Rob Aslett — Executive Producer

Episodes 65

6x9

Lee invites Lucy and her parents and Daisy for Christmas at his late aunt Maureen's country house, which appears haunted though Lee tidies it up, burning a rocking-chair. This seemingly housed the ghost of a young boy and in the night ghostly music is heard - though it turns out to be provided by Lee's father Frank. Between them they discover the identity of the 'ghost', a childhood friend of Lee called Ralph - or so they think until Frank provides the answer to their questions.

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Band

10%
April 13, 201229m
5x1

When Tim joins a band at work and Lucy falls for the lead guitarist, Lee becomes jealous, and decides that if he can't beat them he should join them.

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Dads

45%
April 20, 201229m
5x2

Lee's lazy weekend is wrecked when his scrounging father turns up unexpectedly. Having just come out of hospital he needs somewhere to stay for the weekend. Will Lee take on the demanding role of carer?

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Camping

70%
April 27, 201229m
5x3

In a desperate bid to prove his manliness, Lee joins Tim, Daisy and Lucy on a camping weekend in the middle of a dark spooky forest.

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Running

35%
May 4, 201228m
5x4

To impress Lucy, Lee starts training for a 10 kilometre Fun Run only to injure himself immediately. In an effort to hide the injury from Lucy, he gets himself a secret sports massage, but this just leads to more trouble.

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Examination

80%
May 11, 201228m
5x5

Lucy finds herself working on a Government initiative encouraging men to regularly check themselves for lumps. Eager to please Lucy, Lee follows the campaign's advice and discovers something he wasn't expecting.

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Drunk

70%
Season Finale
May 18, 201229m
5x6

After Lucy suffers a mild indiscretion whilst drunk and claims to have no memory of the event, she and Lee embark on an experiment with a bottle of home-made potato hooch to prove once and for all that you can remember what happens when you're mashed.

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Rabbit

70%
April 5, 201329m
6x1

Lucy accidentally runs over a pet rabbit belonging to the daughter of an important client.

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Skiing

70%
April 12, 201328m
6x2

On a holiday to Eastern Europe, Lee, Daisy and Lucy become stuck on a cable car.

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Therapy

70%
April 19, 201330m
6x3

Lee takes advantage of Lucy's new-found skills as a relationship counsellor to patch things up with his father.

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Conference

70%
May 3, 201328m
6x4

Lee does what he has to do to stop Lucy from flirting with the male delegates at a three-day annual trade conference in order to get herself work.

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Rachel

60%
May 10, 201330m
6x5

Lee decides that the best way to get Lucy to notice him is to make her jealous. Now all he has to do is find himself a girlfriend.

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Play

70%
May 17, 201329m
6x6

Lee is forced to fight for Lucy's attention when her first love reappears on the scene.

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Magic

60%
May 24, 201329m
6x7

When Lucy's god-daughter is suddenly dumped on her the night before the girl's birthday party, Lucy and Lee have to come up with an appropriate entertainment for fourteen nine-year-olds.

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Boat

70%
Season Finale
May 31, 201329m
6x8

Lee spends a long weekend on his a boat with Lucy, even though she is terrified of water.

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The House

70%
December 24, 201344m
0x4

In an effort to create the perfect Christmas for Lucy, Lee invites her parents to join the two of them and Daisy in a snug old house in the country which used to belong to his dear dead aunt.

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Mugging

70%
October 17, 201428m
7x1

When Lucy has her handbag stolen from right under Lee's nose, he feels the need to prove his manliness over and over and over again.

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Christening

70%
October 24, 201429m
7x2

Lee's big mouth has got him and Lucy invited to a christening party thrown by new neighbours Toby and Anna, and now they have no time to find the perfect present for the baby who has everything.

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Donor

45%
October 31, 201429m
7x3

When Lucy decides it is time to have a baby, she is surprised to find the whole family taking a personal interest in the conception.

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Anna

70%
November 7, 201430m
7x4

Lucy aspires to be friends with her posh new neighbours Toby and Anna, but she hasn't reckoned on Lee dragging her back down to earth.

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Pointless

80%
November 21, 201430m
7x5

In an attempt to impress Lucy with his intellectual prowess, Lee joins Daisy as a contestant on the TV quiz show Pointless.

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Alcohol

70%
November 28, 201428m
7x6

Frank's drinking becomes a problem and forces Lee and Lucy to reassess the living arrangements in the flat.

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Surprise

80%
December 5, 201430m
7x7

No matter what happens, Lucy's surprise party for her parents' anniversary must remain a secret or it won't be a surprise. So why she tells Lee about it is anyone's guess.

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Plane

70%
December 12, 201428m
7x8

Flying off on a summer holiday, Lucy and Daisy endure the worst flight of their lives when Lee gets a bad case of the jitters on the plane.

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Lucy

80%
December 19, 201430m
7x9

Lee spends time in the bar with Toby worrying that the woman of his dreams is drifting further away.

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Christmas Special

90%
December 24, 201443m
7x10

The will-they-won't-they tension reaches new highs in this epic series finale for Christmas that sees Lucy and Lee in previously uncharted emotional waters.

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The Out-takes

80%
Season Finale
December 27, 201429m
7x11

Lee Mack, Sally Bretton and Katy Wix introduce a compilation of out-takes from across the various series.

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Christmas Shopping

70%
December 24, 201544m
0x5

An unexpected stranger turns Lee and Lucy's Christmas upside down.

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Romance

80%
January 13, 201728m
8x1

After eight years of marriage, Lee and Lucy disagree over how to keep the romance alive.

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Babysitting

80%
January 20, 201729m
8x2

Lucy causes offence by choosing the wrong babysitter.

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Car

70%
February 3, 201728m
8x3

Lee's hopes for a stress-free ferry trip to France with Lucy and the children are dashed when they don't leave enough time for the car journey.

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Hot Tub

70%
February 10, 201728m
8x4

Lee and Lucy play hot tub fantasy date with Anna and Toby, causing them to end up in hot water.

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Charlie

70%
February 17, 201730m
8x5

Lee is worried that Charlie is getting a reputation at school for being the class clown.

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Marriage Guidance

60%
February 24, 201728m
8x6

If Lee and Lucy's marriage wasn't in trouble before they go to marriage counselling, it is by the time they leave.

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Enough

80%
Season Finale
March 3, 201729m
8x7

Are Lee and Lucy ready for another child?

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The True Meaning of Christmas

80%
December 24, 201739m
0x6

It's Christmas Eve, and Lee and Lucy face a possible yuletide disaster when they discover the perfect present they have bought for their children has already been gifted to them by their grandparents.

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Home Improvements

70%
March 8, 201827m
9x1

Lucy's father reluctantly allows Lee to help Lucy clear up the builder's mess in their new kitchen extension.

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Escape Room

75%
March 15, 201829m
9x2

As a surprise for Lee's birthday, Lucy invites the whole family to join them in an escape room.

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Stolen

65%
March 22, 201828m
9x3

A missing toy keyring causes a rift between Lee and Lucy and best friends, Toby and Anna.

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Pets

75%
March 29, 201828m
9x4

To teach the children to be more responsible Lee and Lucy get a family pet.

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Pants on Fire

75%
April 5, 201829m
9x5

Lee and Lucy open up a can of worms when they cancel dinner with Toby and Anna at the last moment.

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Lollipop Man

65%
April 12, 201827m
9x6

Lee and Lucy object to the school lollipop man handing out lollipops to the kids.

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Bust Up

65%
Season Finale
April 19, 201829m
9x7

Encouraged by Anna, Lucy considers whether a breast augmentation is for her.

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Ding Dong Merrily on Live

70%
December 20, 201827m
0x7

Dragooned into organising a Christmas variety show to raise money for their children's school, Lee and Lucy find quality acts thin on the ground.

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Parachute

75%
April 15, 201929m
10x1

A sponsored parachute jump raises not just money for Toby's hospital but questions about Lee's courage as well.

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Holiday Share

75%
April 22, 201928m
10x2

Can Lee and Lucy’s friendship with Toby and Anna survive a long weekend in a damp cottage in the New Forest?

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Facts of Life

75%
April 29, 201928m
10x3

Lee is outraged that the twins have started sex education at school and resolves to teach them everything he knows about the facts of life before Miss Anstis corrupts them.

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Schooling

70%
May 6, 201928m
10x4

When Charlie’s school gets a bad Ofsted rating, Lee and Lucy start looking around for alternative schools. Despite Frank's protests, Geoffrey and Wendy offer to pay to send Charlie to a private school, which presents Lee and Lucy with a moral dilemma.

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Memory

60%
May 13, 201927m
10x5

Lee decides to gatecrash Lucy's favourite television show and watch it with her. Lucy is not best pleased, especially when Lee can't remember the name of the leading actor.

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Whodunnit?

70%
May 20, 201928m
10x6

Unable to convince Lucy that he didn’t smash her precious antique vase - an heirloom that belonged to her grandmother - Lee summons the family to a meeting to flush out the culprit.

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Builder

75%
Season Finale
May 27, 201928m
10x7

Lucy takes the kids away to her parents while Lee stays in the house to oversee the building work in their kitchen. Unfortunately, the builder Lee has employed to do the job has an annoyingly relaxed attitude to deadlines.

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Halloween Special

55%
October 30, 201938m
0x8

Lee and Lucy take the children out trick or treating for Halloween, but the night soon turns disastrous for Lee when he loses his phone on the porch of a spooky Victorian house. Once he returns to the house to retrieve his phone, Lee discovers that the house is full of secrets that would be far better left undisturbed.

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Driving Home For Christmas

60%
December 24, 201939m
0x9

We all know Christmas simply wouldn't be Christmas without a giant inflatable Santa, an aggressive bull in a field and a terrifying truck driver.

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Resolutions

75%
December 30, 202043m
0x10

With 40 minutes to go until midnight, a New Year’s Eve party at Lee and Lucy’s house turns sour when family members start making their resolutions.

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Small Package

85%
January 8, 202128m
11x1

Social niceties are stretched to snapping point when Lee and Lucy take in a package for their neighbour and inadvertently discover that it contains an embarrassing object that Lee now has to return. That proves to be easier said than done.

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Pub Quiz

75%
January 15, 202127m
11x2

To celebrate their anniversary, Lee and Lucy plan a friendly night of quizzing with Toby and Anna in their local pub, but the evening is derailed when neither couple can bear to lose to their partners and the foursome splits into rival teams.

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Carol

75%
January 22, 202128m
11x3

When Lee's feckless dad, Frank, announces his engagement, Lee cannot believe that any woman would want to marry him and sets out to find out exactly what is wrong with her.

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Old Acquaintance

65%
January 29, 202129m
11x4

When Lee joins Facebook for the first time and makes contact with an ex-girlfriend from twenty years ago, Lucy is less than pleased.

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War

75%
Season Finale
February 5, 202128m
11x5

A family visit to the World War Two war graves in Normandy unearths a piece of family history that is best left buried.

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Panto

70%
December 23, 202142m
0x11

A family Christmas party turns sour when Lucy announces that she has got tickets to see Jason Donovan in panto. Lee loathes panto, especially given Jason Donovan was Lucy’s teenage crush. That night, while Lee and Lucy turn their backs on each other in bed, Lee has an unsettling dream in which he is dressed as Buttons and his whole life has turned into a pantomime. Lucy is Cinderella, Toby and Anna are the Ugly Sisters, Geoffrey is Baron Hardup, and Wendy is the Fairy Godmother - and Prince Charming, the handsome suitor who pursues Cinderella and asks for her hand in marriage, is played by Jason Donovan. Can Buttons keep the fairy-tale couple apart?

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Painting

60%
March 25, 202228m
12x1

It’s been over a year since Frank’s passing and the always lovely Wendy, rediscovering a long lost love for painting, decides to create a very unique tribute in oils. How can Lee and Lucy break the news that they don’t necessarily like the likeness?

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Text

80%
April 1, 202229m
12x2

When Lee accidentally sends a rude text about Anna to Lucy, he makes the stupid mistake of sending it to Anna herself. Lee and Lucy now face the impossible task of stealing Anna's phone and deleting the text before she reads it.

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Friend

70%
April 8, 202230m
12x3

When Lee promises Lucy that he will make more of an effort to be friendly with other parents in the playground, he makes the mistake of starting with Keith.

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Front Window

65%
April 15, 202228m
12x4

Recovering from knee surgery, Lee sits by the window day after day, spying on his neighbours through a pair of binoculars.

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Jury

75%
April 22, 202230m
12x5

Lee does jury service and joins eleven other jurors to debate whether the accused is guilty or not. A simple enough task - until Lee decides to put the other jurors on trial.

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Tent

70%
Season Finale
April 29, 202229m
12x6

Lee organises a family camping trip into the back of beyond, where they soon discover that no one can hear them scream.

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Italian Lessons

80%
June 23, 202329m
13x1

When Lee and Lucy are asked to cover for Anna on more than one occasion, so that she can go out at night and have secret Italian lessons, they suspect the worst – that she is having an affair. Lee decides that it is up to him to tell Toby that his marriage is in jeopardy and sets about finding the evidence.

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Hospital

70%
June 30, 202329m
13x2

Lee's lifestyle catches up on him and he is forced to wait on a hospital ward for routine surgery on his gallbladder until his blood pressure comes down. But visits from the parents-in-law and Anna and Toby, who arrive to ask him a question he doesn't want to hear, ensure that his stress levels remain dangerously high.

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Day Out

0%
July 7, 202328m
13x3

To take advantage of three free tickets to Adventure Canyon Theme Park, Lee takes Mollie out of school for a day and gets into trouble with the new head teacher, Miss Anstis. Now all he has to do is think of an excuse to justify Mollie's absence. What could be simpler than a trip to the dentist?

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Coffin

0%
July 14, 202326m
13x4

Lee wakes up inside a coffin and can't remember how he got there, until a phone call from Lucy reminds him what he’d been doing that afternoon. Now all he needs to do is keep Lucy in the dark as to his exact location and work out how to escape.

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Train

0%
July 21, 202329m
13x5

It’s Lucy's birthday. To celebrate, Geoffrey and Wendy take Lee, Lucy, Toby and Anna for a trip on a vintage steam train. But Lee's decision to play Poirot when a stranger turns up unannounced in their carriage risks Lucy’s special day being ruined.

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Beep

0%
July 28, 202328m
13x6

Lucy has cooked a special meal so that she and Lee can spend an evening in without distractions to talk about the state of their marriage. But Lee is obsessed with a beeping noise in the house that he can’t find, and the food is soon forgotten.

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Football

0%
August 4, 202329m
13x7

When Lee goes to watch Benji playing football for a local under-13 team, he is unable to restrain himself on the touchline and becomes the competitive dad that all other parents want to avoid. Undaunted by the disapproval of Toby, who coaches the team, Lee sets about rigging the vote for the player of the year.

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Wilfred

0%
December 24, 202340m
0x12

Lee throws everything at creating the perfect family Christmas, agreeing to Lucy's wishes to do something charitable and having "a normal Christmas where nothing goes wrong." This moment of festive spirit sees the couple invite Wilfred, a lonely pensioner from the nearby care home, to join them for Christmas dinner. The only instruction is that Wilfred is not, under any circumstances, allowed to drink alcohol...

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