Redvers Potter arrives at work to find his nameplate being removed from his office door. At 12pm his company, Pottermints, is to be taken over but, until then, he is still in charge and he means to assert every last vestige of authority he has.
A trip to the library causes Potter to catch the bus and it "savages" his umbrella. To make matters worse, his sister, Harriet, is staying the night with her artist husband, Willy. They have parked their caravanette on the drive and Potter doesn't trust it.
It's another bad day for Potter when he can't fix his sister's caravanette - it means her and the dreaded husband, Willy, will have to stay another night!
Potter is starting to get used to his retirement and the time it affords him. He occupies himself fixing problems for people who didn't even know they had them.
Tolly's antique shop is the unfortunate recipient of Potter's well-meaning advice, as he applies tried and trusted sweet-selling logic to the world of valuable paintings.
Potter and the Vicar encounter Harry Tooms for the first time when he is caught cheating on the golf course. Potter decides that gangsters are very charitable when it comes to the church and sends Tolly in to get a donation!
When the Vicar's wife, Jane, has an accident that lands her in hospital for a few days, Potter is quick to offer his services at the vicarage.
Harry Tooms is envious that his new found friends all seem happily married and he is determined to woo his ex-wife. They offer him moral support as he tries to win her back.
When Potter, the Vicar and their wives go for a jaunt to the countryside, they encounter Tolly on a protest against farming - and the farmers retaliation causes a problem for Potter that Harry Tooms manages to rectify.
Potter and Aileen decide to pay a visit to their son, Rodney, who is now a pop svengali and looking after a video shoot on the South Coast. The Vicar and his wife decide to join them but Potter's fate is to get stuck under a bed in the hotel room...
A visit to ex-villain Harry Tooms leads to shady dealings connected with a roll of carpet.
As the Potter clan assemble for the christening of their first grand-daughter, Redvers takes charge of the event and, in his own inimitable style, causes chaos!
Potter has decided to try a new role as a tourist guide for foreigners - but his approach is more likely to lead to a declaration of war.
Poor old Tolly, little does he know that Potter and his drinking companion, the Vicar, are conspiring to fill an imagined hole in his life ...
When the Vicar announces to Potter that the church is in desperate need of a new boiler, he is met with an instant plan of action to raise the funds ...
Once again, Potter has decided to help his neighbour, Tolly and, once again, nothing turns out the way he wanted it to - but, of course, it's not his fault!
When Potter and the Vicar go for a quiet drink in the pub they are taken aback by an unexpected visitor - a man in a boat ...
Aileen is having a coffee morning with friends and is not happy when Potter decides he's going to clear out the loft in the garage at the same time ...
Even at a wine and cheese party with his wife and friends, Potter finds it difficult not to try and help some of the guests enjoy the party more ...
When Tolly has the misfortune to give Potter a lift to the golf club via the vicarage, it seems a simple enough task. But events conspire to make Tolly behave in a far from typical way.
