Friday Night Dinner Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
Episode 1 - The SofabedJackie's plans to watch the Masterchef finale are thwarted by an unwelcome houseguest and an ill-timed pickup of the family's old sofa.
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Episode 1 - Series 1, Episode 1: The SofabedMum and Dad are having a clear-out, and Dad's been ordered to chuck away all his tatty, old magazines. Dad has forgotten that he asked a man off eBay to come and pick up their old sofabed, and when the man turns up, Mum is livid that her meal is ruined. But this is nothing compared to the problem of getting the sofabed down the stairs.
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Episode 1 - Series 1, Episode 1: The SofabedMum and Dad are having a clear-out, and Dad's been ordered to chuck away all his tatty, old magazines. Dad has forgotten that he asked a man off eBay to come and pick up their old sofa bed, and when the man turns up, Mum is livid that her meal is ruined. But this is nothing compared to the problem of getting the sofa bed down the stairs.
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Episode 2 - Series 1, Episode 2: The JingleWhen Adam and Jonny come home to find Dad secretly peering into his underpants with a magnifying glass, they're desperate to find out what he's looking at. Meanwhile, Adam's first ever jingle is going to be on the radio. Mum is so proud. Unfortunately, none of the radios work in the house.
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Episode 2 - The JingleAdam and Johnny find Martin acting even stranger than usual when they arrive for dinner. Adam's song is on the radio, but Martin's odd behavior distracts everyone. Finally, Jackie confronts Martin while the boys' prank texts go a bit overboard.
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Episode 2 - Series 1, Episode 2: The JingleWhen Adam and Jonny come home to find Dad secretly peering into his underpants with a magnifying glass, they're desperate to find out what he's looking at. Meanwhile, Adam's first ever jingle is going to be on the radio. Mum is so proud. Unfortunately, none of the radios work in the house.
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Episode 3 - Series 1, Episode 3: The CurtainsThe boys bring Grandma home for dinner but Grandma gets her hair stuck in the window of Jonny's car. When they eventually arrive, Mum shows the family the new curtains. An argument follows about whether the new curtains are actually yellow rather than cream. Meanwhile, Dad drops Mum's beef casserole all over the kitchen floor.
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Episode 3 - Series 1, Episode 3: The CurtainsThe boys bring Grandma home for dinner but Grandma gets her hair stuck in the window of Jonny's car. When they eventually arrive, Mum shows the family the new curtains. An argument follows about whether the new curtains are actually yellow rather than cream. Meanwhile, Dad drops Mum's beef casserole all over the kitchen floor.
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Episode 3 - The CurtainsGrandma has come for a visit and Jackie's nerves are tested by her mother's attitude and her sons' pranks. Adam and Johnny head to a pub to take the edge off until they run into a familiar face and find themselves in a sticky situation.
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Episode 4 - Series 1, Episode 4: The DressWhen Mum finds out that Dad didn't throw away his old boxes of science magazines in their clear-out, she goes mad. So Dad builds a bonfire and promises he'll burn them all. But secretly Dad is only pretending to burn them in the bonfire, instead squirrelling the boxes off to his shed in the garden.
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Episode 4 - Series 1, Episode 4: The DressWhen Mum finds out that Dad didn't throw away his old boxes of science magazines in their clear-out, she goes mad. So Dad builds a bonfire and promises he'll burn them all. But secretly Dad is only pretending to burn them in the bonfire, instead squirrelling the boxes off to his shed in the garden.
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Episode 4 - The DressJackie's friend's son is getting married, and the boys are expected to go to the wedding. Will Johnny bring his imaginary girlfriend? Martin sets up a bonfire in the backyard to burn his old junk, but more than expected ends up charred.
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Episode 5 - Series 1, Episode 5: The MercedesIt's Adam's birthday. As he arrives home, a silver Mercedes almost runs him over. Inside, is Sheila Bloom who is famously obsessed with her Mercedes, and after some catty remarks about Adam's car, she speeds off. This leads Dad to make a surprising confession before he tries to cook dinner for the first time ever.
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Episode 5 - Series 1, Episode 5: The MercedesIt's Adam's birthday. As he arrives home, a silver Mercedes almost runs him over. Inside, is Sheila Bloom who is famously obsessed with her Mercedes, and after some catty remarks about Adam's car, she speeds off. This leads Dad to make a surprising confession before he tries to cook dinner for the first time ever.
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Episode 5 - The MercedesIt's Adam's birthday and with Jackie injured, Martin is put in control of dinner - this goes about as horribly as expected. Adam isn't shocked to find that his birthday presents don't exactly match his wish list.
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Episode 6 - Series 1, Episode 6: The DateAdam comes home to find the house looking immaculate, with classical music playing in the living room, Mum's posh bowls on the dinner table, Dad in a smart suit, and most mysteriously - five sets of knives and forks laid out. Something major is up. What is Mum up to?
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Episode 6 - Series 1, Episode 6: The DateAdam comes home to find the house looking immaculate, with classical music playing in the living room, Mum's posh bowls on the dinner table, Dad in a smart suit, and most mysteriously - five sets of knives and forks laid out. Something major is up. What is Mum up to?
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Episode 6 - The DateAdam arrives at his parents' house to find everyone dressed up for a special guest-his mom has set him up on date - at a family dinner! Everyone does their best to embarrass him, both accidentally and intentionally.
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Episode 7 - Series 2, Episode 1: BuggyWhen Jonny finds Adam's old diary, he learns a terrible secret: when Adam was 11, he secretly dumped Jonny's beloved 'Pandy' panda bear toy in the outside bin, never to be seen again. This unleashes a war in the house, with Jonny threatening to destroy Adam's equally beloved old rabbit toy, 'Buggy'. Fights rage in every room, with Mum and Dad unable to control their two twenty-something sons, who have become 13 again. Desperate to hide his precious comfort toy from his angry brother, Adam gives Buggy to just about the worst person possible, neighbour Jim.
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Episode 7 - Series 2, Episode 1: BuggyWhen Jonny finds Adam's old diary, he learns a terrible secret: when Adam was 11, he secretly dumped Jonny's beloved 'Pandy' panda bear toy in the outside bin, never to be seen again. This unleashes a war in the house, with Jonny threatening to destroy Adam's equally beloved old rabbit toy, 'Buggy'. Fights rage in every room, with Mum and Dad unable to control their two twenty-something sons, who have become 13 again. Desperate to hide his precious comfort toy from his angry brother, Adam gives Buggy to just about the worst person possible, neighbour Jim.
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Episode 8 - Series 2, Episode 2: Mr MorrisThe boys are excited, because Grandma is coming for dinner, and tonight she's bringing her new boyfriend. 82 year-old Lou Morris is a horrible, vain man, who sports a trilby, a Hitler-ish moustache, and is obsessed with cleanliness. None of the family can see what lovely grandma sees in him. Dad can't stand the man and hides in his shed - happy to rifling through his box of fossils. But none of the family are quite prepared for what happens when Mr Morris suddenly loses his temper.
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Episode 8 - Series 2, Episode 2: Mr MorrisThe boys are excited, because Grandma is coming for dinner, and tonight she's bringing her new boyfriend. 82 year-old Lou Morris is a horrible, vain man, who sports a trilby, a Hitler-ish moustache, and is obsessed with cleanliness. None of the family can see what lovely grandma sees in him. Dad can't stand the man and hides in his shed - happy to rifling through his box of fossils. But none of the family are quite prepared for what happens when Mr Morris suddenly loses his temper.
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Episode 9 - Series 2, Episode 3: The LoftTo get out of cleaning the loft with Dad and Adam, Jonny claims to have dislocated his shoulder. But when Adam discovers he's lying, he threatens to tell Mum immediately. Meanwhile Mum and Dad are not on speaking terms. There's been a terrible argument. Dad tells the boys that the reason - much to their horror - is 'sexual'. Mum's best friend - Aunty Val, comes round for dinner to lend Mum moral support, as Mum's argument with Dad escalates. What is Mum and Dad's terrible secret? And will Mum and Dad find out all about Jonny and Adam's secrets too?
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Episode 9 - Series 2, Episode 3: The LoftTo get out of cleaning the loft with Dad and Adam, Jonny claims to have dislocated his shoulder. But when Adam discovers he's lying, he threatens to tell Mum immediately. Meanwhile Mum and Dad are not on speaking terms. There's been a terrible argument. Dad tells the boys that the reason - much to their horror - is 'sexual'. Mum's best friend - Aunty Val, comes round for dinner to lend Mum moral support, as Mum's argument with Dad escalates. What is Mum and Dad's terrible secret? And will Mum and Dad find out all about Jonny and Adam's secrets too?
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Episode 10 - Series 2, Episode 4: The New CarDad is very excited. He's just bought a new fax machine. Jonny, who's an estate agent, has been given a company car - the uncoolest car possible. Mum soon learns that Jonny bagged the car because he'd been sleeping with his boss, the much older Liz. Meanwhile Mum has put Dad on a diet - 'no chocolate, no cheese, no cakes' for two weeks, but Dad has made the boys smuggle in food for him, which he keeps hidden in the downstairs loo. Later a drunk Jim pops round with his dog Wilson. Then returning from a 'family spin' in Jonny's car, the family find something awful has happened to their house.
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Episode 10 - Series 2, Episode 4: The New CarDad is very excited. He's just bought a new fax machine. Jonny, who's an estate agent, has been given a company car - the uncoolest car possible. Mum soon learns that Jonny bagged the car because he'd been sleeping with his boss, the much older Liz. Meanwhile Mum has put Dad on a diet - 'no chocolate, no cheese, no cakes' for two weeks, but Dad has made the boys smuggle in food for him, which he keeps hidden in the downstairs loo. Later a drunk Jim pops round with his dog Wilson. Then returning from a 'family spin' in Jonny's car, the family find something awful has happened to their house.
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Episode 11 - Series 2, Episode 5: The YoghurtsJonny is in a real pickle: he wants to split up with his 43-year-old girlfriend/boss, Liz but is too scared to do so. Adam, meanwhile, is happy to keep teasing him about her age. Grandma offers Jonny some advice - 'Take her out dancing' - before showing him how to dance in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Dad has been drying fish under the stairs, then Grandma gets locked in the boot of Adam's car. How will they get her out? And as if that isn't bad enough, Jonny's girlfriend, Liz turns up at the house.
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Episode 11 - Series 2, Episode 5: The YoghurtsJonny is in a real pickle: he wants to split up with his 43-year-old girlfriend/boss, Liz but is too scared to do so. Adam, meanwhile, is happy to keep teasing him about her age. Grandma offers Jonny some advice - 'Take her out dancing' - before showing him how to dance in the kitchen. Meanwhile, Dad has been drying fish under the stairs, then Grandma gets locked in the boot of Adam's car. How will they get her out? And as if that isn't bad enough, Jonny's girlfriend, Liz turns up at the house.
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Episode 12 - Series 2, Episode 6: The MouseThe boys come home to find the house in a real state. The builders have been in, and everywhere they look, there's mess. On top of this, there's a mouse in the house, and Mum is hiding in the shed. Dad - who's clueless in the kitchen - is left in charge of dinner. But when Jim pops round to see if he can help around the house, something quite terrible happens to him, and Mum is forced - out of guilt - to ask Jim over for dinner. This is Jim's happiest moment ever - finally, his first ever Friday night dinner with the Goodmans. Dad and the boys are livid with Mum for asking him round.
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Episode 12 - Series 2, Episode 6: The MouseThe boys come home to find the house in a real state. The builders have been in, and everywhere they look, there's mess. On top of this, there's a mouse in the house, and Mum is hiding in the shed. Dad - who's clueless in the kitchen - is left in charge of dinner. But when Jim pops round to see if he can help around the house, something quite terrible happens to him, and Mum is forced - out of guilt - to ask Jim over for dinner. This is Jim's happiest moment ever - finally, his first ever Friday night dinner with the Goodmans. Dad and the boys are livid with Mum for asking him round.
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Episode 13 - Series 2, Episode 7: ChristmasIt's Christmas day. Mum has made a fantastic Christmas dinner. The boys are delighted that Grandma, is coming round, but horrified that Dad's mother - 'Horrible Grandma' - is coming too. Horrible Grandma turns up with her equally horrible dog, Boudacea, which has to wear an oxygen mask. Horrible Grandma hates Mum's 'horrible dry turkey', and Mum is distraught when Horrible Grandma brings her own turkey with her to eat. After dinner, tensions mount, as the two grandmas have an argument that develops into a proper grandma fight. And then Jim turns up, dressed as Father Christmas...
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Episode 13 - Series 2, Episode 7: ChristmasIt's Christmas day. Mum has made a fantastic Christmas dinner. The boys are delighted that Grandma, is coming round, but horrified that Dad's mother - 'Horrible Grandma' - is coming too. Horrible Grandma turns up with her equally horrible dog, Boudacea, which has to wear an oxygen mask. Horrible Grandma hates Mum's 'horrible dry turkey', and Mum is distraught when Horrible Grandma brings her own turkey with her to eat. After dinner, tensions mount, as the two grandmas have an argument that develops into a proper grandma fight. And then Jim turns up, dressed as Father Christmas...
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Episode 14 - Series 3, Episode 1: The GirlfriendAdam finally brings a girl home for dinner, but the evening is ruined when the family suddenly have to look after 8 year-old Katie, who has a massive girlie crush on Adam.
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Episode 14 - Series 3, Episode 1: The GirlfriendAdam finally brings a girl home for dinner, but the evening is ruined when the family suddenly have to look after 8 year-old Katie, who has a massive girlie crush on Adam.
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Episode 15 - Series 3, Episode 2: The FoxDad's been secretly hiding a dead fox in the outside freezer, as he wants to get it stuffed. But when mum needs to use the freezer, dad enlists the boys in a desperate attempt to hide the dead animal from her.
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Episode 15 - Series 3, Episode 2: The FoxDad's been secretly hiding a dead fox in the outside freezer, as he wants to get it stuffed. But when mum needs to use the freezer, dad enlists the boys in a desperate attempt to hide the dead animal from her.
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Episode 16 - Series 3, Episode 3: Mr Morris ReturnsThe family are distraught when Grandma gets engaged to Mr Morris, her horrible 85 year-old boyfriend. Meanwhile, Jim is collecting money for charity, whilst dressed in full dog costume, complete with doggy testicles.
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Episode 16 - Series 3, Episode 3: Mr Morris ReturnsThe family are distraught when Grandma gets engaged to Mr Morris, her horrible 85 year-old boyfriend. Meanwhile, Jim is collecting money for charity, whilst dressed in full dog costume, complete with doggy testicles.
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Episode 17 - Series 3, Episode 4: The AnniversaryMum and dad's anniversary is ruined when Dad paints a painting of mum that looks like Margaret Thatcher, Jonny gets a tattoo of a skull, and Jim sleep-walks around their house, causing havoc.
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Episode 17 - Series 3, Episode 4: The AnniversaryMum and dad's anniversary is ruined when Dad paints a painting of mum that looks like Margaret Thatcher, Jonny gets a tattoo of a skull, and Jim sleep-walks around their house, causing havoc.
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Episode 18 - Series 3, Episode 5: The PianoDad's bought a piano, and the world's most sarcastic piano tuner comes round to tune it. Meanwhile, the family spot Aunty Val having an affair. What should they do?
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Episode 18 - Series 3, Episode 5: The PianoDad's bought a piano, and the world's most sarcastic piano tuner comes round to tune it. Meanwhile, the family spot Aunty Val having an affair. What should they do?
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Episode 19 - Series 3, Episode 6: The Big DayIt's grandma's wedding day, and she's getting married to the horrible Mr Morris. The family are distraught, but will Grandma really say 'I do'?
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Episode 19 - Series 3, Episode 6: The Big DayIt's grandma's wedding day, and she's getting married to the horrible Mr Morris. The family are distraught, but will Grandma really say 'I do'?
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Episode 20 - Series 4, Episode 1: The Two TonysDad's old friend from university, Tony, has been invited round. Dad used to live with Tony along with another lad also called Tony - who used to tell terrible jokes and talk with his eyes closed the whole time. Dad hated this Tony. But when a bad-joke-telling, shutty-eyed man appears at the front door, Dad almost has a heart attack: he's inadvertently invited the wrong Tony over.
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Episode 20 - Series 4, Episode 1: The Two TonysDad's old friend from university, Tony, has been invited round. Dad used to live with Tony along with another lad also called Tony - who used to tell terrible jokes and talk with his eyes closed the whole time. Dad hated this Tony. But when a bad-joke-telling, shutty-eyed man appears at the front door, Dad almost has a heart attack: he's inadvertently invited the wrong Tony over.
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Episode 21 - Series 4, Episode 2: The Carpet CleanerDad is in an excited mood. Today is his annual 'oiling of the hinges' in which he oils all the hinges in the house. But dad's mood soon changes when he spills black oil all over mum's precious carpet. Now dad has to find someone to clean the carpet without mum seeing. His plan: to get the cleaner into the house through the garage, while the family all go out to a restaurant. Unfortunately, the carpet cleaner, an elderly, bad-tempered man who is charging double for the job - arrives just as the family are leaving the house to go to the restaurant.
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Episode 21 - Series 4, Episode 2: The Carpet CleanerDad is in an excited mood. Today is his annual 'oiling of the hinges' in which he oils all the hinges in the house. But dad's mood soon changes when he spills black oil all over mum's precious carpet. Now dad has to find someone to clean the carpet without mum seeing. His plan: to get the cleaner into the house through the garage, while the family all go out to a restaurant. Unfortunately, the carpet cleaner, an elderly, bad-tempered man who is charging double for the job - arrives just as the family are leaving the house to go to the restaurant.
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Episode 22 - Series 4, Episode 3: CongratulationsAdam's arrives home to a 'Congratulations' banner hanging in the hallway, and a super excited mum and dad. They're celebrating Adam's first award - for writing the music to a commercial. But Adam's celebration soon turns sour when Jonny turns up with an American girl he met in Las Vegas. Lisa is a lovely, sparky girl, but when mum learns that Jonny and Lisa got secretly married in Vegas, mum goes mad. An awkward evening ensues with mum trying her best to be as polite as possible to Jonny's new wife. But it soon becomes clear that Jonny and Lisa know absolutely nothing about each other.
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Episode 22 - Series 4, Episode 3: CongratulationsAdam's arrives home to a 'Congratulations' banner hanging in the hallway, and a super excited mum and dad. They're celebrating Adam's first award - for writing the music to a commercial. But Adam's celebration soon turns sour when Jonny turns up with an American girl he met in Las Vegas. Lisa is a lovely, sparky girl, but when mum learns that Jonny and Lisa got secretly married in Vegas, mum goes mad. An awkward evening ensues with mum trying her best to be as polite as possible to Jonny's new wife. But it soon becomes clear that Jonny and Lisa know absolutely nothing about each other.
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Episode 23 - Series 4, Episode 4: The PyjamasAdam's been staying at mum and dad's for a week while he recovers from a bout of tonsillitis. However, with mum fussing over him the whole time, he's clearly regressed to a little boy again. He's even started calling mum, 'mummy'. When Jonny enters, Adam's sitting on the sofa in his pyjamas whilst mum cuts his toenails. During a bad-tempered dinner, mum gives Adam triple portions, and even feeds him pieces of chicken. An irate Dad and Jonny are left with hardly anything to eat.
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Episode 23 - Series 4, Episode 4: The PyjamasAdam's been staying at mum and dad's for a week while he recovers from a bout of tonsillitis. However, with mum fussing over him the whole time, he's clearly regressed to a little boy again. He's even started calling mum, 'mummy'. When Jonny enters, Adam's sitting on the sofa in his pyjamas whilst mum cuts his toenails. During a bad-tempered dinner, mum gives Adam triple portions, and even feeds him pieces of chicken. An irate Dad and Jonny are left with hardly anything to eat.
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Episode 24 - Series 4, Episode 5: The FuneralToday is Uncle Saul's funeral. Dressed in black, the boys come home to be welcomed by Dad's mother, Grandma Goodman, aka Horrible Grandma. The boys hate Horrible Grandma. In fact the whole family hate Horrible Grandma. Mum is in a particularly bad mood with Grandma, as mum's glass cabinet is lying on the floor, all smashed to pieces. Mum suspects Grandma pushed it over. While Dad has been instructed to write a speech but he's been hiding out in the shed.
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Episode 24 - Series 4, Episode 5: The FuneralToday is Uncle Saul's funeral. Dressed in black, the boys come home to be welcomed by Dad's mother, Grandma Goodman, aka Horrible Grandma. The boys hate Horrible Grandma. In fact the whole family hate Horrible Grandma. Mum is in a particularly bad mood with Grandma, as mum's glass cabinet is lying on the floor, all smashed to pieces. Mum suspects Grandma pushed it over. While Dad has been instructed to write a speech but he's been hiding out in the shed.
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Episode 25 - Series 4, Episode 6: For SaleThe boys arrive home to find a 'For Sale' sign in front of the house. They enter to find mum showing a couple round the house. Mum promises them they are not selling, they're 'just seeing'. The boys aren't convinced.
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Episode 25 - Series 4, Episode 6: For SaleThe boys arrive home to find a 'For Sale' sign in front of the house. They enter to find mum showing a couple round the house. Mum promises them they are not selling, they're 'just seeing'. The boys aren't convinced.
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Episode 26 - Series 5, Episode 1: The Other JackieMum and Dad get a hot tub, much to the horror of Adam and Jonny, and Jim brings a date round for a disastrous dinner.
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Episode 27 - Series 5, Episode 2: The Tin Of MeatMum's friend Val moves in and causes havoc when she finds that Dad is hiding a tin of 20-year-old meat in his shed.
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Episode 28 - Series 5, Episode 3: The SurpriseMum plans her own surprise party which backfires when Dad gets involved. Get ready for the party from hell.
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Episode 29 - Series 5, Episode 4: Lord LuckDad annoys everyone with his old ventriloquist dummy Lord Luck, while Jonny's recently dumped friend Ben comes for dinner in need of cheering up.
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Episode 30 - Series 5, Episode 5: The ViolinAdam isn't happy when he is forced to play his violin for Mum and her best friend Val, while Jonny is relishing every moment. Dad is obsessed with his old microscope.
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Episode 31 - Series 5, Episode 6: WilsonThe boys are threatened with no crumble if they don't help to assemble a wooden shelf, while Jim's dog Wilson keeps doing his 'dollops' in Mum and Dad's flowerbed.
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Episode 32 - Series 6, Episode 1: The CaravanDad's bought a grotty caravan. Jim's got a new dog. And the boys have new 'females' - but can they bear to tell Mum?
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Episode 33 - Series 6, Episode 2: The Plastic BagDad's obsessed with retrieving a plastic bag that's stuck up a tree. Jonny's sense of style is 'out of this world'. And Adam discovers hell hath no fury like his Mum scorned.
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Episode 34 - Series 6, Episode 3: The Au PairThe family's cream-tea-obsessed former au pair pays the Goodmans a surprise visit. But there's nothing sweet about this reunion.
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Episode 35 - Series 6, Episode 4: Dad's BirthdayDad has the birthday blues - he has he worked out the date when he's going to die, then 'Horrible Grandma' turns up uninvited. Can Jim's magic do the trick?
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Episode 36 - Series 6, Episode 5: The CageMum is in hospital having a 'woman's procedure', so Aunty Val is tasked with making the Friday night dinner.
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Episode 37 - Series 6, Episode 6: The FemalesAdam and Jonny finally bring their 'females' home to meet their parents, and just to add to the potential confusion both girls are called Lucy. Before the objects of their affection can make it out of the car, the boys rush into the house to give Mum and Dad a last-minute rundown of the 'rules'. Though Mum seems delighted, Dad fails to make the best first impression. Nevertheless, the evening is saved from complete disaster thanks to some exciting revelations.
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