While Nick chats up a girl on the internet, Michael's bought a pet rabbit which soon weaves its way into the family.

My Family

The Serpant's Tooth

Michael is being bullied by a classmate, and Susan discusses the issue with the boy's parents. Meanwhile, Janey is determined to get a tattoo.

A Pain in the Class

Ben learns a patient's son is making advances toward his daughter. Susan has tickets to the opera.

Droit de Seignour Ben

Ben takes Susan away for her birthday, and Nick is left in charge.

The Last Resort

Susan wants a burglar alarm. Nick wants to become a stripper.

A Farewell to Arms

As one of Susan's tour group dies unexpectedly, she decides that the family needs life insurance. Nick agrees, but only in order to win favor with his new girlfriend - a life insurance salesperson!

Death Takes a Policy

Michael's on his first date and asks Nick for the facts of life. Meanwhile, Nick breaks his father's chair and Janey has her eye on a £98 pair of jeans.

The Awkward Phase

Ben is rushed to hospital after turning white and is forced to reveal that he took Viagra. Placed on a low-carb diet, he turns to Brigitte's guru for help. Meanwhile, Susan's yoga teacher has fallen out with her husband.

Much Ado About Ben

Pluto

A party is held on the eve of Abi's wedding to Roger. Abi's mother gets drunk and tries to flirt with Ben whilst Michael and Alfie try to chat up the same girl.

Abi Ever After

The Harpers re-encounter the Mortons, a couple they met on holiday, and go to dinner with them. To Ben's surprise - and a good massaging of his ego - the couple ask him to be a sperm donor so that they can try I.V.F. treatment.

Ego Has Landed

Ben and Susan renew their wedding vows, much to Ben's disappointment.

Four Affairs and a Funeral

Elderly patient Henry Phillips dies of natural causes in Ben's surgery, having confessed to Ben that he has a much younger wife Celia and a much younger mistress Stacey.

Once More With Feeling

Susan is accompanying millionaire businessman James Garrett on an art- buying weekend and, due to an oversight, they must share a twin bedroom.

Dutch Art and Dutch Courage

Susan's mother Grace returns from her holidays having got married again.

Susan of Troy

Charlie Briggs, Ben's old student friend, is getting married but it's to a man because Charlie has had gender realignment and is now a woman.

One of the Boy’s

The Drapers are amongst the Harpers' oldest friends so Ben and Susan are amazed to learn that they are breaking up. However this leads to Ben and Susan having their own domestic argument.

Breaking Up Ain’t Hard to Do

Susan gets caught shop-lifting an expensive pair of sun-glasses and is taken to court. Despite her protestations, Ben insists on defending her and putting her actions down to the female menopause.

Life Begins at Fifty

Hoping to avoid yet another awful family Christmas Ben pretends to be ill so Susan calls his bluff and insists on taking him to see a doctor, which results in hospital admission.

The Heart of Christmas (Xmas Special) – Part 1

The Heart of Christmas (Xmas Special) – Part 2

Meet the Harpers: a modern, outwardly functional family…engaged in constant psychological warfare.   Ben, a dentist, and Susan, the worst cook in the world, are certainly loving, caring parents; they just have a problem showing it!

Abi Ever After

Full Episodes

Season 7, 11 episodes