The BEST episodes of 2 Point 4 Children
Every episode of 2 Point 4 Children ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of 2 Point 4 Children!
They're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens. Plus just a few crazy ideas, escapades and mishaps.
#1 - Mayday
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/1995
Bank Holiday Monday is complicated by the arrival of Jenny's boyfriend's grandmother to meet the family or a prospective grand daughter-in-law. There's just one thing Jenny forgot to tell them: she's German.
#2 - The Deep
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/1995
Looking after the Grimes's house now that they have no more pets to worry about can't cause Bill and Ben any problems ... can it?
#3 - Carry On Screaming
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/14/1999
Halloween, and Social Services report that Declan is to be fostered permanantly with the Porters, but the appearance of Ben's long lost Uncle Lon reveals a secret about his missing Mother's family. But exactly what is it? Ben is forced to come to a horrifying conclusion.
#4 - After The Fox
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/7/1999
In order to make a winning bid on a catering job, Bill is persuaded against her better judgement to take a trip to France to get cheaper booze. Unfortunately, Rona has accidently allowed a small dog to stowaway on the van. Except it isn't a dog.
#5 - Sticky Fingers
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/30/1999
Jenny has brought home her new college boyfriend Keith for the weekend, and intends that they share a room. Ben hits upon the idea of making Keith too tired to do anything. Meanwhile, Bill and Rona attempt to tile the floor of their warehouse without remembering to open the windows to dissipate the glue fumes.
#6 - Enter The Dragon
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/1999
Declan has arrived for a series of weekend stays, but unfortunately Bette has also come to stay in Jenny's vacant room. Her indulgence of Declan's behaviour causes a serious discipline problem- but how to get rid of her?
#7 - Fame
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/16/1999
Ben has put forward the Porter family for starring in a fly-on-the-wall documentary. But Bill is worried that it may prejudice their chances of fostering Declan, so during the screen test she sets out to make the experience an unpleasant one for all concerned.
#8 - The Italian Job
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/2/1998
Fabrizio, an Italian exchange student causes havoc when he descends upon the Porter Household. After many exasperating incidents, Bill is ready to let him have a piece of her mind. Unfortunately, Ben has just made a worrying discovery: the waiters at the Italian Restaurant have a photo of Fabrizio's Father on the wall- and they seem to be in awe and terror of him for some reason.
#9 - When Did You Last See Your Father?
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/1998
Bette returns to the house to take Bill on their annual pilgrimage to her late husband's resting-place. This turns out to be not the crematorium as Bill had been told on previous occasions, but a freezer in a warehouse in Bermondsey. And, worse than that- the Cronics company has folded, meaning they have to take the frozen remains home with them.
#10 - Malcolm X
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/12/1998
The reappearance of Bill's ex-boyfriend Malcolm, as a made-good businessman from the USA coincides with Ben taking Bill for granted once too often. Things come to a head when she decides to take up Malcolm's offer of a weekend away together.
#11 - And Now the Screaming Starts (2)
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/20/1996
Ben is still missing and Rona has discovered something under a bush on a visit to the local hospital ... a baby. Bill is caught between these two crises as she attempts to solve them both.
#12 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1)
Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/19/1996
While Ben's mid-life crisis increases, Bill is astonished to be left two items by a distant relation: a strange looking wardrobe and its contents, a genuine fur coat. Disapproving of the latter she is persuaded against her better judgment to wear it for a special reason-- only to find herself caught up in own most hideous nightmare.
#13 - The Man Who Knew Too Much
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/12/1996
Ben's increasing dissatisfaction with imminent middle age results in his applying to join the exclusive plumber's society The Brotherhood of the Plunger. This eccentric and highly secretive society however, has some unusual conditions of membership, which even Jake Klinger claims to find bizarre.
#14 - The Trouble with Harry
Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/5/1996
Bowing to Ben's longtime desire to have a family dog, Bill agrees against her better judgment to have an imaginary dog for a trial period. Unfortunately this novel concept totally runs away with itself until Bill's very sanity is questionable.
#15 - The Lady Vanishes
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/21/1996
On a spooky Halloween evening, the Porters consider the implications of the disappearance of Mrs. Crudaal, their next door neighbour, and the delivery of a rather large box to the same address. The appearance of bats, a power cut and a lightning storm lead them to a horrifying conclusion.
#16 - Dog Day Afternoon
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/14/1996
With nothing to do on a Saturday afternoon, Bill and Rona compete with Ben and David to solve Jenny's latest boyfriend problems. But the contest gets rather out of hand.
#17 - Seven Dials
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/1995
David's performance at the school acting competition relies upon both parents being in the audience to support him. But Bill, still on the lookout for a suitable warehouse has stumbled into a most peculiar place, and Ben has foolishly aroused the ire of his arch enemy Jake Klinger, waking up in a strangely familiar village ...
#18 - When Saturday Comes
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/5/1998
When Bill innocently throws away Ben's ""Lucky Underpants"" she is forced to play along with Ben's notions of making his football team win for the next three Saturdays. Unfortunately that means the family doing exactly the same as they did on the morning of the first week- over and over.
#19 - The Heart Has Its Reasons
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/9/1998
Jenny finally departs for University. But a theft from Ben's van and the subsequent chase and aftermath bring a new occupant to the Porter Household- the homeless Declan.
#20 - Greed
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1995
The Porter family spend the entire evening arguing about how to spend the lottery money if they won.
#21 - The Truth Is Out There
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/1995
Rona is in danger of losing her house unless her late Mother manifests herself somehow, amid Ben and David's pathetic attempts at psychical research. Against all expectations, Rona discovers she is not alone after all.
#22 - Perfect Day
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/26/1998
Ben's return home with a completely unsuitable replacement for the car results in the entire family progressively not speaking to each other, causing trouble for Rona's hopes of adoption.
#23 - The Sweet Hereafter
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/19/1998
Having been identified by a Market Researcher as the Head of a Completely Average Family, Ben returns home with a box full of new products to test. But strangely, one of these, an innocent looking chocolate named a ""Drool Bar"" seems to have a worrying effect upon all who eat it.
#24 - When the Children Are Asleep
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1993
Staying up late with Ben in the house at night, Bill sees what she believes is a burglary next door at the Grimes's. This triggers a series of events culminating with the revelation that the unfortunate neighbours have been tied up in the house all the time.
#25 - Vertigo
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/28/1996
Bill's Aunt Belle, now living in a tower block is the unwitting cause of an argument between Bill and Rona as to whether horoscopes come true or not. But only the outcome of a terrifying ordeal can prove it one way or the other.