Tue, Jun 3, 1969
The girls want to buy a secondhand car. Patrick, beset by bills, tells them to earn the money themselves; so Anna gets a job as a Bunny girl in a nightclub. By coincidence Patrick then visits the club with an old army friend, and is shocked to see Anna there. His efforts to grab her are misunderstood, and he is thrown out. He ends up buying the car.
Tue, Jul 27, 1971
Patrick feels his work has caused him to neglect his daughters and wants to see Anna in her new play,a performance of 'Romeo and Juliet,but it contains nudity and Anna is not keen for Patrick to see her. A ploy involving sending all his clothes to the cleaners fails and,having learned the truth,Patrick demands Anna pull out of the play. She is replaced by an understudy but Patrick is no less impressed when he finds out who that is.
Tue, May 12, 1970
Mr. Schulz, an American movie mogul, wants to make a film out of one of Patrick's books. However, he is a very religious man who does not hold with divorce so that, when he and his wife come to Patrick's for dinner, the host has to supply a Mrs Glover. Barbara initially refuses but a friend of Georgie, Jo, agrees to the masquerade. All is going well until Barbara, who has had second thoughts, turns up,claiming to be Patrick's current wife - and, trying to be helpful, Nanny also claims to be married to Patrick.
Tue, Jun 10, 1969
Anna leaves home and moves into a tiny, dingy bedsit. Patrick comes to visit and, due to a misunderstanding, thinks she lives in the flat downstairs, occupied by Julia and Justin, a married couple. Patrick takes the phone number without his daughter knowing, and when he phones and Justin answers, assumes she is living in sin. Eventually Anna returns home.
Tue, Jul 1, 1969
Mr. Byrde, the family solicitor, contacts Patrick. He is concerned that Patrick and Barbara may not be legally divorced, due to an oversight in the procedure, and asks to see them both. Barbara's current husband Bill misunderstands, and assumes that Barbara wants to divorce him and get back with Patrick - but the missing document is eventually found, proving the divorce was completed.
Tue, Nov 12, 1968
Anna and Karen are looking after a cat for their friend Andrew, but because Patrick is allergic to cats, they keep it a secret from Patrick. However, Nanny finds out - and discovers that the cat is in fact female and pregnant. Patrick overhears snippets of this conversation, and forms the strong understanding that one of his daughters is pregnant by a boy named Andrew or Tom.
Tue, Jul 25, 1972
Tim is severely hung over after his stag night and Patrick gets him some head-ache pills. Unfortunately he mixes them up with sleeping pills,making the groom even drowsier. After walking him up and down Patrick and Bill get him to the church on time but after the wedding there is further bad news meaning that the happy couple will have to stay with Patrick until they can find their own place.
Tue, May 27, 1969
Patrick gets it into his head that he is terminally ill after his doctor, Nanny and the girls all begin to act in a very secretive manner. He develops a cold and goes to bed but further reading convinces him he is dying. In fact the secrecy was due to the fact that it is his birthday,which he had forgotten,and a surprise party is being held for him. He is about to join in when Dr. Fraser tells him he has German Measles and must return to bed.
Tue, Jun 16, 1970
Patrick is off on holiday so Anna and Karen invite their artist friend Leslie to stay after he has rowed with his wife. When Patrick comes back earlier than expected and Nanny tells him they have a guest called Leslie, he assumes it is a woman. Leslie has to drag up as a female but Patrick sees through the ruse and asks him to paint his portrait before returning to his wife, with whom he has patched things up.
Tue, Jun 17, 1969
The Glovers go to donate blood and Patrick is horrified to discover that he has a different blood group to his daughters,which clearly intimates that he is not their father. He suspects his ex-wife Barbara of infidelity and tries to obtain clues from Barbara's new husband Bill and a couple of her old flames but eventually finds out that the donor cards got mixed up and he is the girls' father after all.