In his first letter home, Albert weaves his tales by telling his mother that he stayed in a hotel, all expenses paid and followed that by interviewing for a high-powered job which he got with ease. The truth is very different ...
Albert has finished an intensive training course and he is now a Confectionery Marketing Consultant to the trade. Armed with advice from Mr Strain he goes out and makes his first sale - and gets a date!
It's all go for Albert as he is made a "Knight of the Road" in his sales job with the opportunity of a company car - a real bonus for a 24 year old.
Albert becomes a knight in shining armour when he is called upon to help a motorist in distress ... if only he could have foreseen the consequences of his actions!
When his company runs a competition to find an employee to feature in a television commercial, Albert can't resist entering and has dreams of stardom ...
Albert's in love and in his letter to his mother he describes her as a very ordinary, down-to-earth girl - but in reality she is quite the opposite ...
Suddenly he's an actor! - Albert has been chosen for a role in the Tomlinson Toffee Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society's annual play. He tells his mother that they are begging him to take the leading role ...
At the peak of his fitness, Albert has been picked for his firm's first eleven football team - but the results of an X-ray may spoil his plans ...
After seeing a film about an older woman seducing a younger man, Albert is dubious about it ever happening in real life - but events are about to make him think again ...
Albert has a shock in store for his mother in his next letter as he asks her to start knitting little white things, like booties! He is prepared to do the right thing ...
The firm's motto is Major Ab Adversis - Strong in Adversity and Albert's boss professes to be married to the firm. Albert, on the other hand, wants a divorce ...
In his letter to his mother, Albert claims to have taken the pledge. At a recent wedding he never touched a drop and all the others were really drunk, but not him!
Albert's love life has taken a turn for the serious - he is about to get engaged to Doreen. Her mother takes a more than passing interest in the choosing of the engagement ring and wants Albert to come and live with them so she can keep an eye on him!
Albert has found himself on the losing side of a strange eternal triangle - with Lady Luck sat in a neutral corner!
Alone in his flat with nothing to do but wash the dirty dishes, Albert imagines himself as an escort to a glamorous superstar ...
In an unexpected turn of events, Albert finds himself spending the night in a police cell. He asks for a sheet of paper in order to write his answer to the Ballad of Reading Jail, his De Profundis. His boss has no sympathy for him and tells them to give him 10 years and to throw away the key ...
When he's asked to collect the wages from the bank, Albert builds a new persona in order who will protect the money - Albert Sherlock Bulldog Callan Courtenay!
With the wedding approaching, a visit to the vicar gives Doreen the impression that Albert's knowledge of "worldly matters" is limited. They decide to go away for a weekend to make sure they are ready to take the big step ...
Albert's mother would certainly not approve of his new long hair and, even worse, he has been suspended from work and the factory has come out on strike!
With Mother's day approaching, Albert is full of cold and feeling sorry for himself. But, when he is tucked up in bed, his first concern has to be the phantom figure outside, who looks a lot like his boss and is wanting to teach him a lesson!
When he pays a visit to a factory up North, Albert becomes a hit with the girls on the shop floor. So much so that it affects production but Albert tells the workers that he belongs with them - his manager has other ideas!
It's a bitter sweet moment for Albert when his best friend, Ian, comes to stay with him in London. He is an instant hit with his girlfriend and her mother - and even his boss takes a shine to him as well!
Albert has a date and, having been inspired by the 'Galloping Gourmet', he decides he is going to cook the meal himself. A nice candlelit supper, couldn't be easier?! ...
On a flight to Glasgow, Albert imagines all kinds of adventures that could befall him - in the style of James Bond. But the flight is quite normal except he lands the air-hostess .. and the sack!
Albert has been sacked after his latest indiscretion had been witnessed by the managing director. He tells his fiancée and she promptly hands his ring back - the future looks bleak for Albert ...
