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The dysfunctional life of the Wilson family. The Wilsons are a one-parent family with a difference. The difference being that the one parent happens to be Ray, a friendly but hopeless fifty-something with a spectacular drink problem. The only time Ray refuses a drink is if he misunderstands the question. Fortunately for the Wilson children - all five of them - they have Dilly, the eldest daughter at age 30 who, since their mum died, has reluctantly brought the rest of them up. The children are; Jason who's hasn't spoken since he witnessed the accident in which his mum died; Poppy, who is convinced she would be better off in care; Dougie, who is an optimist despite failing at everything and Jo, who has candy floss where her brain should be. So that's The Wilsons. Not exactly The Waltons, but they do sort of love each other and they do agree wholeheartedly on one thing: that their social worker Colin is a complete idiot. And they're right.
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Episode 1
30 mins
Alcoholic widower Ray Wilson lives on a council estate with his market trader sons Dougie and Jason,bored older daughter Dilly,vain middle daughter Jo and Poppy,a schoolgirl,who is keen for home tuition,which involves Colin,a social worker with a sartorial secret. Poppy needs money to go on a school trip to France and Richard,who is stalking Jo and spends hours outside the house gazing at her,thinks he can get into Jo's good books by selling his van to finance the trip. However Dougie has already got a loan - from a loan shark - and in the event the chances of Poppy going to France look very dim.





