Season 8
8 episodes
42 min. per episode
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A cynical dentist juggles family chaos and unexpected love, discovering that connection can heal even the deepest wounds.
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Susan treats Ben to a Christmas hotel break supposedly just for the two of them, but she has secretly invited other family members, including Alfie and his strange Uncle Idris and Michael's left-wing girl-friend Gwen. Abi is also working as the hotel's masseuse. Crystal, a patient besotted with Ben, arrives to say her jealous boy-friend has escaped from jail and is on his way to kill Ben. Fortunately he is caught but Ben still has to face the rest of the family, though all ends well in a room full of presents.
Ben takes delivery of a neighbour's large, plasma-screen television and falls in love with it, but it seems that Michael's current love interest may be expecting a delivery too.
Ben's attempt to pay money into his bank unhappily coincides with someone else's decision to take some out... with the aid of sawn-off shotguns. When he decides to act as The Negotiator things look bleak for the hostages.
Ben's poker school is costing him a fortune, while Susan's visit to the fortune-teller reveals that something far more deadly is on the cards.
Ben decides to sell his dental practice and takes up a hobby which he finds even more boring, while Susan's move up the ladder at the art gallery leads to more than one fall.
Ben Harper, a misanthropic dentist, has little time for most people, including his wife Susan, and their children Nick, Janey, and Michael.