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• regulars:
• Belinda Lang as Bill Porter
• Gary Olsen as Ben S. Porter
• Clare Woodgate as Jenny Porter [ 1-2 ]
• Clare Buckfield as Jenny Porter [ 3+ ]
• John Pickard as David Porter
• Julia Hills as Rona
• Kim Benson as Christine Atkins
• Ray Polhill as the Biker [ 1 ] / Angel [ episodes 007 & 013 ]
• Leonard O'Malley as Gerry [ 1 ]
• Alex Kew as Declan [ 8- ]
• recurring characters:
• Sandra Dickinson as Aunt Tina
• Barbara Lott as Auntie Pearl
• Liz Smith as Bette and Aunt Belle
• Tom Roberts as Tony [ 3-5 ]
• Annette Kerr as Dora Grimes [ 3- ]
• production:
• Andrew Marshall, writer
• Richard Boden, director [ 1-5 ]
• Nick Wood, director [ 6-7 ]
• Dewi Humphries, director [ 8 ]
• Bill and Ben seem at first sight a typical couple, married with children Jenny and David and unmarried man-loving family friend Rona. Further developments show, however, that they are prone to situations of an increasingly bizarre nature, belying the ironic implications of the show's title.
• Also involved periodically are Ben's assistant, the aggressive Christine, his sister Tina, a fluffy fussy travesty of femininity, Bill's mother Bette and her sister Belle, Ben's father Frank, Rona's Auntie Pearl, Ben's arch enemy and plumber-trickster Jake the Klingon, snotty neighbours Dora and Leonard Grimes, and prospective in-laws Harry and Laura Carson.
• Clare Woodgate left the show after two series, changed her name to Georgina Cates and headed for Hollywood.
• Series creator Andrew Marshall wrote all episode descriptions for this episode guide.

                            Original
  Episode #     Prod #      Air Date   Titles
_____ ______ ___________  ___________ ___________________________________________

• Season 1

1      1-01                03/Sep/91   Leader of the Pack 
2      1-02                10/Sep/91   Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 
3      1-03                17/Sep/91   When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Go Shopping 
4      1-04                24/Sep/91   Love and Marriage 
5      1-05                01/Oct/91   Dirty Bowling 
6      1-06                08/Oct/91   Young at Heart 

• Season 2

7      2-01                15/Sep/92   I'm Going Slightly Mad 
8      2-02                22/Sep/92   Bedtime for Bonzo 
9      2-03                29/Sep/92   One Night in Bangkok 
10     2-04                06/Oct/92   Hormones 
11     2-05                13/Oct/92   The Skeleton in the Cupboard 
12     2-06                20/Oct/92   Bird on a Wire (1) 
13     2-07                27/Oct/92   Thank Your Lucky Stars (2) 

• Season 3

15     3-01                07/Sep/93   The Secret Diary of David Porter 
16     3-02                14/Sep/93   When the Children are Asleep 
17     3-03                21/Sep/93   Badger's Bend 
18     3-04                28/Sep/93   Women on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown 
19     3-05                05/Oct/93   Beam Me Up, Scotty 
20     3-06                12/Oct/93   Whoopee, We're All Going to Die 

• Season 4

22     4-01                05/Sep/94   The Parent Trap 
23     4-02                12/Sep/94   Family Plot 
24     4-03                19/Sep/94   Fortuoisty 
25     4-04                26/Sep/94   Curiosity Killed the Cat 
26     4-05                03/Oct/94   Frenzy (1) 
27     4-06                10/Oct/94   You Only Live Twice (2) 

• Season 5

29     5-01                02/Oct/95   Greed 
30     5-02                09/Oct/95   We'd Like to Know a Little Bit About You for Our Files 
31     5-03                16/Oct/95   The Deep 
32     5-04                23/Oct/95   Mayday 
33     5-05                30/Oct/95   Seven Dials 
34     5-06                06/Nov/95   The Truth is out There 

• Season 6

36     6-01                14/Nov/96   Dog Day Afternoon 
37     6-02                21/Nov/96   The Lady Vanishes 
38     6-03                28/Nov/96   Vertigo 
39     6-04                05/Dec/96   The Trouble With Harry 
40     6-05                12/Dec/96   The Man Who Knew Too Much 
41     6-06                19/Dec/96   The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1) 
42     6-07                20/Dec/96   And Now the Screaming Starts (2) 

• Season 7

44     7-01                26/Feb/98   Perfect Day 
45     7-02                05/Mar/98   When Saturday Comes 
46     7-03                12/Mar/98   Malcolm X 
47     7-04                19/Mar/98   The Sweet Hereafter 
48     7-05                26/Mar/98   When Did You Last See Your Father? 
49     7-06                02/Apr/98   The Italian Job 
50     7-07                09/Apr/98   The Heart Has Its Reasons 

• Season 8

51     8-01                16/Nov/99   Fame 
52     8-02                23/Nov/99   Enter The Dragon 
53     8-03                30/Nov/99   Sticky Fingers 
54     8-04                07/Dec/99   After The Fox 
55     8-05                14/Dec/99   Carry On Screaming 
56     8-06                30/Dec/99   The Millennium Experience 


Other Episodes

Special S2                 22/Dec/92    Misery 
Special S3                 20/Dec/93    Babes in the Wood 
Special S4                 26/Dec/94    Relax-ay-voo 
Special S5                 24/Dec/95    Porky's 
Special S6                 26/Dec/96    Two Years Before the Mast