About this season
Revolves around married English couple named Bob and Margaret Fish, a middle class 40-ish working couple with no children and two dogs named William and Elizabeth. Bob is a dentist and Margaret is a chiropodist. Bob and Margaret struggle with everyday issues and mid life crisis. Stories often revolve around the mundane, but in a way which is eminently relatable. In the first two seasons, Bob and Margaret live in England, in the South London community of Balham. For the third and fourth seasons, they move to Toronto, Canada, allowing the writers to explore the humour of the culture clash.
Episodes (13)
1. Bob Gets Wired
Aired 19 August 1999 • 30 min
Margaret is accidentally arrested for shop lifting and treated like a terrorist. Bob is enlisted to entrap her.
2. No Trouble
Aired 26 August 1999 • 30 min
Margaret's parents visit. They refuse to answer questions and bring their own toilet paper. They keep thanking Bob for having married their daughter
3. The Trouble With Mummy
Aired 2 September 1999 • 30 min
When Bob's mother's best friend dies, Bob's brother and sister decide that Mummy might be best moved to a home. They are also excited about selling the house for a small fortune.
4. The Fly on the Wall
Aired 9 September 1999 • 30 min
An old school friend of Bob's wants to make a documentary about his dental practice, but it doesn't go as Bob had hoped.
5. Problems
Aired 16 September 1999 • 30 min
Margaret bumps into an old school friend she hasn't seen since she was six. The friend is very successful and this makes Margaret feel inadequate. Meanwhile, Bob agrees to attend an AA meeting and confronts some devils.
6. A Patient Dies in Bob's Chair
Aired 23 September 1999 • 30 min
When a patient dies of a heart attack in Bob's chair, Bob is struck off and so hires a flashy lawyer to fight the ruling.
7. Cuckoo in the Nest
Aired 20 November 1999 • 30 min
Margaret takes on a fawning young apprentice at the foot clinic. Meanwhile, Bob and Margaret have an unwanted house guest in the Clive, who tries to interest Bob in hookers. When Bob finds a pair underpants in Margaret's coat pocket he suspects the worst.
8. A New Life
Aired 4 December 1999 • 30 min
Bob is impressed by a promotional video about living in the brand new town of Wordsworth Shakespeare and considers leaving London for this idyllic place where roads are straight and named after popular movies.
9. Animal Behavior
Aired 27 November 1999 • 30 min
The dogs need more excitement in their lives, and so do Bob and Margaret, so they hook up with The Widgeners, a bitchy, artsy couple who live in a converted warehouse. This episode features an enormous corned beef penis!
10. Party Politics
Aired 8 January 2000 • 30 min
Margaret unwittingly hosts a sex toy party, but can only manage to round up a feeble group of guests who include her elderly wheel chair bound aunt and the owner of the Indian restaurant below her office.
11. Going Dutch
Aired 15 January 2000 • 30 min
Margaret wins a cycling holiday in holand, but Bob tries to get out of it because he never learned to ride a bike. Margaret takes Cathy instead.
12. My Foot Hurts
Aired 1 February 2000 • 30 min
Margaret hosts a local radio phone in show called ‘My Foot Hurts'. To celebrate, they go to a new Indian restaurant, but the owners beg for radio support to help them so that they can afford fertility treatment.
13. A Bob or Two
Aired 8 February 2000 • 30 min
Bob finds a clown on black velvet painting at a boot sale which ends up potentially worth a small fortune. Features a Godfather pastiche fantasy sequence in which Bob is gunned down by a clown.