school. "The Puppy" (16 January 1996) Maggie is horrified to receive a puppy on her birthday. "The Sports Day" (23 January 1996) Jake's sports day ends with someone winning first place. "Camping" (30 January 1996) The only holiday Maggie and Andrew can afford is under canvas, along with everyone else. "The Anniversary" (6 February 1996) To celebrate their wedding anniversary, Maggie and Andrew host a barbecue. "The Theme Park" (13 February 1996) Maggie accidentally wins tickets to a Theme Park. Her reluctance to go soon changes. Series Three (1997) ""The Flu" (2 January 1997) Maggie comes down with the 'flu, leaving Andrew in charge. ""Embarrassment" (9 January 1997) After receiving a lecture on acceptable behaviour following embarrassing their grandchildren in public, Maggie and Andrew up the ante. ""She's Leaving Home" (16 January 1997) Maggie decides to leave home after feeling superfluous to requirements. ""The Cub Mistress" (23 January 1997) Maggie becomes a leader at the local cub scout group. ""The Narrowboat" (30 January 1997) The Prentices take a narrow-boat holiday, but mutiny is in the air. ""The Fast" (6 February 1997) Georgia is fasting for world peace, but could her protest be more deep-rooted? ""Neighbours" (13 February 1997) The snobbish next door neighbour Mrs Henshaw (Anne Reid) is moving out due to the increase in noise and activity since the children moved in. ""The Bully" (20 February 1997) Philip is being bullied. And while sorting the issue it forces Andrew and Maggie to look at themselves and as a result the family become much closer as in the closing of the series Philip presents Maggie with a Mother's Day card and thus the bridge of family reconciliation is in progress DVD releases The complete entire series was released by the BBC on DVD in Australia on 10 June 2015 and by Simply Media in the UK on 25 April 2016. Further reading Mark Lewisohn, "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003 References External links Next of Kin at British TV Comedy 1995 British television series debuts 1997 British television series endings 1990s British sitcoms Television shows set in Gloucestershire BBC television sitcoms English-language television shows