Episode 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2005
Tonight. Tom gets his girlfriend's jewellery out of hock, while busker Bob is forced to pawn the tools of his trade to pay the rent.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 22, 2005
Tonight. Tom gets his girlfriend's jewellery out of hock, while busker Bob is forced to pawn the tools of his trade to pay the rent.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 29, 2005
Tom and Tara are in court on a charge of assault against the police, Vernon is hoping a bit of wheeler-dealing will make his Big Issue earnings go a bit further, and busker Bob decides to enter the big time and turn pub entertainer.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 5, 2005
Bob's all set for his first pub gig, Martin attempts to kick heroin and buy his son a birthday present for the first time, while Vernon tries his hand at market trading at a car boot sale.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 12, 2005
Discarded cigarette butts are a small comfort for broke Bob following his disastrous pub gig. Plus, can DJ Darren raise enough cash to buy back his pawned equipment?
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 19, 2005
Tom and Tara find their finances perilously low as they prepare for their fifth child. Money worries are also getting to Vernon.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 26, 2005
Carmel falls out with partner Martin when she discovers that he has lapsed back into drug-taking.
Bob tries to find the money to buy a new keyboard, while Tony and Debbie find their debts spiralling further out of control.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: May 3, 2005
Newlywed Stephen pawns wedding rings when money becomes tight. A Birmingham Del Boy, Akee, tries his luck at the buy-back shop. And Shenay, 19, becomes a lap dancer.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: May 9, 2005
As the colourful series following assorted hard-up characters comes to an end, Tom and Tara's joy at the arrival of their new baby is tinged with sadness, while Vernon Burgess is back home and full of optimism.