Tue, Aug 20, 2013
The day of Bell and Reuben's wedding arrives and an already nervous Reuben is mortified to learn that best man Dave is stuck at the airport and cannot make it. Fortunately he has several back-ups among the Starling menfolk and has to play Eeny-meeny-miny-mo to pick the replacement. Further disaster strikes when, due to a misplaced key, the groom's party get locked in a flat and drastic action must be taken before Reuben joins Bell at the altar and the knot is tied. Grandad visits Molly in hospital after she has suffered a fall, and meets her possessive ex-husband who seems unhappy about him being her new beau and, as the reception draws to a close Coggie tells Gravy that her visa expires at midnight and she must return to the States. He proposes but will he be too late?
Tue, Aug 13, 2013
In the weeks following his heart attack Terry becomes silent and withdrawn behind his shades, giving Jan and Charlie cause for concern. However, when Stephen turns up at the house to drop off a book, he confronts the teacher with his suspicions in no uncertain way. Fergie feels that Loz is 'pimping him out' as he asks him to pretend to be an item with Judith in the hopes that this will advance his desire to better himself and take permanent teaching employment. In fact he appears to scupper himself at an interview for which he was ill-prepared and under-qualified. Bell and Reuben go running in the park where a meeting with a friend of Reuben sets the couple at odds again but, for Grandad, there is a pleasant surprise as Molly asks him to move in with him, a proposal he says he will consider.
Tue, Aug 6, 2013
Jan's sister Sandra, estranged mother of Fergie, arrives and immediately antagonizes everybody, shunning Gravy over his engagement to Coggie and lecturing Charlie on the dangers of having a motor bike. Grandad initially turns down a date to go dancing with Molly, showing Loz film of himself and his late wife when they were ballroom champions and claiming he lost the reason to dance when she died. However he decides to move on and joins Molly on the dance floor. Bell and Reuben on the other hand are experiencing marital problems. After Sandra has left - and not in the most reconciliatory manner - the Starlings are having a barbecue. Terry asks Jan to consider moving to Majorca, leading to a row between them but she is devastated when she sees him lying unconscious on the ground.
Tue, Jul 23, 2013
Loz agrees to go fishing with Terry and Grandad but is perturbed to find that he is expected to get into a boat when he is prone to sea-sickness - as he quickly proves. A surfeit of Dutch courage and a flooded engine also conspire to make the trip a disaster whilst Fergie's recently opened organic camp site also runs into trouble when he encounters a pair of critical campers. Jan worries about Charlie getting her first car whilst Gravy decides to help out his old friend Coggie.
Tue, Jul 30, 2013
Jan goes off on a class outing to a hotel, which involves an overnight stay. Needless to say Stephen is extremely attentive to her, causing her to ask why he has singled her out. She is taken aback by his reply. Grandad, having had yet another unfortunate experience with Greywaves, decides to pack in Internet dating but a likely romantic entanglement comes his way when he meets the sprightly Molly on a bus. Terry, despite not feeling well, goes to the opening of Rodney's restaurant whilst Gravy, in order to help Coggie stay in the country, gathers evidence to state that she is his fiancée. Fergie, still hoping to better himself, narrows his options down to designing a computer game, Doomageddon or becoming a medical guinea pig for Dengue's disease though Loz still cannot get over Fergie's encounter with Judith in Bruges all those years ago.
Sun, Jul 1, 2012
Terry and Charlie are working together at renovating a decrepit stately home and find themselves saddled with the annoying,fly-by-night Barry whose performance as a colleague tries Terry's patience. Terry tries to reconcile Bell and Reuben but it is in vain as Reuben goes off with new girl-friend Loulou. Grandad's visit from an old friend from Australia ends in sadness whilst Fergie,working as a nude model for the life class at Loz's art college,announces that he has stayed in one place for two long and decides to move on - though he is not sure where to.
Tue, Jul 16, 2013
Jan reminds Terry that, once they had had the three children, he had promised to have a vasectomy but, having met Stephen on a shopping trip, he is less enamoured of the idea. Loz takes Fergie with him to the school's evening out in a restaurant - where Fergie discovers to his embarrassment tat he probably had sex with head teacher Judith on a school trip to Bruges in 1989. Meanwhile Gravy decides that he wants more out of life than a routine job - as does Charlie,as she has a confidential chat with Grandad in the wake of her accident.
Tue, Jul 9, 2013
As Bell has an awkward meeting with Reuben's parents Fergie pushes ahead with his plan for his Organic Camp-Site and Terry and Charlie continue with the construction of Rodney's restaurant, despite his continuing to push last minute ideas on them. Grandad discovers Internet dating via the Greymates web site though things do not go smoothly and, on a class outing, Jan finds herself still being pursued by Stephen.
Sun, Jun 10, 2012
Whilst taking Charlie to her football practice Fergir gets stuck in a traffic jam and his efforts to take a short cut lead to his arrest and a court appearance which discloses that he has many speeding fines for which he ends up behind bars. Fortunately his cell-mate is the current boyfriend of Fergie's ex-,who was responsible for the speeding fines and he persuades her to own up. Jan goes to her book club,not having finished the prescribed text and faces scorn from snooty fellow members though she is saved by Bell,who has read the book whilst Charlie helps Terry trounce long-standing pub quiz rival Brian Valentine and Loz gets a visit from bare knuckle fighter brother Lee whilst Grandad goes on his annual pilgrimage to the spot where he met his first love.
Sun, May 20, 2012
Charlie starts work with her father in his electrical business despite having minimum training and Bell's ex-boyfriend Reuben,told she will consider reconciliation if he gets work also looks for a new job. Fergie acquires a piece of furniture,unaware that it is the legendary Crying Chair,which brings tears to the eyes of anybody who sits in it whilst Loz has his first art exhibition at a local hall. Entitled Thirty Days of Hurt it consists of prints of punches thrown at the canvas over the period of a month.