• Air date: 10 Mar '06 7 episodes
      Ben Harper is a moderately successful family man and dentist. He is also undergoing a mid-life crisis and trying to cope with the bizarre reality of raising teenage children. His wife Susan seems quite happy, enjoys her job as a London tour guide, however at home her ability to find her way around a cookbook or pantry is less successful. Their three children Nick, Janey, and Michael are as different as chalk and cheese. Nick (19) is on his gap year, but doesn't get much further than the sofa or job centre, Janey is as sharp as a tack and 16 going on 25, while Michael is a very bright, computer-nerdish 12 year old who is just discovering girls.
  • List of Episodes (7)
    • 1. Bliss For Idiots

      10 Mar '06
      'Doctor' Buck, an American author, stays over at the Harpers, which again angers Ben. Elsewhere, Michael spends time with a woman, who is impressed by artefacts he supposedly found in his garden, and Roger is also trying to impress, when he starts talking to Abi in Welsh.
    • 2. The Spokes Person

      17 Mar '06
      Ben starts a one man anti-cycling campaign that causes chaos in the household. An old acquaintance of Susan, Hilary, visits, boasting about her family, which makes Susan even more determined to fare better at fundraising. Janey meets Hilary's son, who no longer looks like a nerd, and starts dating him. And Roger shows off his cooking skills.
    • 3. Dentally Unstable

      31 Mar '06
      Ben is away at a conference, so smooth-talking locum Tony covers. Janey immediately falls under his charm, but her and Susan very shortly discover that he is married. However, despite both of them knowing that Janey must end this relationship, getting rid of Tony isn't as easy as they think. Meanwhile, Michael gets involved in another money-making scheme; two parents are trying to get their son into their local school and seek his help in doing so. Things go accordingly to plan, until the school
    • 4. Living the Dream

      07 Apr '06
      After Roger shows off his brand new, expensive watch to Ben, Ben and Susan both get caught up trying to sell 'Pyramus' products, believing that they will be super rich in doing so, and that they will consequently be able to afford a nice, big boat and pay for Kenzo to go to a private school, amongst other things. And when they see Roger driving in his new Porsche, they go even more crazy about 'Pyramus', reacting by ordering yet more products--despite Michael's warnings.
    • 5. An Embarrassment of Susans

      14 Apr '06
      Ben purchases the house next-door in hope of making quick money by furnishing it and then selling it on. However, he encounters a large problem when squatters take over the house. Susan attempts to play Cupid, when she introduces Suzanne to Michael, but the girl seems uncannily familiar.
    • 6. And Other Animals

      21 Apr '06
      Susan adopts a stray dog. Ben accidentely donates a priceless family heirloom to Goodwill. Abi suspects that Roger is gay.
    • 7. The Art of Being Susan

      28 Apr '06
      Ben is away and Susan is invited to dinner by a rich art collector. Her mother, Grace, gathers a collection of her own, and Roger is trying to find the courage to pop the big question to Abi.