Pilot episode of a sparkling new comedy. Although separated from his wife and children and living in a caravan owned by his womanising best friend Danny, Sammy Fox still wants to be a good father. Unfortunately his young son wants something rather special as a birthday gift. The quest to deliver involves a predatory painter and a nocturnal trip to the zoo
When Sammy's son says he wants a monkey for his birthday, Sammy goes to great lengths to obtain one, including posing for an artist and staging a fake robbery at a local zoo.
Danny helps Sammy in an effort to make Kelly-Ann jealous by pairing him up with his cousin, Manitoba - a scheme which backfires spectacularly when her father and a bust of Lionel Richie become involved.
Danny fakes a legendary "lost" horror movie.
Fox is jealous of his old friend making a successful career in comedy stand up and is angry that he has made money out of fox's history. Danny has a rival at the market.
Danny is pleased with his mother's new boyfriend (played by James Fleet) and sets out to mould him into the perfect man. Meanwhile Locatelli (played by Hugh Ross), the artist previously seen in "Birthday", hires Fox to install a security system at his house.
Even the simple task of emptying a deceased woman's house is too much for the hapless Fox and Danny. What starts as loading boxes into a van ends up in kidnapping, cross-dressing and considering the meaning of life.
