My Family

My Family

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  • ...And I'll Cry If I Want To

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    Season 5, Episode 18 - Aired 12/25/2005

    Ben has that same old Christmas feeling of despair as the frustrations of family life, as ever, live up to his worst fears. But this year's celebrations look like being even more fearsome as Susan seems set on giving grandson Kenzo a third birthday to remember. Nick sends a Christmas present that could have a lasting effect on the household and Susan's mother has found herself a toy boy, whose present – and presence – causes mayhem.

  • Comic Relief Special

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    Season 5, Episode 17 - Aired 03/11/2005

    Fund raising special. Nick invites some famous faces into his Mum and Dad's bedroom.

  • Glad Tidings We Bring

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    Season 5, Episode 16 - Aired 12/24/2004

    Janey introduces her new fiancé, Ches, to her parents. Ben is less than supportive as, for a start, Ches is actually older than he is. Regardless Ben manages to accept the man his daughter has chosen to marry and desperately avoids the potential to make a fool of himself at the wedding. Susan, pleased she gets to play the role of 'mother of the bride' ends up making a bigger fool of herself than Ben. In the end however, it's Janey who gets the last laugh...Meanwhile, Michael, who is knee deep in girlfriend problems, is auctioning off his sisters wedding gifts on E-bay and Nick is apparently stuck in the African Jungle and is sending video taped pleas to his parents for money packages to be sent to him.

  • Going Dental

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    Season 5, Episode 14 - Aired 06/18/2004

    Ben is scheduled to attend a dental conference, and Susan decides not to join him as she's decided to write a novel. Ben, however, needs someone to go with him as he's positioned himself to become part of a Harley Street practice, so he settles for Janey. Through various twists, everyone shows up at the hotel with much resulting confusion.

  • Going Dental

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    Season 5, Episode 13 - Aired 06/18/2004

    Ben attends a dental conference.

  • The Book of Love

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    Season 5, Episode 12 - Aired 06/11/2004

    Susan attends a neighbour's book club; Michael runs a booking agency exclusively for Roger; Ben books a seat on the sofa, but gets a new assistant too close to home.

  • A Wife Less Ordinary

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    Season 5, Episode 11 - Aired 06/04/2004

    Susan is bored with her lot and opts to run her life as a single girl again; Janey takes the opportunity to try running the home with a husband who is less than perfect; and Ben just runs away.

  • Dentist to the Stars

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    Season 5, Episode 10 - Aired 05/28/2004

    A filmcrew comes to town to film a new film which contains many famous british actors. Ben and Roger fight to perform surgery on the British Heartthrob who wants a 'normal classic' dentist. This leads to Roger geting tickets to the stars fashion perade and Janey finds a way to minipulate Roger to become his 'date for the night' just to mingle with the stars. Michael finds a way to make money out of the film crew by charging them extorsionate amounts of money to use the toilet. Meanwhile, Susan's tourist firm is being taken over by another company and she gets fired, she then becomes determined to take the exam, pass, then quit on the high ground.

  • While You Weren't Sleeping

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    Season 5, Episode 9 - Aired 05/21/2004

    Susan is increasingly annoyed at Ben's consistent snoring while she is trying to get to sleep and suggests 'alternative' ways to deal with the ordeal, however it doesn't seem to work and leads to a separation of beds. Both Ben and Susan then have 'perfect' freedom in the lives because of this however Abi has seen this before, having witnessed 5 separations involving her dad, she feels that Ben and Susan are heading for divorced and is convinced she is the case of all family breakups. Meanwhile Janey has started her own shopping business from her room while her boiler is being fixed and is becoming an 'assistant shopper' for both Abi and Michael.

  • The Mouth Trap

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    Season 5, Episode 8 - Aired 05/14/2004

    Ben buys Susan the 33 DVD Boxset of Inspector Morse and then tells her of his rich patient who confesses to killing his wife while he was being sedated. Susan then tries to figure out the mystery behind Mr Addis and his wife while in the meantime Michael has another new girlfriend and she tries to figure out everything about it, but Michael isn't too keen on Susan finding out.

  • My Fair Charlady.

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    Season 5, Episode 7 - Aired 05/07/2004

    Susan feels that she doesn't have enough time to do the housework while holding down her job, therefore decides to interview as many cleaners as possible to find the correct one. She then decides on Martha who not only does the cleaning but does the cooking as well and the rest of the family enjoy it. However as a result Susan starts to feel obsolete and tries to get rid of her by sabotaging the house and eating Ben's mint chocolate sweet left on his pillow. Meanwhile Michael is trying to get a date with a girl at school who loves football by learning everything about football as possible (much to Ben's delight as this is the only subject he knows more than Michael about) and Abi is trying to get a job at a library by learning every single word in the dictionary!

  • My Will Be Done

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    Season 5, Episode 6 - Aired 04/30/2004

    The prospect of imminent death often concentrates the mind and the prospect of Ben's is no exception. After visiting 4 different websites, Ben is now convinced he has just a year left to live and decides to write his will with the secondary purpose of trying to get his children to love (or just notice) him. Susan meanwhile organises Ben's funeral, not helped by Nick taking a job at the undertakers.

  • First Past the Post

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    Season 5, Episode 5 - Aired 04/23/2004

    Ben becomes jealous of Roger winning a £20 gift voucher on the Times Crossword puzzle and tries to prove to himself that he can do crosswords as quick as Roger but Susan demands Ben's full attention and support after she decides to run for the recently open post for Council to try and change to world by ridding it of Dog Poo. Michael meanwhile has got a new pregnant verminous spider - Nicola who has mysteriously disappeared from his bedroom!

  • Luck Be a Lady

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    Season 5, Episode 4 - Aired 04/16/2004

    Susan tries to play the role of 'matchmaker' for Roger while Ben is trying to teach Roger how to 'chat up' the ladies. Roger then gets a call girl to try and make Abi jealous but it ends up costing him a fortune to keep the 'romance alive' with her.

  • What's Up, Docklands?

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    Season 5, Episode 3 - Aired 04/02/2004

    Ben and Susan decide to help out some friends by flat sitting their brand-new Docklands apartment.

  • You Don't Know Jack

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    Season 5, Episode 2 - Aired 03/26/2004

    Ben has taken a dislike to Michael's geeky friend Hubert. He's therefore relieved when Michael acquires a new, and much cooler, school mate Jack. Michael is soon dressing trendily and hanging out with the cool kids at school.

  • The Mummy Returns

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    Season 5, Episode 1 - Aired 03/19/2004

    In this new series, more problems for Ben appear - Janey comes back home, Susan lies to the police, Michael's become born again and Abi confuses nature with naturism!