• Air date: 06 Apr '07 9 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 (9)
    • 1. The Ego has Landed

      06 Apr '07
      Susan has organised a dinner date with the Mortons, a couple she and Ben met on holiday. Just as they are leaving the house, a mysterious but very familar-looking man arrives, asking for Janey.
    • 2. Four Affairs and a Funeral

      13 Apr '07
      Ben attempts to hide the fact an elderly man died of natural causes in his dentist's chair, unfortunately the man left a trial of promiscuity which proves even harder to cover up. Meanwhile Abi and Susan try to 'shake things up' in their relationships, however things get out of hand when Susan gets a new mobile phone with a built in camera...
    • 3. Once More With Feeling

      20 Apr '07
      Susan wants to renew her wedding vows to Ben but there's a problem. She also wants Ben to renew his vows to her. Meanwhile, Abi and Roger are celebrating the fact they've set a day for their wedding, it's a Saturday, but which one?
    • 4. Dutch Art and Dutch Courage

      27 Apr '07
      A handsome millionaire art collector reappears in Susan's life and Ben feels jealous when the two of them share a hotel bedroom.
    • 5. Susan Of Troy

      04 May '07
      Micheal has secretly entered the whole family into a popular TV game show including his Grandmother and her latest husband Brad. The resulting family squabble may fuel a few insults by Anne Robinson, but will the insults get out of hand when Susan's hidden past is brought into question?
    • 6. One of the Boys

      11 May '07
      Roger's mother visits to meet her future daughter-in-law. An old drinking mate from Ben's youth has changed much more than he had expected.
    • 7. Abi Ever After

      18 May '07
      It's the day before Roger and Abi's wedding but, for this accident-prone couple, until the marriage is solemnised, anything can happen and probably will.
    • 8. Breaking Up Ain't Hard To Do

      25 May '07
      Some friends of Ben and Susan's are getting divorced. Could this spell problems for their own marraige too?
    • 9. Life Begins at Fifty

      08 Jun '07
      Much to Ben's distress, Susan starts acting very strangly...Last in the series.