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6 Episodes 1987 - 1987
Episode 1
Wuzzo, a convict Timothy has met on the prison library run, escapes and asks Timothy to bring his girlfriend Cilla to meet him - in the Lumsdens' shed. At the same time Mother is expecting Inspector Henderson and his wife from the Neighbourhood Watch to visit and Timothy must keep the two couples apart. When Muriel and Kevin turn up in costume for a vicars and tarts party and Timothy also discovers that his father has bought a stolen bottle of whiskey much confusion follows.

Episode 2
Timothy is rehearsing for 'Private Lives' but looking forward to his parents going to visit an uncle in Australia, which means that he can have time alone with the desirable Jennifer Blenkinsop. There is a set-back after he meets Jennifer's supposed boyfriend, the hulking Sandy, but after Timothy has had a dream in which Jennifer declares her feelings for him he knows what he must do.

Episode 3
Timothy attends a weekend self-assertiveness course but his mother suspects that he is staying with Jennifer and makes a fool of herself by going to Jennifer's house to accuse her. On his return Timothy decides to put his new found confidence into effect, with surprising results.

Episode 4
Having foretold her own death in the Tarot cards and then explained to Kevin that she is terminally ill and leaving the house to him and Muriel Mother disappears, presumed drowned. She has left a will bequeathing everything to Timothy, but only on condition that he does not get married for thirty years. Muriel, however, realizes that this is a plot to stop him from wedding Jennifer and that her mother is alive and well.

Episode 5
Timothy rescues an injured fox from the local hunt and after taking it to the vet releases back into the countryside. He manages to see through his mother's ridiculous lie that he and Jennifer are actually brother and sister but having watched Muriel and Kevin have a big row he wonders whether he is doing the right thing in getting married and imagines himself being chased by the hunt - led by Mother.

Episode 6
Timothy is getting married to Jennifer, the reception has been arranged and Frank makes sure the stag night is one to remember, Next day, however, Timothy gets locked in the house by his evil mother and, even after he has escaped thanks to Muriel, there is another obstacle - literally - placed in their path. The honeymoon is booked for a fortnight in Eastbourne but with whom will Timothy be spending it - Mother or Jennifer?
