Lead Balloon - Episode Guide

Rick fronts a government TV recycling campaign which backfires spectacularly.

Rick is suffering from insomnia caused by an extremely noisy paperboy.

Rick gets into a punch-up at an awards ceremony.

Rick confides to Mel and Marty that he may have inadvertently killed one of Britain's best loved entertainers.

Rick buys himself a scooter, but his excitement turns to dismay as he starts to worry that it makes him look gay.

Rick decides to take up exercise having been humiliated about his weight on TV by daytime chatshow host Adam Green.

Rick appears as a Celebrity Oracle on a quiz show. Meanwhile, Magda, his surly home help, finally quits.

When Rick becomes a local hero by stopping a possible suicide, a TV executive agrees to come to dinner to talk about his career.

Rick gets caught speeding again. Three more points on his licence will be a ban, so he tries to persuade Mel to take the blame.

Rick agrees to front a TV charity appeal for a worthy cause, and is asked to be a guest on a former ice skater's new show.

The women in Rick's house are sick, and he is forced to take over. Rick promises to field his partner Mel's work calls.

Rick hosts an event for a pharmaceutical company. His stand-up goes down surprisingly well, but some of his ill-advised gags have far-reaching consequences.

Rick lands a cameo in a film, appearing alongside a Hollywood starlet. When it turns out that Michael's father is her biggest fan, Rick promises to get her autograph.

Rick accuses Marty of lacking ambition, but a call from Hollywood changes everything - is this Rick's chance to leave it all behind?

Mel announces that Magda, their surly East-European help, is moving in with them until her boiler is fixed.

When Rick features in a TV series that traces celebrities' family trees, his real name is revealed - and why it caused him misery at school.

Rick gets the worst score ever on a much-loved radio panel show. Then his e-mail crashes and he's forced to find a fax machine.

A near-death experience makes Rick a changed man. From now on, he plans to embrace the positive and see only the good in people.

When Rick and Mel are invited to the theatre, Rick's reluctance increases when he realises that the play is by an ex-stand-up.

Rick overhears Mel talking about a lucrative presenting job one of her clients is up for and decides the job should be his.

Rick is looking forward to spending Christmas at home with Mel, as it will be a well-earned break from playing Mr Smee in panto.

When a Sunday newspaper wants to do an 'At Home With' feature about Rick's partner Mel, he naturally tries to muscle in on the action.

Rick lands a job as a presenter on the Bargain Channel - it's Britain's premier shopping channel, as he points out to anyone who will listen.

Rick's going from strength to strength in his new job as a presenter on the Bargain Channel, but he's not best pleased when Marty takes a shine to his co-presenter.

With no other work on offer, Rick decides to set up his own stand-up comedy workshop. But the first week's class attracts just five students.

Rick reluctantly agrees to teach a Stand-up Comedy Workshop in Belford Prison, but he is taken hostage by a knife-wielding prisoner.

Rick has at last found the fame and success he so desperately craved thanks to his ordeal as a hostage, and he is asked to host The Brave Britain Awards.