2point4 Children

Ben is bored and missing the football season, while Bill and Rona are also feeling listless. Meanwhile, Jenny's boyfriend sets off to buy a ring...

It is Halloween, and the Porters are considering the disappearances of their next door neighbor, Mrs Crudaal.

Rona, Bill and Bill's aunt Belle, become stuck on a window ledge of a tower block.

Bill's not keen to agree to owning a family pet because she thinks she'll end up looking after it. Ben suggests they create an imaginary dog for two weeks - but they end of with three real ones.

Ben is feeling dissatisfied with life, and the imminent journey into middle age.

Bill is locked inside a wardrobe wearing only a fur coat. Ben is facing a midlife crisis.

Rona turns up with an abandoned baby, which crawls under the floorboards. Ben finds a novel way of coping when he starts to feel depressed about his age.

The Porters accidentally find themselves stowaways on board cruise liner the Oriana when they over-indulge their fond farewells to Ben's sister.