And Mother Makes Five - Episode Guide

When a neighbour promises Sally the loan of a caravan to take her family on holiday, she is ill-prepared for the ramshackle old vehicle that arrives. With the whole family aghast, how can they possibly get out of it without appearing ungrateful?

Sally wonders if she may be pregnant, but the doctor quickly reports a negative test. Of course, that's not stopping Peter, Simon, Jane, Auntie, and eventually even David from getting the wrong end of the stick - not to mention the rest of the town!

On her way to buy a sauna bath, Sally has an accident in David's car. As she conceals both events from David, and with the children talking of a friend's parents' divorce, he begins to feel uncomfortable about her keeping secrets...!

After Peter and Jane get into a spot of trouble at school, Sally and David invite the two respective teachers for a barbecue to smooth things over, but neither are aware that the pair are romantically involved with each other!

It has been normal for Sally and the boys to spend their holidays in England, but David and Jane have always gone abroad. Now, for their first holiday as a single family of five, Sally is persuaded to go continental...

Hearing that market second-hand-stall holder Ellie needs to go into hospital for a couple of days, Sally - fresh with inspiration to help, after listening to a radio sermon - offers to run it. Her efforts are undermined when the children's friends start donating items without permission.

A French foreign exchange student comes to stay with the family. When Sally realises she's lost her wedding ring, suspicion falls immediately upon the stranger in the house - could this be the beginnings of an international incident?

David and Sally have plans for a relaxing Sunday, but the children have other ideas. It seems they have a whole list of distractions for their increasingly frustrated parents.

When Simon gets in trouble with the police for using an air gun to break Mr Turnbull's coach lamp, he finds that the advice given to him is more 'do as I say, not do as I do'!

Sally is determined to prove that it is not all mothers who fail to understand the principles of the teenage "rave up".

An unexpected Income Tax bill causes the Redway household to go on an economy drive. This proves something of a challenge for Sally, who has never been good with money. Matters are not helped when her mother arrives!

David feels sorry for his ex-wife and decides to buy her a present to cheer her up. Unfortunately, Auntie gets the wrong end of the stick and rings Sally to alert her to a forthcoming surprise. When David fails to deliver it immediately, Sally's mind starts to work overtime on what forthcoming event she is about to celebrate!

It appears that Sally is being taken for granted by the rest of the family and, in an effort to make her point, she deliberately exaggerates an injury to her wrist. The sympathy she craves is a long time coming!

When Simon starts taking an interest in birds, booze and motorbikes, David advises Sally to stop mollycoddling him and let him get on with learning about life the hard way. But he finds that his methods are harder to practice than to preach!

The Redways bid goodbye to their crotchety old neighbour Mr Turnbull, but when they see a brass band enthusiast show an interest in the house they start to feel nostalgic...

In an effort to make the new neighbours feel welcome, Sally organises a few drinks - but the best laid plans of mice and mums don't always pay off!

Sally finds that going to sleep in a "wigwam" is not conducive to good marital relations and causes big trouble.

A most unusual football match is about to take place between the Women's Institute and the Police Force - an arresting sight indeed!

It looks like Sally's new hobby of painting is about to land her in trouble with the police on seven continents. It's enough to wipe the smile off the Laughing Cavalier!

A week on a health farm causes Sally to appreciate that carrots are not a great substitute for steak and kidney pie. Then there is the rather morose comedian sitting opposite her...

Sally becomes convinced that her entire family have all become sex mad; Peter has shown an interest in painting nude models at the art class, Jane is sharing a sauna with her boyfriend, Peter is requesting a polaroid camera to take pictures of his girlfriend ... and David arrives with pictures of naked women!

When Sally starts to become even clumsier than normal, the she begins to worry about her failing eyesight.

When Aunt Betty arrives, she announces that her husband Frank's business trip to the North is the ideal opportunity for her to let her hair down and have some fun...

Sally is not concerned to learn about the TV detector van prowling the neighbourhood - until David announces that he has forgotten to pay the TV Licence!

When Sally reviews the entries in her diary, she soon realises that her life is fairly boring. So, in an effort to get her diary published, she spices it up and causes chaos...

Simon has left school and is now working at his first job in a hardware store. In order to increase business and make her son look good, Sally becomes a regular customer of the store - much to Simon's embarrassment...