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#1 - The Party
S3:E68/17/2016
Having resigned his teaching post Dan is having a leaving party but it gets cancelled when the venue, Jo's shop, is repossessed whilst Daddy spitefully arranges to take Mum away for the weekend so that she will miss it. Brian has his own bad news but when there is a family crisis Dan and Nesta ally to put Daddy in his place and circumstances contribute to Dan changing his mind about emigration - even in the light of news from Emma.
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7.9/10(122 votes)
#2 - The Visa
S3:E48/3/2016
Dan tries to keep his plan to emigrate to the USA moving, but with the complicated issue of a visa to negotiate he knows he needs to draw on all his inner strength.
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7.9/10(132 votes)
#3 - The Christening
S4:E511/22/2017
Dan can't believe his luck when a health visitor suggests a 'daddy day'. But when his son seems a bit cold towards him, Dan becomes increasingly desperate to establish a bond.
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7.9/10(124 votes)
#4 - The Hearing
S4:E611/29/2017
Dan races against the clock to prove his credentials as a dad, but a terrifying figure from his past surfaces to seek revenge.
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7.8/10(124 votes)
#5 - Adopted
S3:E58/10/2016
Dan shares the shocking news of his adoption with his best mates and embarks on a search for a life that could have been. Brian's children are bored and a trip to the beach with Jo and Dan sounds far more exciting than their father's dull plans. But will Brian take the risk of getting sand in his beloved Renault Scenic and, more to the point, expose his kids to a day out with his ever-irresponsible friends? Cultural awakenings and jeopardy await.
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7.7/10(157 votes)
#6 - Space Mission
S1:E611/22/2013
Brian finds himself nominated for a Small Business Award and Dan must quickly find a tuxedo and a date to impress his ex. There's also unrest at school when the class realise it could be the end of Space Mission.
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7.6/10(163 votes)
#7 - Dad's Past
S1:E511/15/2013
Although still haunted, literally, by the ghost of his ex girlfriend, Dan ends up unexpectedly preparing for a date, with a little help from Brian. Meanwhile his dad offers him a terrifying insight into his own romantic past.
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7.6/10(160 votes)
#8 - Perfect Woman
S2:E16/1/2015
Dan is still doing a teaching job that he despises and is being rejected by the girl he believes that will solve everything, Miss Lipsey. Following a chance meeting, Dan goes on a date but things don't g to plan. Brian attempts to connect with his family's pas
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7.6/10(131 votes)
#9 - Dennis
S2:E56/29/2015
When pupil Dennis's uncle who is his sole guardian is hospitalized Dan volunteers to look after him for a weekend to impress Emma. Dan grudgingly accepts Nesta as the second mandatory adult but takes a reluctant Dennis cycling with him rather than hunting with her and recruits Jo and Brian for an adventure game which Dennis finds extremely boring. However the lad is suitably impressed when they end up accidentally attending a criminal's lavish funeral.
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7.6/10(125 votes)
#10 - The Heath
S2:E67/6/2015
After Jo announces she's marrying a digger-driving rapper from a 'pagan backwater', Dan decides he'll use his best man's speech to impress Miss Lipsey.
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7.6/10(120 votes)
#11 - Big News
S3:E37/27/2016
Dan struggles to get his 'news' taken seriously, Brian meets the woman of his dreams, Nesta has a big problem to deal with, and 'Daddy' takes things up a gear with Dan.
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7.6/10(129 votes)
#12 - The Bear
S4:E211/1/2017
Dan presents Emma with a perfect vision of a family and embarks on a journey to rediscover a terrible truth about a misremembered friendship.
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7.6/10(112 votes)
#13 - The Dad Club
S4:E311/8/2017
Dan is frustrated by the universal lack of respect for his new status as a father, and decides to join a local dads' club. Desperate to fit in, how far will 'Papa Bear' go to impress the other dads? Brian is worried about his daughter's cultural identity, and Jo adds to his stress with her box of 'things I don't understand'.
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7.5/10(164 votes)
#14 - Desperate Dan
S1:E311/1/2013
Dan, unlike his ex-girlfriend, isn't invited to his niece's birthday party. Desperate to impress her, he manages to persuade the family that he can be trusted with getting the party ready.
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7.5/10(169 votes)
#15 - Guru
S1:E411/8/2013
Brian introduces Dan to a guru with a secret, so unbelievably powerful, that he can only tell it to one person at a time.
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7.5/10(136 votes)
#16 - Kindness
S2:E26/8/2015
When another teacher and - more importantly - a rival for Miss Lipsey's affections delivers a smash-hit school assembly for Community Week, Dan conspires to top it all with a brilliant one of his own involving his drama class and a war veteran. Meanwhile, Jo is exploring her artistic side, while Nesta favours an upset Brian over her idiotic nephew.
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7.5/10(142 votes)
#17 - Diversity
S2:E36/15/2015
Dan is sent on a diversity course after his complete lack of political correctness alarms headmistress Miss Lipsey, and decides to make an injured Brian part of his idiotic plans. At the beauty salon, Jo hits on the idea of combining two celebrity looks into one genuinely incredible makeover. Comedy, starring Greg Davies and Roisin Conaty
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7.5/10(134 votes)
#18 - The Heist
S3:E17/13/2016
Dan is at a crossroads in his life. He must do something as he faces a disciplinary and may lose the only thing he has left in life: his teaching job.
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7.5/10(133 votes)
#19 - The Home
S4:E110/25/2017
Dan's quit his job as a teacher and is applying his unique work ethic to a new profession. With Aunt Nesta and his mum in a retirement village, Dan is on a hunt to find his soon-to-be family a home.
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7.5/10(123 votes)
#20 - The School Trip
S4:E411/15/2017
Dan takes his Behavioural Unit on a historical school trip with desperate hopes of becoming a 'bright light' his troubled kids can follow.
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7.4/10(129 votes)
#21 - The Phant
S2:E46/22/2015
After an unwelcome appraisal of his teaching ability, fate conspires to put Dan directly into the path of his childhood nemesis. Jo comes up with a new money-making scheme and Brian is desperate to be published in the local paper.
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7.4/10(138 votes)
#22 - The Calling
S3:E27/20/2016
Dan comes face-to-face with his replacement in the classroom, Miss Clarke, and the kids don't take his departure quite the way he hopes.
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7.0/10(220 votes)
#23 - It Never Rains...
S1:E110/18/2013
Dan has lost his trousers and is in danger of losing his girlfriend. He hates his job, his dad is out to get him, his friends can't help him and there's a tailor on the warpath...
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7.0/10(180 votes)
#24 - Mad Nobby
S1:E210/25/2013
Dan has lost his girlfriend but, with help from his two best friends, he has a plan to get her back involving two bags of mince and a welder called Mad Nobby... what could possibly go wrong?
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