- It is Louisa's first day back at school and their new child minder, Mel, is late for work. When Mel finally does arrive Martin is dubious about handing James over to this woman who is constantly scratching.
- With Louisa back at work, the Ellinghams hire nanny Mel; but, she keeps scratching; and, when Martin tells her she has an infection caused by obesity, she leaves. Fortunately, Mike Pruddy steps into the breach, impressing Martin and allowing him to take Louisa to the school play. Here, they meet chair of governors Dennis Dodd, and his younger wife Karen, and ask them to dinner. The dinner party is awkward, as Martin believes Dennis is drunk, and tells Louisa so when they have to tend to baby James, unaware that their guests can hear them on the baby monitor. Whilst Morwenna inherits a house and takes Al in as her lodger, Ruth is roped into doing a phone-in for local radio; and, takes a call from Joe Penhale, under an assumed name, worried that he has no friends. She advises him to be nice to everybody; so, he takes her at her word, reluctantly arresting Dennis, who has crashed his car. But, when Dennis later has a fall, Martin discovers that his slurred speech is due to his having Parkinson's Disease.—don @ minifie-1
- Louisa returns to work, and she has been trying to find a nanny. Martin and his gruff demeanor has resulted in quite a few quitting no sooner than they've started. The latest, Mel, storms out when he tells her she is obese and unhealthy. With the chairman of the school coming for dinner with his wife, Martin and Louisa have little choice but to put baby James to bed and hope for the best. The baby monitor proves to be their undoing, however. Mike Pruddy might be a solution to their nanny problem, but Louisa isn't so sure. Ruth, meanwhile, is a guest on Portwenn radio to promote her new book; to her horror, she finds herself giving advice to someone who calls in. It's Joe Penhale -- with a disguised voice -- who wants to know why he can't make friends. It doesn't take her long to figure out who called. With the death of her father, Morwenna is looking for someone to share housing expenses.—garykmcd
- The GP is left holding the baby after upsetting the new childminder, but luckily Mike agrees to look after James at short notice. However, Louisa is not happy with the arrangement and an argument erupts between the newlyweds just as their guests arrive for dinner - and that's only the first of the evening's problems.
- It is Louisa's first day back at school and their new child minder, Mel, is late for work. When Mel finally does arrive Martin is dubious about handing James over to this woman who is constantly scratching. Martin insists the new nanny have a medical appointment to diagnose the cause of the itch. Meanwhile, Ruth has been roped into doing a phone-in programme on Radio Portwenn with Caroline the DJ, and a listener called 'Cliff' phones in saying he finds it difficult to make friends.
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