My Family (series 4)
Episode Information

My Family (series 4)

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#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Duration	Viewership

36	"Fitting Punishment"	Dewi Humphreys	James Hendrie and Ian Brown	21 March 2003	30 minutes	8.77 million

Following the death of Mr Beamish, who owned the surgery above Ben's, Roger Bailey Jnr, the son of Ben's former mentor, tries to buy it, but Ben lies and tells him someone else has bought it, so Roger buys the surgery below instead.

37	"They Shoot Harpers, Don’t They?"	Dewi Humphreys	James Hendrie and Ian Brown	28 March 2003	30 minutes	9.76 million

Susan tricks Ben into joining a modern Latin dance class, but Ben turns out the better dancer. They both then get Roger, who allegedly dances "like Fred Astaire", to teach them privately so they can enter a competition at the end of the month.

38	"The Great Escape"	Dewi Humphreys	Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida	4 April 2003	30 minutes	10.17 million

When Susan's mother Grace (Rosemary Leach) invites herself round for dinner, Ben invents an excuse and goes to Nick's apartment for the evening.

39	"Return of the Prodigal Prat"	Dewi Humphreys	Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida	11 April 2003	30 minutes	9.56 million

After Ben is listed in the obituaries of The Herald, he takes it as the perfect excuse to do nothing, while neighbour Mr Gleason (Paul Hunter) sets his sights on "widowed" Susan and Michael has to write a eulogy.

40	"Owed to Susan"	Dewi Humphreys	Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida	18 April 2003	30 minutes	8.57 million

Thanks to Roger, Susan finds out that a poem that Ben wrote her while they were courting was actually Your Face by Jalal ad-Din Rumi.

41	"Deliverance"	Dewi Humphreys	Andrea Solomons	25 April 2003	30 minutes	7.32 million

After Janey goes into labour while on the phone to Susan, she and Ben rush up to Manchester to be at her side.

42	"Blind Justice"	Dewi Humphreys	Andrea Solomons	2 May 2003	30 minutes	8.31 million

Susan gets hysterical blindness after seeing Michael in bed with a girl called Fiona (Rachel Hyde-Harvey), and it will not go until Michael says nothing happened.

43	"Friday the 31st"	Dewi Humphreys	James Hendrie and Ian Brown	9 May 2003	30 minutes	8.47 million

It's Halloween and Susan has turned the family home into a "house of horror" and dressed up as a witch, but Ben is much less enthusiastic.

44	"Sitting Targets"	Dewi Humphreys	James Hendrie and Ian Brown	16 May 2003	30 minutes	9.89 million

Ben and Susan baby-sit Kenzo for Janey, but Susan becomes annoyed when she discovers that she is the only who is unable to stop Kenzo from crying.

45	"Loco Parentis"	Dewi Humphreys	Andrea Solomons	23 May 2003	30 minutes	6.79 million

Ben and Susan are forced to attend parenting classes by Michael's head teacher (Owen Brenman) after he plays truant from school, and Susan is told that she is too interventionist, so she tries to become laid back like Ben, but Michael actually misses the authority.

46	"The Canary Cage"	Dewi Humphreys	James Hendrie and Ian Brown	30 May 2003	30 minutes	6.72 million

After Susan gets a free holiday for four, she, Ben, Nick and Michael all go to Lanzarote in Spain. However, Ben's luggage gets lost, and then all his credit cards and money are stolen and he is forced to beg to Nick for money.

47	"May the Best Man Win"	Dewi Humphreys	Georgia Pritchett	6 June 2003	30 minutes	7.28 million

Abi's father, Ben's cousin, Richard Harper (Anthony Head) is getting married for a fifth time, to 18-year-old Gina Beresford and he asks Ben to be the best man, which means Ben has to organise the stag night.

48	"It's A Window Filled Life"	Dewi Humphreys	Fred Barron and Sophie Hetherington	13 June 2003	30 minutes	6.61 million

Roger goes to the Harpers saying that one of his patients had got an infectious disease from Peru called "Ortiz River Fever", so Susan puts the whole house under quarantine.

49	"Sixty Feet Under"	Jay Sandrich	James Hendrie and Ian Brown	25 December 2003	30 minutes	8.66 million

Ben, Susan, Nick and Michael are on the tube after doing some Christmas shopping, and due to signalling problems the train cannot move.

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