The Fletchers' family have grown up and flown. For the first time in 23 years there'll be no children around the house - but the unaccustomed freedom brings its problems. And new house guests!
When you start on a voyage of rediscovery after 25 years of married life, there are all sorts of pitfalls... Reds under the bed, liqueur, chocolates, a second honeymoon
When the Vicar calls about the Jumble, it's not just rubbish that he collects - there's a Lesson in it for him as well.
June is having a meeting of her theatrical group in the living room and a reluctant Terry is persuaded to take the minor role of Comrade Petrovich by the attractive leading lady - Princess Tania!
Terry tries to become European when he entertains Jean-Paul, a work colleague from France. But his affect on June makes Terry feel less of the entente cordiale and more of the green-eyed monster.
Terry complains of feeling unwell and June wonders if it has anything to do with him talking to the petunias in the garden earlier in the day. He decides to cut out fatty meals and prescribes himself diet and exercise ...
Terry wants to get away from it all and live in the country but June wisely suggests a holiday in a rented cottage first - just in case.
A visit from daughter Debbie leaves Terry and June feeling they don't do enough to help others less fortunate. So they offer to entertain some senior citizens for the evening.
Aunt Lucy has received a letter from 'someone called Ernest' - Terry sees a golden future...
"Me, a television addict? Nonsense!" says Terry. But June produces dramatic proof - and a cure.
The Law says you can conduct your own defence. But then they didn't know Terry - did they?
Disaster strikes as the local flower show approaches. But you can always rely on neighbourly love - especially when they are away!
"A woman's work is never done"? Terry tries to prove otherwise when June decides to spend a whole day in bed.
Great news! Son Frank is coming home on leave from Hong Kong, bringing his Chinese fiancée. But which gap will be wider; the generational or the cultural one?
Would you allow a film unit in your home to record your lifestyle? Terry finds it's not easy just being yourself - especially if you're Terry!
To write a best-seller Terry feels he needs more experience of the Permissive Society. But June has a word to say about that - No!
The Fletchers believe it will be fun to be foster parents - but fun for whom?
Terry produces a fundraising pageant for the local church - with his usual enthusiasm and usual results!
When daughter Susan announces her engagement to a Lord, his invitation for the Fletchers to spend the weekend at his family's stately home finds Terry somewhat out of his depth.
Mistaken identity can lead to all sorts of problems; especially if you're Terry.
Growing bored of their normal routine, Terry persuades June to navigate for him on a car rally. Does it all go well? Of course not, but they live to try again - just!
The annual argument over holiday plans takes a serious turn for the worse as Terry anticipates the fleshpots of the world...
"We must protest," says Terry. "It's people like me who are going to put the country back on its feet."
With the arrival of French student, Michelle, Terry enters into the spirit of entente cordiale ...
Aunt Lucy's present leads to a rude awakening...
Terry decides to buy a boat, and the whole family set out for a trial weekend on board Nancy.
Terry and June get involved with the supernatural when Aunt Lucy thinks she may be getting messages from her 'dear Percy'.
Terry takes a stab at sculpture.
An invitation to a fancy dress ball leads to a complicated journey.
The discovery of an old Roman coin in the back garden sets Terry off on a hunt for treasure.
"Marriage must never become monotonous," says Terry. "To get out of the rut we must be bold, daring and imaginative!"
June has found an old romantic letter from when Terry was in the navy. She encourages him to write another one but his efforts are misinterpreted by Aunt Lucy who thinks he's having an affair ...
Terry and June are persuaded to spend a week at a health farm.
Trying to replace an old treasured 78 disc is not easy - especially when it's called 'The Hut Sut Song'!
Terry learns that if you must mix business with pleasure you don't need your wife to do the stirring.
Terry bullies the local Operatic Society into presenting The King And I - with chaotic results.
Who could manage to lose an elderly lady, temporarily confined to a wheelchair? Why, Terry of course.
June gets a job, leaving Terry in the role of a 'house-husband'.