Series 1 (1991)

1    "Leader of the Pack"  3 September 1991

Struggling to keep up with her role as a working mother, Bill's life is chaotic as she receives no help around the house from her husband, Ben, their son, David, and daughter, Jenny. Bill is called into Jenny's school to see the headmaster who explains that Jenny has not been attending classes. Bill discovers Jenny has been secretly dating a boy who rides a motorbike, however, Bill also meets with handsome biker Angelo for the first time and wonders whether life would be better with him.

2    "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning"  10 September 1991

Jenny is unhappy with her new trainers, and Bill is struggling to keep the house in order. While attempting to do the washing at Rona's house, Bill confides in Rona about her meeting with Angelo. Ben arranges for the family to have Sunday dinner at his sister Tina's house which turns out to be a disaster. Tina's husband, Brian, takes Ben to the pub, leaving the women to stay at home to cook. Tina criticises Bill for choosing to work rather than stay at home with her children, and hits David when she discovers he has brought a rat into her house. Outraged, Bill storms out of the house with David and drives home in Ben's van, but panic sets when she realises she does not know how to drive. However, Angelo shows up and guides Bill safely to the side of the road.

3    "When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Go Shopping"  17 September 1991

Bill goes food shopping at the supermarket for Ben's barbecue where she witnesses a theft and gives chase. However, Bill herself is mistaken for a thief and is taken for questioning by the store detective. Meanwhile, Ben receives a letter from the Inland Revenue, informing him of an appointment with a tax inspector. Ben's meeting with the tax inspector goes well when he finds out he is owed a rebate, of £3,000. Jenny decides to become a vegetarian. Bill and Rona call a telephone number that was left on a piece of paper on Ben's van, which Bill expects to be from Angelo, only to discover it was left by a potential customer.

4    "Love and Marriage"  24 September 1991

Panic sets in as the Porters prepare for a dreaded visit from Bill's mother Bette. Bette proves to be a difficult guest when she takes Bill and Ben's bedroom and irritates them constantly with her demands. The next day, Bill returns home from work and discovers Bette in bed with an old flame. Appalled and upset at first, they later have a heart-to-heart conversation, and Bill realises she is becoming more like her mother with age. Bill bumps into Angelo again, telling him that she is married with two children. Meanwhile, Ben has to visit his ex-girlfriend Pauline to do some plumbing work. He tells her that he is married to Bill and has two children. She tells him that she is dissatisfied with her husband Trevor and tries to encourage Ben to have an affair with her.

5    "Dirty Bowling" 1 October 1991

It is discovered that Ben is making secretive trips to his workshop. Meanwhile, Ben is under pressure from keeping up with the housework, coping with a new manager at the bakery and learning to drive and overlooks that her daughter Jenny has broken up with her boyfriend. Bill and Ben go bowling whilst Rona babysits David and Jenny. Rona talks to Jenny and reminisces about her wedding, when she jilted the groom at the altar. Bill passes her driving test and is eager to show him her new driving skills and to see the work Ben has been doing on the family car, but is shocked to discover that their Austin Montego has been replaced with a 1950s Chevrolet.

6    "Young at Heart"  8 October 1991

Money is tight in the Porter household as Ben spent all the tax refund money on the car, and Bill's manager refuses to pay her wages on time. Bill makes a trip to the bank to ask for a small loan, which is rejected. She meets Angelo again and they have a conversation. It is revealed that David and his friend Sammy, have been playing strip Happy Families with a girl called Judith and her mother complains to Bill about it. Bill visits Sammy's mother Marie, who lives in poverty on a council estate. Ben talks to David about the birds and the bees, but finds that David is more knowledgeable on the subject than he was expecting. Rona writes her telephone number on a carrier bag for a customer at the bakery, which is taken by the manager who begins calling and pestering her for sex. To punish him for his inappropriate behaviour, Bill and Rona lead him on, allowing him to strip completely naked, before quitting their jobs and locking him inside the shop. Lacking the second income from Bill's job, Ben decides to sell the car, but knowing how much pleasure he gets from it, Bill allows him to keep it.

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