Here We Go - Episode Guide

2020 has been an absolute nightmare for the Jessop family. To boost family morale, they decide they are going to have a summer holiday after all, even if it is in Margate in October.

When Rachel receives a family pass to Jungle World adventure park as a birthday present from Paul, to be redeemed anytime in the next six months, the family start excitedly planning their big day out.

However, as work and home pressures heighten over the course of the year, the Jessops only remember to use Rachel's voucher on the final day that it's valid. Racing against the clock to get to the park before it closes, with an uncooperative dog that Sue is looking after for a neighbour in tow, will the Jessops snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and give Rachel the birthday day out she so badly needs?

Unwilling to give up his dream of making a living from his former Olympic Archery skills, Paul sets up a YouTube channel and sets about making fitness videos with Sam.

Meanwhile Rachel decides it's time for Amy to get a real job. As she helps her to prepare for an upcoming interview, Rachel realises the interview will be with one of her old classmates.

But when Rachel's attempts to butter up her school friend go awry, it's down to Paul to salvage some family dignity at the local school sports day, where he has offered to give out the prizes (and promote his new YouTube channel). However his new fitness drive has pushed his body to the limit...

Rachel tries to ‘fix' a painting of the family she commissioned after the artist made her look older, while Cherry launches her salsa class and Sue buys a pool.

The Jessops travel to Cardigan to confront Ray, Paul's old archery teammate and Rachel's ex-boyfriend, about cheating Paul out of a place in the 2008 Olympic team.

Sue's new Italian boyfriend, Alf, invites the Jessops to dinner at his restaurant while Robin asks Paul to go undercover to learn about Cherry's new boyfriend.

When Robin's attempt to stop Cherry's wedding in Scotland fails, the Jessop family holiday is in tatters. Until a run-in with the local police turns things around.

Amy is home again for the holidays, so Rachel is determined to engineer an absolutely classic Jessop Family Christmas: Stockings, presents, church, turkey, King's speech, charades. Then everyone sings Hey Mr Christmas by Showaddywaddy and watches Shrek. Should be great, so long as everyone sticks PRECISELY to the schedule.

It's never that easy.

Life is changing for the Jessops. Sue is downsizing and having a big clear-out, Amy is back from Norway and pining for the fjords, and Rachel has started her new university course.

When Paul's old boat turns up in Sue's garage, he decides to take the family out on the water. Who knows, it might cheer Amy up a bit. Meanwhile, Rachel is keen to convince her new classmates that, despite being literally twice their age, she's one of them. She's planning to do this via the traditional art of the student drinking game.

Sue's moved in with the Jessops. She's lost no time installing herself into the local scene, starting by organising the street fayre with neighbour and pillar of the community, Edgar.

The street fayre hasn't been great, historically. It's mainly been a way for locals to eat cupcakes and complain about loft extensions. But Sue has bigger plans. She's getting in zorbs, a bring-and-buy sale, and a chap who can walk on his hands. It's going to be slaps. Meanwhile, aspiring copper Paul tries to solve a disgusting crime.

It's Valentine's Day, and various people have received anonymous cards and/or extravagantly large bunches of flowers. Naturally, suspicions run high in the Jessop household. Meanwhile, trainee police officer Paul has a brilliant plan to ingratiate himself with the CID lads. All he has to do is pretend to like football. And Robin's gearing himself up to propose to Cherry, if he can come up with a suitably grand romantic gesture.

Robin and Cherry's wedding approaches, but first there's the small matter of Robin's stag do. Rachel is quick to point out that the idea of stags and hens is very regressive. These days, a gender-neutral hag do is much more appropriate, and what's more, as his sister, she's known him longer than anyone. She should be best man. So begins Rachel's attempt at throwing Robin and Cherry what is billed as the best hag do on earth.

Rachel's competitive sister Penny and her husband Boyd are coming to stay in their massive new car, so Rachel is keen for the Jessops to project that they're happy and doing well. Meanwhile, Sue has sold her flat, Cherry is going wedding dress shopping, and Robin is seriously considering buying a disused munitions factory in Bulgaria.

It's a big weekend for the Jessops. Cherry and Robin's wedding is on the same day as Paul's police training graduation, Dean has big plans for Robin's best man speech, Maya is moving in with Amy, Sam's GCSEs are looming, and Rachel, despite her unusually low pain threshold, has decided to get a tattoo.

It's Rachel and Paul's wedding anniversary, and the family rise to the occasion with an array of gifts, including barbecues, an escape room experience and a Bulgarian smart speaker called ‘Tim'. Meanwhile, there's a local crimewave, and in unrelated news, Paul has developed a rash on what he's choosing to call his ‘upper thigh' – all of which results in a particularly memorable wedding anniversary for Rachel and Paul.

New neighbours are moving in next door, and Rachel intends to befriend them at any cost. Meanwhile, Sue has started bingeing on ultraviolent horror movies with her friend Prudence, and Paul is beginning to suspect he's getting a reputation for being boring. Surely not! He's a former Olympian, for goodness' sake!

Big news! Paul's a mentor. He's been buddied up with a young police officer called Lee, poor lad, and is preparing to impart some wisdom.

Meanwhile, Rachel is helping Sam prep for his potentially incredibly dangerous Duke of Edinburgh expedition. And Robin is trying to persuade Cherry to join him for a live-action role-play weekend, where everyone dresses up as fantasy characters to drink mead and have sword fights in the woods, none of which appeals to a heavily pregnant Cherry.

But the biggest challenge of all is faced by Sue, who can't open a jar of gherkins.

Rachel finds herself the victim of an online scam and decides to do the only sensible thing: track down and confront the scammers face to face. Luckily, Paul is a highly trained police officer, well suited to confrontations with potentially dangerous criminals. Meanwhile, Amy gets spotted by a modelling agency talent scout, which inspires Cherry and Robin to cash in on their new baby by getting him signed up for some child modelling too.

Amy and her girlfriend Maya have been going through a bit of a rough patch, which is sad for them but great news for Rachel, who is keen to get some practice as a couples' therapist. Meanwhile, Sue has been drawn by the seductive call of bingo. She's entered a world of gambling and vice, and before long, she's playing a high stakes game of Uno, which she must win at any cost.

The Jessops are off to visit Rachel and Robin's dad in Malta for the holiday of a lifetime. The only thing is, they all have quite different ideas about what makes a good holiday. Amy wants to paint the town red, Robin wants to try scuba-diving, Paul wants to visit every historical monument in the guidebook, Cherry wants to chill by the pool, and Rachel wants to address some long-standing grievances with her father via the medium of lengthy and intense conversations about her feelings. It seems unlikely that everyone is going to get what they are hoping for from the holiday, especially given that the swimming pool is out of order.

Rachel and Paul are going to be baby Atlas's godparents, so long as Paul can get himself baptised first. Dean has got an amazing new girlfriend, Katie, who also happens to be a personal trainer. It turns out that the secret to eternal youth is doing plenty of squats, so Rachel goes for it.

Meanwhile, newly single Amy is throwing herself into her music, getting ready to take to the stage at Bedford Battle of the Bands (BBOB) with her bandmate G (don't call him Graham). Needless to say, Amy's granny Sue is their biggest fan.