Season 1

2008-03-28 · 30m

Vernon tries to get his love life back on track but things don't quite go according to plan. After speed dating does not bring the wanted success, he finds an interest in his daughter's married tutor.

2008-04-04 · 30m

Vernon is shocked by the size of the bill from the divorce solicitors but can't find a friend to lend him the money. When the debt is passed to Mad Frankie's Debt Collection Agency and Frankie turns nasty, there's no way out but to get a job

2008-04-11 · 30m

When the kids tell Vernon he was a bad father while they were growing up, he is mortified and sets about putting things right. He 'sorts out' a school bully, buys Milly a new dog, and takes them on a summer holiday to Wales... in February.

2008-04-18 · 30m

Vernon mistakes an Ecstasy tablet for a sweet and ends up in hospital, where he's told he only has 17 years left to live. Needless to say, Milly doesn't want to be lumbered with looking after an invalid dad for the best part of two decades, and forces him to start keeping fit. Adrian Edmondson stars

2008-04-25 · 30m

Determined to make the most of his new freedom, Vernon opts to return to student life, but discovers his options are limited once he's spent his loan and an obscure institution in the Scottish Highlands is the only place that will take him.

2008-05-02 · 30m

Vernon gets the chance to relive his "glory days", when an old acquaintance needs a replacement guitarist for his band.

2008-05-09 · 30m

After his kids and David throw him out, Vernon turns to his friend Bryan, only he can't stay there because Bryan's wife won't' let him. He has to find somewhere else to sleep…

2008-05-16 · 30m

After being rejected by Milly, Max and David, and left alone in the flat all weekend, Vernon decides to end it all…