The BEST episodes of My Family season 4

Every episode of My Family season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of My Family season 4!

My Family is about the life of the Harpers, a fictional middle-class English family, who live in 78 Lancaster Road, Chiswick, London. Ben, a dentist, and Susan, a tour guide who later works for an art gallery, have three children, Nick, Janey and Michael, all of whom cause problems in their own way. While Susan is a control freak, Ben prefers to leave the children to it and tries not to get involved.

Last Updated: 3/2/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
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Return of the Prodigal Prat
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8.85
72 votes

#1 - Return of the Prodigal Prat

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/11/2003

When the local newspaper accidentally lists Ben in the obituaries, he takes it as an opportunity to do absolutely nothing. Meanwhile, Susan wants to convert Nick's old room to a nursery, but Nick isn't having any of it.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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May the Best Man Win
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8.75
64 votes

#2 - May the Best Man Win

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/6/2003

Abi's father asks Ben to be his best man; this turns out to have been a bad move, as he hands over the running of the bachelor night to Nick.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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The Great Escape
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8.74
74 votes

#3 - The Great Escape

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/4/2003

Normally, nobody in the Harper family would willingly set foot in Nick's flat, but when Susan's mother comes to stay, it suddenly seems more attractive.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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Canary Cage
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8.58
71 votes

#4 - Canary Cage

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/30/2003

The Harpers get a free holiday to Lanzarote, and even though Ben loses his luggage, he is happy enough to use his brand new digital camera as much as possible.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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Loco Parentis
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8.55
66 votes

#5 - Loco Parentis

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/23/2003

Ben and Susan have to go back to school for parenting classes as a result of Michael playing truant.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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Fitting Punishment
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8.54
72 votes

#6 - Fitting Punishment

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/21/2003

Susan is looking forward to the birth of her first grandchild, but not to being a grandmother. Meanwhile, Nick wants to move back in and a new arrival at Ben's surgery has quite an impact.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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It's a Window Filled Life
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7.95
37 votes

#7 - It's a Window Filled Life

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/13/2003

After coming into contact with an infectious disease from Peru, the whole Harper household is placed under quarantine by Susan. How long will it be till they all drive each other mad?

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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Blind Justice
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7.76
38 votes

#8 - Blind Justice

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/2/2003

Susan gets hysterical blindness after seeing Michael in bed with a girl. Meanwhile, Ben is on dreaded jury duty and is hassled by an annoying busybody fellow juror, and Nick becomes a wrapping artist.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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Friday the 31st
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7.76
45 votes

#9 - Friday the 31st

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/9/2003

Susan decides to enter enthusiastically into the spirit trick or treat for the neighbourhood children, which Ben tries to ignore until the spirits get to him.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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Owed to Susan
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7.66
38 votes

#10 - Owed to Susan

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/18/2003

After the Harpers' marriage is threatened by Susan's discovery that the love poem Ben wrote to woo her was not an original, he goes to great lengths to make it up to her.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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They Shoot Harpers, Don't They?
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7.60
43 votes

#11 - They Shoot Harpers, Don't They?

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/28/2003

Susan decides that she and Ben should take dance lessons, but they soon find it takes more than two to tango. Meanwhile, Michael decides to concentrate on his studies, but can he stop thinking about girls?

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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Sitting Targets
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7.31
45 votes

#12 - Sitting Targets

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/16/2003

Susan decides that Ben should spend more time with Michael in case he turns into another Nick, and Janey leaves the grandparents to babysit Kenzo.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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Deliverance
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7.19
32 votes

#13 - Deliverance

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/25/2003

Janey's baby is due and Susan insists on traveling to Manchester for the birth; it's a journey that throws up several blasts from the past.

Directors: Dewi Humphreys
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