Ben Harper is a moderately successful family man and dentist. He is also undergoing a mid-life crisis and trying to cope with the bizarre reality of raising teenage children. His wife Susan seems quite happy, enjoys her job as a London tour guide, however at home her ability to find her way around a cookbook or pantry is less successful. Their three children Nick, Janey, and Michael are as different as chalk and cheese. Nick (19) is on his gap year, but doesn't get much further than the sofa or job centre, Janey is as sharp as a tack and 16 going on 25, while Michael is a very bright, computer-nerdish 12 year old who is just discovering girls.
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Robert Lindsay
Ben Harper
Zoë Wanamaker
Susan Harper
Gabriel Thomson
Michael Harper
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Janey Harper
Keiron Self
Roger Bailey
Tayler Marshall
Kenzo Harper
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8 episodes • 2000
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Serpent's Tooth | Sep 19, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Pain in the Class | Sep 26, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Droit de Seigneur Ben | Oct 3, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Last Resort | Oct 10, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Farewell to Alarms | Oct 17, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Death Takes a Policy | Oct 24, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Awkward Phase | Oct 30, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Much Ado About Ben | Nov 7, 2000 | 0.0 |
13 episodes • 2001
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Roads Lead to Ramon | Aug 31, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Unkindest Cut | Sep 7, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Parisian Beauty | Sep 14, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Trust Never Sleeps | Sep 21, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Death and Ben Take a Holiday | Sep 28, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Driving Miss Crazy | Oct 5, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 7 | I Second That Emulsion | Oct 12, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Age of Romance | Oct 19, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Get Cartier | Oct 26, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 10 | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Nov 2, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Last Supper | Nov 9, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Ben Wants to Be a Millionaire | Nov 23, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Breakable | Nov 30, 2001 | 0.0 |
13 episodes • 2002
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absent Vixen, Cheeky Monkey | Sep 6, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Shrink Rap | Sep 13, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Desperately Squeaking Susan | Sep 20, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Of Mice and Ben | Sep 27, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Imperfect Strangers | Oct 3, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Second Greatest Story Ever Told | Oct 10, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Waiting to Inhale | Oct 17, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Misery | Oct 24, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Auto Erotica | Nov 7, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 10 | A Handful of Dust | Nov 21, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Lost Weekend | Nov 28, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Ghosts | Dec 5, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 13 | One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest | Dec 12, 2002 | 0.0 |
13 episodes • 2003
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fitting Punishment | Mar 21, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 2 | They Shoot Harpers, Don't They? | Mar 28, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Great Escape | Apr 4, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Return of the Prodigal Prat | Apr 11, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Owed to Susan | Apr 18, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Deliverance | Apr 25, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Blind Justice | May 2, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Friday the 31st | May 9, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sitting Targets | May 16, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Loco Parentis | May 23, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Canary Cage | May 30, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 12 | May the Best Man Win | Jun 6, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 13 | It's a Window Filled Life | Jun 13, 2003 | 0.0 |
13 episodes • 2004
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mummy Returns | Mar 19, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 2 | You Don't Know Jack | Mar 26, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 3 | What's Up, Docklands? | Apr 2, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Luck Be a Lady Tonight | Apr 16, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 5 | First Past the Post | Apr 23, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 6 | My Will Be Done | Apr 30, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 7 | My Fair Charlady | May 7, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Mouth Trap | May 14, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 9 | While You Weren't Sleeping | May 21, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Dentist to the Stars | May 28, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 11 | A Wife Less Ordinary | Jun 4, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Book of Love | Jun 11, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Going Dental | Jun 18, 2004 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 2006Avg: 10.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bliss for Idiots | Mar 10, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Spokes Person | Mar 17, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Dentally Unstable | Mar 31, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Living the Dream | Apr 7, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 5 | An Embarrassment of Susans | Apr 14, 2006 | 10.0 |
| 6 | And Other Animals | Apr 21, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Art of Being Susan | Apr 28, 2006 | 0.0 |
9 episodes • 2007
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Ego Has Landed | Apr 6, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Four Affairs and a Funeral | Apr 13, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Once More With Feeling | Apr 20, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Dutch Art and Dutch Courage | Apr 27, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Susan of Troy | May 4, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 6 | One of the Boys | May 11, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Abi Ever After | May 18, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Breaking Up Ain't Hard to Do | May 25, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Life Begins at Fifty | Jun 8, 2007 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 2008
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Parent Trap | Apr 11, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Let's Not Be Heisty | Apr 18, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Cards on the Table | Apr 25, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Wax Job | May 2, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Neighbour Wars | May 9, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Can't Get No Satisfaction | May 16, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Abi Habit | May 23, 2008 | 0.0 |
9 episodes • 2009
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bully for Ben | Apr 2, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Bringing Up Janey | Apr 9, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 3 | A Very Brief Encounter | Apr 16, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Psyche of Mikey | Apr 19, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 5 | A Difficult Undertaking | Apr 19, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Dog Dazed | Apr 23, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 7 | It's Training Men | Apr 30, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Guru | May 7, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Kenzo's Project | May 14, 2009 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 2010
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheelie Ben | Jul 9, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Son'll Come Out | Jul 16, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Desperately Stalking Susan | Jul 23, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Melbourne Identity | Jul 30, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 5 | He's Just Not That Into Ben | Aug 6, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Slammertime | Aug 13, 2010 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Ben Behaving Badly | Aug 27, 2010 | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 2011Avg: 6.0Valley of Despair
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Janey's Choice | Jun 17, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Labour Pains | Jul 1, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Accusin' Susan | Jul 8, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Germs of Endearment | Jul 15, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Harper vs Harper | Jul 22, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Relationship Happens | Jul 29, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 7 | 'Booked | Aug 5, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 8 | A Decent Proposal | Aug 12, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Dart's All, Folks | Aug 19, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Susan for a Bruisin' | Aug 26, 2011 | 0.0 |
| 11 | A Night Out | Sep 2, 2011 | 6.0 |
