It is Jake's first day at secondary school and Karen has nits and wants to keep one as a pet.

Dad strays into a job-threatening controversy, while Mum starts a turf war.

Mum, the children, their aunt and grandfather get stuck in a traffic jam on the A3.

Mum makes plans for a romantic night in, but she has to get rid of Karen's little friend.

Ben's got a mystery illness and claims to be far too ill to go to school.

Mum's nagging makes Karen plan a move abroad, and the family prepare for a dinner party.

The children cause trouble at a wedding, while Pete and Sue try to refrain from violence.

Ben tries to get elected as class rep. Dad returns from a funeral troubled by mortality.

The Brockmans attempt to revive 1950s values by banning TV and computers for a whole day.

Mum and Dad must endure the hell of being stuck in a foreign airport with young children.

A Croatian baby-sitter has a night to remember when Mum and Dad go out for a meal.

Chaos reigns as Karen denounces Satan, and Ben gets on the wrong side of a referee.

A thunderstorm brings night-time chaos to the Brockman family.

Gran takes the Brockman family for a day's sightseeing in London.

When Mum finds an inappropriate image on the family computer, an investigation begins.

Karen recreates Britain's Got Talent and Ben takes an interest in Dad's medical tests.

Dad struggles against the conspiracy theories that are taking over the family.

Auntie Angela returns to show off the American therapist she has married.

Mum and Dad struggle to put things right between them, but Karen is unimpressed.