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Season 1

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Job (Pilot)

    • July 10, 1995
    • ITV1

  • S01E01 Birthday

    • June 27, 1999
    • ITV1

    Barbara gives son-in-law Martin, advice on interviewing for a job while she's preparing for her sister Jean's birthday.

  • S01E02 Rivals

    • July 4, 1999
    • ITV1

    Ted is shaken when his taxi is carjacked outside a Star Trek convention

  • S01E03 Armour

    • July 11, 1999
    • ITV1

    Barbara is out of the hospital's clique; Martin plans revenge involving handcuffs

  • S01E04 Friends

    • July 18, 1999
    • ITV1

    Barbara goes off on Linda's husband Martin, and she and her mum stop talking.

  • S01E05 Coffee

    • July 25, 1999
    • ITV1

    Barbara consents to have coffee with a new patient; Ted meets a man who reminds him of himself

  • S01E06 Scattering

    • August 1, 1999
    • ITV1

    Barbara finally scatters her mother's ashes over the Yorkshire moors

Season 2

  • S02E01 Kids

    • November 24, 2000
    • ITV1

    Deciding that his life doesn't have enough adventure, Ted tries to get Barbara to join him in parachuting from an airplane.

  • S02E02 Massage

    • December 1, 2000
    • ITV1

    Ted asks a notorious neighbor for help after Barbara injures her back.

  • S02E03 Mum

    • December 8, 2000
    • ITV1

    Ted's mum leaves the retirement home to come live with him.

  • S02E04 Christening

    • December 15, 2000
    • ITV1

    Linda tries to make everything perfect for baby George's christening, while Peter returns with a bride.

  • S02E05 Tyres

    • December 22, 2000
    • ITV1

    Barbara has a parking problem, Ted gets a chance to be the ""phone a friend"" on a TV game show, and Jean considers plastic surgery.

  • S02E06 Fox

    • December 24, 2000
    • ITV1

    Ted gets a chance to play the local football mascot Freddy the Fox. Meanwhile, the Ponds need to tell Barbara that when Linda returns to work they won't need her services as babysitter.

  • S02E07 Sisters

    • March 23, 2001
    • ITV1

    When Barbara asks her sister Jean to substitute temporarily for a vacationing co-worker, she isn't prepared for the prospect of having to fire her.

  • S02E08 Mate

    • March 30, 2001
    • ITV1

    Barbara decides that her husband is spending too much time with his new friend Vernon. Phil has a setback in his new job as a lollipop man.

  • S02E09 Wedding

    • April 6, 2001
    • ITV1

    As Jean and Phil's wedding day approaches, Barbara isn't looking forward to Jean's rowdy bachelorette party. But then she has even bigger worries when Ted's old flame Yvonne shows up.

  • S02E10 Sheep

    • June 24, 2001
    • ITV1

    Barbara and Ted bring their sheep back to the fields, Ted is having disturbing nightmares, Phil has a bad back, Doreen is trying to get pregnant, and Martin discovers Linda's real opinion of him.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Queenie

    • April 23, 2002
    • ITV1

    When Ted's acerbic mother is thrown out of yet another retirement home, Barbara grudgingly agrees to let her move in - temporarily.

  • S03E02 Flood

    • May 7, 2002
    • ITV1

    When Barbara's house is flooded, Ted gets a taste of the Dunkirk spirit and revels in the situation.

  • S03E03 Valentine's Day

    • May 11, 2002
    • ITV1

    Giving Barbara just the right Valentine's gift is always a headache for Ted. But this year he forgets all about it - and discovers he is not the only one.

  • S03E04 Crimewave

    • May 14, 2002
    • ITV1

    Following a crimewave in the area, Barbara joins the local Neighbourhood Watch scheme. The head of the watch, Mr. Dougsdale later decides to kick Barbara out for causing too much trouble. Soon after, the lights go out and Mr Dougsdale falls in the living room, losing his glass eye, hearing aid and false teeth. Mr. Dougsdale thinks he's found his hearing aid under the piano, only to discover its something old of Barbara's that should have been left where it was. Meanwhile, Linda is away, so Neil begs Martin to go to a nightclub with him. Neil is meeting a date at the club, and she's bringing along a friend, So, Neil wants Martin to keep the friend company while he's on his date. As it turns out, the two girls are big fans of Martin and completely ignore Neil. So Neil drowns his sorrows and arrives home drunk; only to be met with a bigger shinier problem...

  • S03E05 Weekend

    • May 21, 2002
    • ITV1

    Barbara and Ted make an unexpected announcement about their future together, leading to a rash decision at the garden centre. Linda and Martin have a weekend away with some friends, leaving the unreliable Jean and Phil to babysit.

  • S03E06 Baby

    • May 28, 2002
    • ITV1

    Jean's eager to show off her new boob job but Barbara's not sure. Martin realises too much sex can be a bad thing when Linda decides she wants another baby, and Neil's flagrant disregard for Ted's taxi gets him thrown out of house and into the arms of his voluptuous girlfriend.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Honeymoon

    • February 23, 2003
    • ITV1

    Barbara and Ted visit Scarborough for second honeymoon to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary. While Barbara is expecting a peaceful getaway in the expensive hotel she dreamed of when they wed, Ted has the surprise that they're staying in the cheap B&B they originally stayed in...

  • S04E02 Neighbours

    • March 2, 2003
    • ITV1

    Barbara's next-door neighbours are moving away but she isn't bothered as she never liked them anyway.

  • S04E03 Guy Fawkes

    • March 9, 2003
    • ITV1

    Ted is overjoyed when Linda buys him a shed for helping her out around the house, though Barbara is pushed out of the way for the shed which leaves her left to arrange their bonfire party alone. Meanwhile, Jean has recently found the delights of online shopping and unwittingly becomes addicted, forcing Phil to take drastic measures.

  • S04E04 Kirsty

    • March 16, 2003
    • ITV1

    Neil has fallen head over heels for pizza-delivery girl Kirsty, and decided she's the one to settle down with. But it seems Neil has bitten off more than he can chew when Kirsty meets Martin.

  • S04E05 Cottage

    • March 28, 2003
    • ITV1

    It's Barbara's 60th birthday and Ted has promised the celebration of a lifetime. So, with friend Doreen, the family set off to a remote cottage - with tensions already surfacing amongst the passengers in the people carrier.

  • S04E06 Who Shot Barbara?

    • April 4, 2003
    • ITV1

    Barbara lies in a hospital bed after being shot with air rifle, Not so much of a case of 'who done it' more of a 'who didn't'.