2020 has been an absolute nightmare for the Jessop family. To boost family morale, they decide they are going to have a summer holiday after all, even if it is in Margate in October.
Paul gives Rachel a family voucher for a theme park, valid for six months. On the day before it expires, and with a neighbour’s dog in tow, the Jessops finally attempt to use it.
Rachel attempts to help Amy get a job with an old friend from school, and Paul ropes Sam into filming content for his new YouTube fitness channel.
Rachel tries to ‘fix’ a painting of the family she commissioned after the artist made her look older, while Cherry launches her salsa class and Sue buys a pool.
The Jessops travel to Cardigan to confront Ray, Paul’s old archery teammate and Rachel’s ex-boyfriend, about cheating Paul out of a place in the 2008 Olympic team.
Sue’s new Italian boyfriend, Alf, invites the Jessops to dinner at his restaurant while Robin asks Paul to go undercover to learn about Cherry’s new boyfriend.
When Robin’s attempt to stop Cherry’s wedding in Scotland fails, the Jessop family holiday is in tatters. Until a run-in with the local police turns things around.
Amy is home for the holidays, and Rachel is determined to engineer a classic Jessop family Christmas.
Amy is pining for the fjords. To cheer her up, Paul takes the family out on his old boat.
Sue moves in with the Jessops, and Paul tries to track down a local vandal.
It’s Valentine’s Day, and the Jessops attempt to expose Paul’s secret admirer.
Rachel attempts to throw Robin and Cherry the best hag do on earth.
Rachel’s competitive sister Penny comes to stay.
Despite her unusually low pain threshold, Rachel decides to get a tattoo.
The Jessops are off to an escape room – if they can escape their own house!
Rachel is maybe too keen to befriend their new neighbours, and Paul is determined to prove he’s not boring.
Robin goes LARPing, Paul becomes a mentor, Sue can’t open a jar of gherkins, and Sam gets lost in the woods.
After becoming the victim of an online scam, Rachel decides to get even. Amy is spotted by a modelling agency.
Sue gets sucked into a high-stakes game of Uno, which she must win at any cost.
The Jessops go to Malta to go scuba-diving, eat a swordfish and straighten a few things out with Rachel’s dad.
Rachel and Paul are going to be baby Atlas’s godparents, so long as Paul can get himself baptised first.
Rachel has ambitious plans for a New Year's Eve party, and Paul has got hold of some unlicensed fireworks.
New Year’s Eve is fast approaching and this year Rachel is very keen to throw a massive party. Paul, less so: he’d much prefer a nice quiet holiday cottage with a sauna so he can sweat out the massive boil that’s recently appeared on his cheek; two quite different visions for seeing in the new year. So begins a typically chaotic Jessop Family holiday, featuring a road trip, a missing dummy, and a large crate of unlicensed fireworks Paul picked up from a police auction.
