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Tom has a hard time fitting into his new life with Clegg, Truly and Billy, who show Tom another side to Compo. While learning about his dead father, however, Tom is wanted by the insurance man and Barry. Clegg faces difficulties too when Howard gets him involved in the OAF club.

Howard faces severe humiliation when he can’t find his shorts, not knowing that Pearl hid them, and teams up with Billy to get some others. Barry finds himself suffering physically when he teams up with Tom and Mrs Avery to get fit and healthy.

The ladies panic when they learn that Mrs Avery is driving them around town in a van for the day, but Howard attempts to use the ladies trip to his advantage to meet with Marina.

Wesley invents an electricity free vending machine for use at the local jumble sale, unfortunately it sounds like Billy’s grandmother. Barry feels depressed and tries to impress The Captain, Mrs. Avery takes up palm reading.

Nora and Ivy advise Pearl to feed Howard stodge to stop him ’wandering’, so she does and it slows him down, but not enough. Glenda thinks Barry has left her, but he has only gone to buy a new suit which he believes will advance his career. Auntie Wainwright takes time off from the shop leaving Smiler in charge.

Clegg, Truly and Billy end up in the situation of all times when Howard smuggles a huge singing garden gnome into Clegg’s house, wanting him to take it to Marina. The trio try to, but the gnome alerts the ladies and they question whether they’ll ever get it to Marina.

Howard is in deep trouble when Pearl finds a blonde hair on his jacket, Tom comes up with a way of explaining it. Barry puts on his boots and goes off into the wilds with Marina !!!

Nora spreads word around town that Compo’s got a solicitor’s letter and later gives it to Tom, who eventually learns that a friend of Compo’s lost a bet against him and as a result left him a television. Howard tries to get Clegg involved in tennis, but Clegg refuses after learning he has to wear a white sweater and shorts.

Pearl gets Howard to put together some flat pack furniture which stops him from going to meet Marina, he enlists the help of Clegg, Truly, Billy and Tom and he ends up literally stuck to Marina. Smiler takes up children’s entertainment against his will and Barry looks for Dutch courage to help him collect unpaid loans to the building society.

Truly lies to Billy Ingleton about a tiger being on the roam around town, only for Billy to spread the news resulting in the whole town hiding and sending panic everywhere. Not worried about the rumour, Truly and his friends spend the day trying to have fun.

A woman dispatches the gang to find her husband who is in training for an Antarctic expedition.