About this season
Against the backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain, Alan experiences sexual awakenings, battles with bullies and navigates the highs and lows of fourth division football.
Episodes (6)
1. Baby Face
7.5Aired 13 July 2024 • 21 min
It's 1987 and Northampton Town are leading Division 4, but the bullies are still making Alan's life a misery, while peer pressure forces him to accept a challenge, leading him into the murky world of fake IDs.
2. The Party & the Pervert
7.8Aired 13 July 2024 • 21 min
The Close has a problem with knickers being snatched from washing lines and windows being peeped into, so Alan eagerly decides to play detective, even if it clashes with his 12th birthday.
3. Mad Dogs and English Nans
7.0Aired 20 July 2024 • 23 min
A vicious stray Alsatian in the close forces the Carrs to have some unexpected quality time together, but the front room starts to resemble a pressure cooker.
4. Kissing Presumed Dead
7.0Aired 27 July 2024 • 22 min
A sex education lesson strikes fear into Alan's heart while an impending testosterone-fuelled school disco gets him all hot and bothered - and not in a good way.
5. Better the Neville You Know
8.0Aired 3 August 2024 • 23 min
With the stress of the Cobblers trying to stay top of the league taking its toll, Christine strong-arms Graham into having a caravan mini-break in Great Yarmouth.
6. He Thinks It's All Over...
8.0Aired 10 August 2024 • 24 min
It's the day of reckoning - Northampton Town are all abuzz and anticipation of a promotion to the Third Division is in the air, but Alan is completely miserable.