Father, Dear Father

Timothy arrives at Patrick's place after his 'Stag Night' drunk. Patrick lets Tim sleep it off on the couch. Next morning Tim has a dreadful hangover & Patrick mixes him a 'Hangover cure'. Tim has a headache & the aspirin pills get mixed up with the sleeping pills & Tim takes the wrong ones. When Bill & Barbara arrive, Bill takes Tim for a walk around the block to wake him up. Anna & Tim have found a flat nearby so they can move in after they come back from their honeymoon. After the wedding all the guests & family are gathered to hear the speeches & Anna announces that they have been 'gazumped'on the flat. Patrick hasn't lost a daughter he's gained another lodger. a BIG thank you to LB who made this synopsis possible.

Karen's not to keen on latest boy friend Timothy. She wants Patrick to tell her she's sick when he calls. (Karen & Tim were going to a ""Lady & the Tramp"" night.) Tim arrives dressed as a Tramp & Patrick thinks he really is one. Karen hints she has nothing to do, so Tim asks her to accompany him instead. Frank calls & tells Karen he can't make it because he feels sick. Karen is annoyed because Anna went out with Tim so now she's not speaking to her. When Tim arrives again to take Anna out Karen tells Patrick that Tim takes pictures of birds with nothing on.! Patrick arrives angry & looking for Tim. When he finds them he sees the naked bird is a chicken for a commercial. The model hasn't arrived so Tim asks Pat to model for the ad & will pay 30 pounds. Patrick agrees & dresses as a tramp. While on his way back from dressing room goes out wrong door & can't get back inside because Guard thinks he's a real tramp. When he gets in his car he doesn't have his keys & a passing 'B

Patrick & Philip go to an auction of their old Army regiment. They want to bid on the Polo cup their team almost won so many years ago. They make a note of the item number & go to the hotel across the road for a quick drink. The attendant notices the item no (16) has fallen over & places it up the right way. (91) When Patrick & Philip return,the bidding has started & keen to secure the cup, raise the bid from 4 pounds to 40 pounds.! When no one else bids the item is theirs. However they don't realise they've just paid 40 quid for old boots,tin hats & gas masks.! When the goods are delivered Patrick wants to send them all back, Anna finds a hand grenade in the box & Patrick thinks it's for demonstration purposes & shows her how it works by pulling the pin. Patrick & Philip toss it back and forth to one another with Philip holding it last. That's when they discover it's real & Patrick rings the Army to say he's found a live grenade.! The Army man tells them not to pull the pin, P

Patrick is giving a lecture to the Herne Bay Literary league, so Anna & Karen plan a party while he's away.

Anna has the lead role of Juliet in an amatuer production of Romeo & Juliet with a surprise final scene.After finishing his latest novel, Patrick realises He's been neglecting the girls & asks them what they have been up to lately. Anna tells Patrick about her lead role in the play. Patrick is thrilled & can't wait to see her performance. Anna is worried about Her Father's attending the play & wishes he were still writing his book. Patrick obtains two tickets in the front row from the Director of the play, Karen comes to Anna's rescue by sending all of Patrick's trousers to the cleaners. In desperation Patrick asks the Milkman if He will sell Patrick his pants ! The Milko says no & Patrick is left with no alternative but to wear a long coat & go and buy a new pair. Upon his return, Anna tells Patrick about the Naked Grand Finale & He phones the Director & tells him his daughter is not doing a nude scene. The Director then fills the female lead with the understudy..... Karen.

Patrick gives up smoking & puts the ashtrays & cigarettes in a cupboard draw to avoid temptation. Ian & Norah are going to Spain for three weeks & would like Patrick to mind their Hampster Sheba while they're away. Due to a faulty catch on the cage Sheba escapes. Patrick & the family search for Sheba but can't find her. Patrick calls in Mr Piper a ""Hampster Hunter"" who suggests tearing up the carpet & ripping up the floor boards. Patrick decides to buy a male hampster to try and entice Sheba from her hiding place.However Nigel the male hampster escapes just as Sheba did. With time running out & the Smythes on their way home, Patrick rips up the carpet & floorboards but still no trace of the two missing hampsters. As Norah & Ian walk in the front door Patrick can't stand it any longer and has to have a cigarette. There in the bottom draw of the cupboard he finds Nigel,Sheba & their family.!! a BIG thank you to LB who made this synopsis possible.

After a six week holiday in Spain the Glovers return to find a letter from the council saying that a new 'fly-over' will be built & will cut through Patrick's front garden. Patrick doesn't know that while he's been away the neighbours have protested to the council & the project was abandoned. Patrick contacts the council & tells them he wants their decision reversed ! Unhappy with council's reply he decides to sell the house.! The estate agent telephones & says the council for unmarried mothers is looking for a bigger premises & wants to come to see the house, Meanwhile Miss Pretty from the Town council planning department has decided to pay Patrick a visit to see why he would want the 'fly-over' to go ahead. Miss Pretty & her assistant Fanshawe arrive & are mistaken for the vicar & his wife from the council for unmarried mothers. Miss pretty wants to talk about the fly-over & Patrick is keen to sell the house so he says the fly-over is a good thing to have. Miss Pretty agree

Patrick is worried about his Mother living all alone in Herne Bay. He has a talk with her & tries to convince her it would be for the best & is surprised when she agrees. Patrick thinks his mother is going to spend a quiet night at home knitting,but is shocked when she's out with a different man three nights a week and comes in at two o'clock in the morning. Patrick is more worried than ever and asks her about these strange men, she invites him to be her companion & they dance the night away. After one night Patrick is exhausted & wonders if she isn't better off in Herne Bay.He overhears his Mother talking to Nanny & realises that she was just trying to stop him from worrying about her. Then she moves back to Herne Bay. a BIG thank you to LB who made this synopsis possible.

Patrick is off to Switzerland for a writers convention.After he leaves Anna & Karen invite their friend Leslie inside the house,last evening he spent the night in their garden shed because he had a row with his wife & he had no where else to spend the night. Anna & Karen knew their father was going away so they said Leslie could stay with them for a few days. However Patrick arrives home only an hour after he left. Seems he tripped over his skis getting out of the taxi & sprained his ankle. Nanny mentions they have a houseguest (Leslie) Patrick assumes Leslie is a girl, When Leslie's wife Margaret arrives Patrick thinks she's Leslie. Nanny tells Patrick that Leslie is upstairs. Patrick is shocked, he tells Anna & Karen he wants to meet Leslie & they dress him up in their clothes & wig & shave off his moustache.! Patrick's not fooled for a minute, He asks Leslie to paint his portrait before he lets him go home. a BIG thank you to LB who made this synopsis possible.

Nanny has received a marriage proposal,but kindly refused on account of who would look after Patrick & the girls. Mr Bolton (Nanny's Intended) visits Patrick & tells him of his plans but asks him not to tell Nanny that he called. Patrick & the Girls try to make Nanny think they can do without her,after all Nobody's Indispensable. Nanny has nothing to do in the house & while talking to a friend is convinced to write her resignation & leave it where Patrick will see it. Nanny heads off to the Jumble sale & Meets Mr Bolton there & he tells her it's for the best,Nobody's Indispensable you know. He tells Nanny he was at Patrick's that morning & Nanny realises what's happened. She rushes home & sees the letter still on the typewriter, She tears it up thinking it's Her letter but it's really a cheque for 500 pounds. Then she heads to the Kitchen to make a steak & Kidney pie for dinner. a BIG thank you to LB who made this synopsis possible.

H G has disgraced himself ! He's chewed up Patrick's slippers,eaten Patrick's breakfast & worst of all He's chewed up Patrick's latest manuscript ! When Patrick tells Ian Smythe his publisher that H G has to go, Ian asks if he can have him to keep his wife company. The Girls and Nanny are shocked that Patrick would give H G away & after a while Patrick starts to miss him too.! Even the Lads at the ""local"" aren't speaking to Patrick, so he decides to see if he can get H G back. When he arrives at Ian's place the Police are there too. Seems there was a robbery & H G may have let them in.! Ian asks Patrick to take H G back, When Patrick arrives home Anna & Karen surprise him with two St Bernard pups & Nanny has an old english sheepdog as her surprise.

Patrick's solicitor contacts him to say that He & ex-wife Barbara may not be legally divorced. Barbara arrives on hearing the news & they meet with the solicitor to make their divorce legal. Bill overhears Barbara's conversation & thinks she's divorcing him to marry Patrick again.! The solicitor finds the missing paperwork though & confirms that Patrick & Barbara are legaly divorced. a BIG thank you to LB who made this synopsis possible. B/W episode.

Nanny & the Girls convince Patrick to accompany them to the Blood Bank so they can all donate some blood. When they arrive home Anna mentions she's type AB, Karen says she is AB as well, Patrick looks at his new donor card & says he's type O. When Georgie arrives Patrick mentions this & Georgie tells him that He can't be their Father if they have a different blood group.! Patrick is worried that his ex-wife Barbara may have been unfaithful to him all those years ago. He searches the attic for Barbara's old Diaries & finds a few names who he thinks might be the Girl's real Father. He tries to Telephone Barbara in Italy to ask her who these people were but Barbara has just arrived at his front door. Soon after Bill arrives to take Barbara shopping & while they're away Patrick rings two of the names in the book & invites them around for drinks.( for old times sake ) He discovers that they are both type O when Barbara & Bill arrive back from shopping. Patrick tells Bill His prob

Patrick is complaining about the Household bills when Anna & Karen walk in and ask for 300 pounds to buy a ""Used Car "". Patrick tells them to earn the money themselves. Try putting a note in the newsagents window he says. An old Army buddy telephones and says he wants to meet & talk about old times. Karen places notice in newsagents window for modelling job to earn money for the car. Captain Waring sees note in window & jumps to wrong conclusion when he discovers that it's the same address where his old buddy Patrick lives. Meanwhile Anna has found a part time job as a "" Bunny Girl "" in a nightclub. After meeting with Patrick & sorting out the misunderstanding He invites him to the same nightclub where Anna's working, Anna sees her father come in & tries to avoid him. Patrick sees Anna & starts to run after her, In her haste to avoid Patrick a few tables are overturned & she escapes out the back door. the other patrons don't know they're Father & Daughter & hold him back. Next da

Patrick misunderstands when Georgie (His Agent) invites him for a weekend in Brighton. Meanwhile Daughter Anna has a part in a production of ""The Sound of Music"" on the same weekend & wants him to come see her. Nanny complicates matters by phoning Patricks Mother & telling her that Patrick is going to see her on the same weekend.! Patrick makes an excuse to his mother & now has to choose between a weekend with Georgie or watching Anna's stage debut. He chooses Georgie after the Girls think he's going to visit their Grandmother, As it turns out He & Georgie have to make a mad dash back to London to swap suitcases so Anna's performance can go on. B/W episode. (BIG thank you to LB who made this synopsis possible.)

Anna tells Nanny She's getting married, but she wants Nanny to tell Patrick. Nanny asks Patrick what he would think if someone in the household were to Marry. Patrick thinks Nanny is the one planning to Marry & asks her to invite him around for drinks that evening. When Cyril arrives Patrick is surprised, He was expecting an older man. When Anna & Karen come downstairs He's more surprised when Anna Kisses Cyril in front of Nanny.! He scolds Anna for her behaviour, Karen says why, they are getting Married. Patrick tries to talk Anna out of marriage & later goes to see Georgie who tells him to talk to Cyril. Meanwhile Anna & Cyril have had a fight & the wedding is off. Patrick meets Cyril at the Pub & tries to talk him out of marrying Anna. He agrees. When Patrick arrives home he finds Anna crying, but she was just peeling onions for dinner.! a BIG thank you to LB who made this synopsis possible. B/W episode.

Patrick's ex-wife Barbara arrives un-expectedly from Italy. It seems she's had another argument with her new Husband Bill & left him.(again) Anna & Karen are glad to see their Mother & so is Nanny. Next day Barbara takes the Girls shopping & Bill arrives while She was out. He wants Patrick to come with Him to a Bar to meet some Women he knows. Patrick makes an excuse & Bill leaves on his own. Georgie arrives to collect Patrick's latest manuscript just as Barbara & the Girls arrive from Shopping. After a few words are exchanged between Barbara & Herself Georgie leaves. Nanny has been busy preparing dinner in the formal dining room,She hopes Patrick & Barbara will get back together. When Bill arrives slightly intoxicated he jumps to a conclussion & thinks Patrick is trying to win Barbara back. Bill & Barbara make up & then they go home to Italy. a BIG thank you to LB who made this synopsis possible. B/W episode.

Patrick is having trouble with his two daughters, they're growing up fast & he's losing control. He goes to see a Priest who tells him they need a Woman's influence. Patrick decides to ask Georgie (His agent) to marry him & quickly because he's parked next to an expired meter.! Georgie agrees & Patrick rushes home. The big day arrives & Anna & Karen tell Patrick they're are moving out! They tell him he won't want them around now that Georgie's moving in. He tells them He was only doing it for their sake. Anna & Karen ring Georgie & tell her all about it, When Patrick arrives he doesn't know the Girls have phoned & He's trying to make excuses why they shouldn't get married. Finally Georgie calls it off when Patrick says he leaves the cap off the toothpaste.! Instead of going to Caxton hall to get married they go to the races at Ascot. BIG thank you to LB who made this synopsis possible. B/W episode.