The BEST episodes written by Ian Brown

8.64

73 votes

#1 - The Lost Weekend

My Family - Season 3 - Episode 11

When the children go away for the weekend, Ben and Susan finally have some time to themselves. Unfortunately, it's been so long since that happened, that they have absolutely no idea how to spend it.

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8.64

88 votes

#2 - Trust Never Sleeps

My Family - Season 2 - Episode 4

Parents Ben and Susan reluctantly agree to let daughter Janey have a party whilst they are away on holiday - and plan to sneak back unnoticed into the house and check up on the children, just to be on the safe side.

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8.58

71 votes

#3 - Canary Cage

My Family - Season 4 - Episode 11

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.

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8.54

72 votes

#4 - Fitting Punishment

My Family - Season 4 - Episode 1

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.

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8.31

88 votes

#5 - First Past the Post

My Family - Season 5 - Episode 5

With a mixture of civic pride and sense of community, Susan decides to run for the council. As a result of this and Michael's new pet, Ben is tempted to run for the hills.

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8.24

119 votes

#6 - All Roads Lead to Ramon

My Family - Season 2 - Episode 1

When Susan tries to help out a chronically unemployable Nick, her plan turns out to be disastrous, Janey brings a different boy home every day, and Ben has problems with his assistant.

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8.02

50 votes

#7 - Imperfect Strangers

My Family - Season 3 - Episode 5

Ben and Susan look forward to a night out in a town where nobody knows their names when they visit daughter Janey, who is away at university. Booking into a hotel under the names of Johnny Studd and Delores de Large, the stage is set for a night full of surprises, of one kind or another.

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7.98

48 votes

#8 - Breakable

My Family - Season 2 - Episode 13

Nick buys a motorcycle for his new business endeavour but not surprisingly, things do not go according to plan. Janey gets a new job in hopes of being discovered by film producers, and Susan tries to convince Ben to soften up.

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7.93

46 votes

#9 - A Handful of Dust

My Family - Season 3 - Episode 10

It's Ben's birthday, and everyone seems to have taken his request for no fuss literally, neglecting to buy him any presents. Janey is home for the weekend with a new friend, but nobody is sure of the nature of their relationship.

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7.90

114 votes

#10 - I Second That Emulsion

My Family - Season 2 - Episode 7

The Harpers plan to redecorate their house, however, with Nick taking instructions from "The Naked Chef" rather too literally, and Janey's boyfriend spending the night in her room without her parents' permission, it appears that work will never get started.

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7.90

40 votes

#11 - The Mummy Returns

My Family - Season 5 - Episode 1

More problems for Ben - Janey comes back home, Susan lies to the police, Michael's become born-again and Abi confuses nature with naturism.

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7.81

57 votes

#12 - Going Dental

My Family - Season 5 - Episode 13

Susan forsakes Ben's dental conference to write her novel, while Ben seeks a new partnership in Harley Street and ends up with more partners than he'd bargained for.

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7.78

155 votes

#13 - The Last Resort

My Family - Season 1 - Episode 4

Ben decides to take Susan back to one of their old romantic haunts for her birthday, but instead, romance comes back to haunt them. Meanwhile, at home, Michael is left alone by his siblings.

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7.76

51 votes

#14 - Desperately Squeaking Susan

My Family - Season 3 - Episode 3

Susan has taken to asking an increasingly disturbed Michael for advice on make-up and clothes now that Janey has left for university. The arrival of Ben's cousin's daughter in the Harper household could provide a solution - but Ben is reluctant to give up the peace and quiet he has spent his entire married life longing for.

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7.74

46 votes

#15 - Friday the 31st

My Family - Season 4 - Episode 8

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.

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7.70

47 votes

#16 - Absent Vixen, Cheeky Monkey

My Family - Season 3 - Episode 1

Ben claims Janey's room for his Scalextric set when she leaves for university. Meanwhile, Nick secures a job at the local supermarket, and ends up bringing his work home with him.

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7.60

43 votes

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

My Family - Season 4 - Episode 2

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?

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7.47

66 votes

#18 - Luck Be a Lady Tonight

My Family - Season 5 - Episode 4

In order to awaken Abi's interest, Susan suggests Roger should make her jealous and despite Ben's protests, tries to find a date for him.

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7.45

56 votes

#19 - Age of Romance

My Family - Season 2 - Episode 8

Nick has a new girlfriend and the family get a bit of a shock when he brings her round for dinner. Also, Michael gets a new computer and Janey is starting to feel like the poor relation.

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7.37

212 votes

#20 - The Serpent's Tooth

My Family - Season 1 - Episode 1

Ben becomes incredibly angry when he discovers that Janey is seeing another dentist, the Australian Mel Fraser. Meanwhile, Nick meets a French swimwear model on the Internet and Michael rebels in an odd way.

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7.31

45 votes

#21 - Sitting Targets

My Family - Season 4 - Episode 9

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.

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7.30

66 votes

#22 - What's up, Docklands?

My Family - Season 5 - Episode 3

Ben and Susan decide to help out some friends by flat-sitting their brand new Docklands apartment, and expectedly, things do not go according to plan.

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7.11

88 votes

#23 - Driving Miss Crazy

My Family - Season 2 - Episode 6

Ben is distressed as he faces trouble at work in the shape of his new assistant, who cannot stand the sight of blood. His troubles do not get any easier when he arrives home and must face the trauma of his neighbour's DIY antics. Meanwhile, Janey's preparations for her driving test end with an unforgettable lesson with her dad.

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7.09

138 votes

#24 - Pain in the Class

My Family - Season 1 - Episode 2

Michael appears to be having trouble with a classmate. Will confronting the problem make things any better? Elsewhere, Nick is trying to become a dotcom millionaire and Janey wants a tattoo.

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6.50

2 votes

#25 - Made in Wales

Not the Nine O'Clock News - Season 4 - Episode 5

Sketches: Lawyers / Thugs on bus / Riot Police / Songs Of Praise / Failed In Wales / Choking on pills / Green man / Car crusher / Brain Death / Nurse trapped inside a patient / Riots / Rumbley's Pies / Made From Whales / What A Lot Of Willies! / Blind man crossing the road / Medical students who aren't / Ah, Come In Rawlinson! / Laid In Wales / Typical Bloody Typical

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