• Air date: 02 Jan '73 6 episodes
      Patrick Glover is a divorced thriller novelist attempting to raise and keep the peace between his two teenage daughters.
  • List of Episodes (6)
    • 1. Flat Spin

      02 Jan '73
      Anna & Tim return from their Honeymoon and start looking for a Flat. Though most are out of their price range they keep looking. Patrick goes to an estate & he shows Patrick a flat that he thinks Anna & Tim would like. He asks the price & tells the agent if he could say it's 6,000 pounds so Anna & Tim can afford it.He then asks the agent to hold it until he can get Anna & Tim to have a look. Another couple look over the flat & the agent thinks they are Anna & Tim, they ask the price & he t
    • 2. Home And Away

      09 Jan '73
      Bill's off to Manchester for a conference, Karen is busy practising her first aid bandaging on everyone & Patrick is behind on his latest novel. When Barbara arrives she suggests to Patrick if he wants peace & quiet to finish his novel he could go to her cabin in the country. When Patrick arrives Bill & his girlfriend are there & Bill asks Patrick not to say anything. Patrick returns home & tells Barbara he got lost on the way so he came home again. Barbara says she'll take him there & also w
    • 3. It's In The Book.

      16 Jan '73
      Anna & Tim are saving for a Flat of their own.Patrick offers them some money for a deposit but Tim is too proud to accept. Tim wants to ask his boss for a raise, but 'chickens out'at the last minute. Patrick borrows a book from the library called ""the successful man"" after reading it He tells Tim he should be more forceful. If he & Anna want to buy their own place, he should demand a raise from his boss. Anna has a job with Georgie for a few weeks while her Secretary is away. Tim g
    • 4. Right Hand Man

      23 Jan '73
      A Producer wants to make a film of one of Patrick's books. Patrick needs a secretary to help him prepare his novel for the producer. With Anna finishing up at Georgie's, Georgie suggests to Patrick to use Anna as his secretary. When Patrick tries to explain this to Anna,she thinks Patrick is offering Tim a job as secretary. While working on the novel Patrick & Tim discuss how his character could pick a pair of handcuffs with a hairpin. Tim tells him it couldn't be done. Patrick b
    • 5. Pop Around The Clock

      30 Jan '73
      Karen & Howard are going to a 3 day pop festival. Karen hasn't asked Patrick if she could go yet. Howard arrives & He & Karen go upstairs & talk. Anna remarks Maybe they're getting married. Patrick happens to overhear Karen say the word marriage & thinks they are getting married. Patrick thinks they're planning a ""wedding on the cheap"". He has 24 hours to arrange a proper wedding for them. Howard tells Karen he'll behave at the festival, no hanky-panky. He brings his tent & camp stove
    • 6. In All Directions

      06 Feb '73
      It's time for the Glovers summer holidays. Where will they go this year ? Rome, Amsterdam, Saint Tropez ? The family gather around the kitchen table with a map. Patrick,Timothy & Mother like Rome. Nanny, Karen & Anna want Saint Tropez. They decide to split up. Patrick buys three tickets for Rome, Anna buys three tickets for St.Tropez. After thinking about it, Patrick goes back to the Travel Agent & swaps the Rome tickets for 3 to St.Tropez. Anna does likewise. Karen suggests they stick a