Sat, May 19, 2012
Charlie starts work with her father in his electrical business despite having minimum training and Bell's ex-boyfriend Reuben,told she will consider reconciliation if he gets work also looks for a new job. Fergie acquires a piece of furniture,unaware that it is the legendary Crying Chair,which brings tears to the eyes of anybody who sits in it whilst Loz has his first art exhibition at a local hall. Entitled Thirty Days of Hurt it consists of prints of punches thrown at the canvas over the period of a month.
Sat, May 26, 2012
Jan tries to enter a short story contest for Derbyshire Life but is constantly being interrupted by,among others,Grandad,who has increased his medication after being bitten by one of Gravy's escaped eight-legged friends,which might result in hallucination though Gravy himself seems to have acquired a sensible girlfriend in Nurse Trudy. Bell returns to work after giving birth to Zack in a far from glamorous photo-shoot,partnered with an idiot male model whilst Loz,accompanied by Fergie,goes to look at a room in a house which is supposedly a haven for Buddhists.
Sat, Jun 2, 2012
Terry feels sad at the knowledge that his little girl is growing up when Charlie goes on her first date whilst Bell and Reuben are making progress back together as a couple. Jan however begins to feel that,despite having a girlfriend and being her eldest,Gravy will stay at home for ever and Fergie shows Loz how to drive a monster machine so that they can take part in the synchronized monster machine derby at the St. Swithin's Day fair,though in the process they nearly injure Grandad.
Top-rated
Sat, Jun 9, 2012
Whilst taking Charlie to her football practice Fergir gets stuck in a traffic jam and his efforts to take a short cut lead to his arrest and a court appearance which discloses that he has many speeding fines for which he ends up behind bars. Fortunately his cell-mate is the current boyfriend of Fergie's ex-,who was responsible for the speeding fines and he persuades her to own up. Jan goes to her book club,not having finished the prescribed text and faces scorn from snooty fellow members though she is saved by Bell,who has read the book whilst Charlie helps Terry trounce long-standing pub quiz rival Brian Valentine and Loz gets a visit from bare knuckle fighter brother Lee whilst Grandad goes on his annual pilgrimage to the spot where he met his first love.
Sat, Jun 16, 2012
Jan and Terry have the house to themselves to celebrate their wedding anniversary but efforts to provide romantic interludes go awry and they end up spending a happy day in a bird hide. Reuben and Bell go to a luxury spa but it all ends in tears when the masseuse proves to be Reuben's ex,Lisa Gumble and the rest of the family fare no better. On a camping weekend they end up in the wrong county thanks to Grandad's map reading and when Reuben's van gets stuck in the mud they have to sleep in a little hut,getting rudely awoken by a battle reenactment group.
Sat, Jun 23, 2012
Loz and Fergie set up a taxi cab business,using only old cars like Ford Cortinas but when Loz introduces his thrill-seeking girlfriend Annika into the equation Fergie is,rightly,predicting the end of the enterprise. Bell and Reuben's relationship is getting even rockier so they decide to see a counsellor though she proves to be anything but helpful and Reuben ends up getting drunk. Charlie is head-hunted to play for the Derby County football team and Terry is excited at the prospect of meeting his idol,former soccer legend Rodney McQueen,who has unfortunately deteriorated into a debt-ridden sleaze.
Top-rated
Sat, Jun 30, 2012
Terry and Charlie are working together at renovating a decrepit stately home and find themselves saddled with the annoying,fly-by-night Barry whose performance as a colleague tries Terry's patience. Terry tries to reconcile Bell and Reuben but it is in vain as Reuben goes off with new girl-friend Loulou. Grandad's visit from an old friend from Australia ends in sadness whilst Fergie,working as a nude model for the life class at Loz's art college,announces that he has stayed in one place for two long and decides to move on - though he is not sure where to.